Slow and Steady
(first two pics from current world, second two from a project on previous world)
I started this current world because my previous world, while intended to be a forever world, felt too "end-gamey". It was started on 1.12 then updated straight to 1.16 when that came out. But because I was already on the latest version at the time and had a growing number of farms, it became difficult to think of new things to do.
So I made a slowly updating world instead. But I now realize that what will make this a "forever world" in more ways than one is that it's taking forever to do anything. Back then, I had much more time to play; I would be lucky to get an hour a week now. Most days, I don't get to play at all.
I have no idea if I'll ever entertain the scale of my previous builds on this world. For now, I'm happy building my happy little walkways when I can, chopping trees and mining cobble in between work tasks.