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timegoddessroseThis week has been rough for productivity. We're back under an excessive heat warning, which is a huge energy/spoons drain in and of itself, but above and beyond that I'm having trouble focusing for, ya know, Reasons. I've had to shift to looking at quality not quantity, and also just being like "Did I do the thing in some manner, shape, or form, in some amount? If yes, then that counts as a win." Which is a very difficult concept to get my brain to accept, but I'm working on it.
On top of Everything Else, I'm also having some sleep disruption, which is super not great.
Reading for fun has slowed to an absolute crawl, but I am still making (extremely) slow but steady progress through Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil. It's...okay??? I honestly cannot tell if I'm not enjoying it or if I just don't have the bandwidth to deal with a new-to-me book right now.
So, basically, all this to say, I'm trying to give myself grace for not doing well.
I'm working my way through EXU: Calamity for the...fourth(????) time??? I've been making good use of the Critical Role podcast because that format seems to be the only thing I actually have the brain space for nowadays. Anyway, Calamity is the best thing to happen to me and it really holds up under repeat scrutiny. I also successfully got Mom to watch the whole thing, which is a major accomplishment because she had previously never finished a full episode of any actual play, but she was so taken with Brennan as a DM (as are we all) that she happily sat through all four episodes. Both my mom and older brother are now big Cerrit fans, leaving me the lone Zerxus stan (with the caveat that I love all my Calamity babies, it's just that Zerxus' storyline is so precisely My Shit that, honestly, I feel called out).
Readjusting to the return of C3 has been a thing. That languid, more sprawling pacing with copious sandboxing is definitely a gear shift. That said, the CR cast all seem reenergized and some of the one-on-one character interactions were exactly what I wanted. [minor spoilers] In particular, my brain is stuck on Laudna and Ashton's interaction. They're both easily my favorite characters and I'd love to see a deeper friendship develop between them. [/spoilers]
On top of Everything Else, I'm also having some sleep disruption, which is super not great.
Reading for fun has slowed to an absolute crawl, but I am still making (extremely) slow but steady progress through Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil. It's...okay??? I honestly cannot tell if I'm not enjoying it or if I just don't have the bandwidth to deal with a new-to-me book right now.
So, basically, all this to say, I'm trying to give myself grace for not doing well.
I'm working my way through EXU: Calamity for the...fourth(????) time??? I've been making good use of the Critical Role podcast because that format seems to be the only thing I actually have the brain space for nowadays. Anyway, Calamity is the best thing to happen to me and it really holds up under repeat scrutiny. I also successfully got Mom to watch the whole thing, which is a major accomplishment because she had previously never finished a full episode of any actual play, but she was so taken with Brennan as a DM (as are we all) that she happily sat through all four episodes. Both my mom and older brother are now big Cerrit fans, leaving me the lone Zerxus stan (with the caveat that I love all my Calamity babies, it's just that Zerxus' storyline is so precisely My Shit that, honestly, I feel called out).
Readjusting to the return of C3 has been a thing. That languid, more sprawling pacing with copious sandboxing is definitely a gear shift. That said, the CR cast all seem reenergized and some of the one-on-one character interactions were exactly what I wanted. [minor spoilers] In particular, my brain is stuck on Laudna and Ashton's interaction. They're both easily my favorite characters and I'd love to see a deeper friendship develop between them. [/spoilers]
