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February 4, 2021
Late Night Learnings – The Climb #712
I got a lot done today, despite it being Warcraft Wednesday. Ordinarily, this is the day weekly quests reset in World of Warcraft and so the priority for the last few months has been to get the new content done on this day to leave the rest of the week free for leveling alts and other content.
Up until recently it’s been a very busy day. I have both my main and a raiding alt that I’ve kept up to date and so the combination of anima quest, maw souls and campaign que...
February 3, 2021
Having Fun Writing Short Stories – The Climb #711
After a couple of weeks of just feeling unmotivated and unable to concentrate I manged to get a decent numbers of words down today. Everyone I speak to seems to be going through the same at the moment. Lockdown has just dragged on to the point that, when combined with the short nights, everyone is feeling it: a general malaise that has wrecked any chances of productivity.
With February my project focus has changed. I’ve got 2 weeks to outline a new epic fantasy novel...
February 2, 2021
Switching Gears – The Climb #710
It’s a new month, and with it some of my writing aims change. I have a schedule I want to keep to for the year, however January – despite starting well – really was a struggle.
So rather than delay my previous milestone, I’m using the start of new scheduled projects as a chance to do something a bit different and reset.
It means I have a lot of projects I’m trying to juggle. I still have this first draft to finish off, that I plan to dip into over the coming weeks and ...
February 1, 2021
Professions Update – The Climb #709
This has not been a productive week. Today’s the last day of January and as such I’m going to spend part of tomorrow doing a January review. It started so well with the script getting sent off, only to then get worse as news from the US caused a bunch of anxiety that just left me drained. Whereas before I was quite happy doing my thing whilst staying safe during lockdown, I’m now restless and letting it get to me.
As such, whilst I don’t feel I’m on the edge of a ment...
January 31, 2021
Sofa Setup – The Climb #708
So my days during this pandemic have been pretty identical. I’ll get up, work for most of the day, then go to my support bubble a road or two away and either watch TV or play videogames in company, before returning home, going to bed and repeating the next day.
The problem is that sometimes the TV is just background noise. C might be doing some Pokemon GO and I getting into some debate on Facebook. There are programmes we watch and some that I like to call “easy wat...
January 30, 2021
Story Notes For Future Me – The Climb #707
I spent a couple of hours doing research for a novel I’m not planning to write this year. This wasn’t planned but given that this week has been very unproductive in just about anything plus I’m very frustrated that I’m not currently taking advantage of the pandemic to set things up for the future, I just went with it. Future me will thank me.
I’d thought that I’d done this research before but I’m actually pretty organised with what notes I do take. I couldn’t find any...
January 29, 2021
Adventures in Crypto – The Climb #706
I’m feeling really rundown this week. There’s part of me that wants to be motivated and organised, and yet there’s another part of me that is now bored of this pandemic and how the days seem to bleed into one another. I’m frustrated that I started this month so productively, and then the news cycle dragged me (and seemingly others around me) down to the point I’m reaching the end of the month not achieving much. It’s all plans and no action.
However today was a litt...
January 28, 2021
Beyond Shadowlands – Warcraft Wednesday – The Climb #705
With the buzz of the launch of Shadowlands now passing, I’m enjoying the more relaxed pace of the game. I managed to log in today on weekly reset and get the renown quests done on both my main and raiding alt in half the time it usually takes.
Of course, there are things I’m missing. I haven’t really been doing the Maw weeklies, and as much as I enjoy Torghast, it’s something I dip in and out of as my gear improves. I do need to farm a load of soul ash for my legen...
January 27, 2021
Better Notetaking – The Climb #704
One of the things I really want to improve in 2021 is my notetaking.
I’ve got better over the years, especially when it comes to writing and ideas. I used to be a person who thought the only ideas worth remembering were those in my head, but as I’ve got older and I have more ideas, I find I’m sometimes scrambling to remember half an idea from years ago.
I have structures in place to capture notes, and I’ve definitely got better at jotting things down.
Last year, I exte...
January 26, 2021
HEMA Drama – The Climb #703
One of the few downsides to big, diverse groups is that sooner or later, someone is going to do something that annoys or offends another person or section of the group. You’re never going to have a big group without some form of drama.
Sometimes the drama is quite small, sometimes it’s more serious. I guess everyone will have a different opinion on where on the scale any one drama sits.
HEMA sees its fair share of drama. On one side you have people who are working har...
