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September 25, 2020
Guilt Free Gaming – The Climb #581
I feel I’m not really doing much in the way of writing at the moment, instead just playing loads of games. I feel that if I was a regular reader, I’d question if this blog was about writing or video games.
Truth is, as I’ve reminded myself today, the work that needed to be done has been done and I’m totally allowed to play games.
Except I feel so unproductive. As much as I argue that things like gaming helps recharge my creativity mana bar, I do feel like I’ve done n...
September 24, 2020
Battle Pet Master – The Climb #580
The original plan for this evening was to do some Fortnite. I’ve not played it a huge amount over the last couple of weeks and the week 5 challenges have now been released. However, the person I was due to play with didn’t feel great and so I jumped back into Warcraft for the evening.
Things are going pretty well at the moment. My current focus is garrisons and professions. More specifically, I’ve been trying to level up the shipyard for a number of my alts, as w...
September 23, 2020
Slow Recovery – The Climb #579
Since coming down with a cold over a week ago, I’ve had zero energy. And I mean zero. I’ve been going to bed at 5 in the afternoon, and just don’t have spoons to concentrate on anything. I suspect that a combination of the pandemic, general life stresses and burngeddon have left me feeling run down. And whilst I’ve managed low spoon activities like playing games, there’s part of me that wants to energy to get on with other things.
In many ways (trying to find a...
September 22, 2020
Lockdown 2 – Electric Boogaloo – The Climb #578
Mentally, I’m preparing myself for another 6 months of lockdown.
Some might say we’re only in a partial lockdown, but given the number of covidiots we have even in my local shop, I’m fully expecting that things may have to be locked down further for a time.
I did a lot of reading at the time the pandemic started, and whilst the science has progressed and refined, all the models seemed to suggest a second bigger wave in the autumn. I’ve fully expected since March that...
September 21, 2020
Garrison Gaming – The Climb #577
I’m trying to be prepared for the next World of Warcraft expansion: Shadowlands. I’d like to go into the expansion and earn some gold so that I’m not in the same situation with future expensive items such as the Brontosaur.
I’m also trying not to burn myself out. Warcraft has always been my go to low spoon game but I can be guilty of going crazy and burning out my enjoyment. Luckily the Xbox and the games I want to play with friends there is acting as a good limiter...
September 20, 2020
Pokemon Go Porygon Community Day – The Climb #576
I’m still feeling ill. I’m certainly better than I was, but I still have a bit of an occasional cough and feel so exhausted.
I suspect some of this is the combined stresses of Lockdown and burngeddon leaving me a bit run down. It’s why I’ve decided to just take it easy and focus on chilling out and playing games.
One of those games is Pokemon Go. I’m quite a hardcore player and yet, I’m really not feeling it at the moment.
I used to enjoy going out, taking gyms, doi...
September 19, 2020
Disruption – The Climb #575
I’ve been thinking a lot about disruption lately and whilst it’s not exactly welcome (especially in the form it’s come) there are ways to make the best out of a bad situation.
We’ve seen massive disruption in the last 6 months, not only to the wider world but to our own lifestyles. It manifests itself in different ways: being unable to go to the gym, unable to meet friends, unable to travel.
People are struggling with this and trying to adapt. Some manage to do it...
September 18, 2020
For The Alliance – The Climb #574
I’ve started to level an alliance character through BFA in World of Warcraft.
Back at the beginning of WOD my old guild decided to migrate servers. As we were all after a change we decided that it would be perfect time to swap to alliance. I was a bit too fond of my Death Knight Tauren main to character and race transfer them, and so instead leveled a fresh Worgen Death Knight.
We all drifted onto other games and so I went back to my Tauren on the old server which is...
September 17, 2020
A Chilled Birthday – The Climb #573
I had a pretty chill birthday.
Whilst saying another year closer to death is a bit morbid, I’ve got to an age where they represent a span of time of not having completed things. Whilst I’m not a person who generally directly compares my achievements to those of others, those people who accomplish so much by their early thirties now undermine your own accomplishments a little. Why are you taking so long; your life will be over before you can even enjoy it.
And with ...
September 16, 2020
The Art Of Muddling Along – The Climb #572
This cold is starting to annoy me now.
To be fair, the actual cold is largely over; I’m just left with a bit of a cough and nasal congestion. A combination of this, lack of fitness currently and pandemic means I’m feeling a bit run down.
But I don’t feel quite up to starting any projects just yet. I keep telling myself, just get better first, there’s no rush. Better I give myself time off to get over the last bits of this cold and start afresh on Monday.
I’ve had...
