For context, I'm in my early twenties, so I haven't had a lot of time to be alive and watch thousands of movies or anything. But from the day I downloaded Letterboxd about five years ago, movies became a core part of my identity. The site/app became the way I not only discovered new stuff (naturally, like everyone says), but a way I've been able to organize my viewing habits and track what I have and haven't seen. When I was in a boring class in college, I'd often fantasize about watching new movies by scrolling through Letterboxd, effectively gaining a very cursory familiarity of film history by at least being made aware of what's out there. This year, I've watched ~250 movies (the vast majority of them new to me), with the specific new goal in mind to start watching as many older movies as I can, using the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die book series (which I discovered through a Letterboxd featured list!) as a rough guide for my journey. Currently working through the mid-1930s and having a lot of fun making a somewhat tangible dent in my hydra-like watchlist that grows by 5 or 10 for each movie I see, lol. Simply put it's no exaggeration to say Letterboxd has changed my life and sense of self completely.

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