Category: Simplifying

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X means No

When I see the letter X, it reads to me, “Do Not Enter.” It is telling me I am not allowed. X is a sign to go no further. Thanks for finally making it clear to me, Elon.

A smiling cartoon sperm whale being lifted by ropes by eight orange cartoon birds

I understand the Twitter I enjoyed died at the end of October 2022. I moved to Mastodon just over a week later. I returned to posting on the bird site three times. Each time it was to post about Blizzard games. It was about the high of getting the retweets and likes from it and longing for what it used to be for me. I was misguided. The problem came from the fact the place was still there, and it was up to me to say enough.

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Stop Trying To Make Fetch Happen

I lost my way when it comes to creating things for video. TikTok, Reels, and YouTube have all distracted me from what I enjoy creating – 300-word blog posts.

The pace of YouTube content I made in June was too much. I can’t keep that up. My goal was a video a week. I ended up with 14 streams, five videos, and eight shorts. It is too much. With my office in shambles due to a home renovation project, the downtime allows me to evaluate much of what I have been doing around gaming, content, and how I want to show up on the internet.

I am old. I have been doing this internet thing for too long. Everything is too fractured, and I am tired. I am settling on some changes and will go with what is easy. My time is limited. I need to respect this limitation.

Blogging returns because I prefer words. YouTube content (at a greatly reduced schedule) is on a break until my office situation is resolved in August. My social media presence is Mastodon and Instagram.

This is it. It is all I can do right now. It is time to stop trying to be everywhere and do a few things to the best of my ability.

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Everything in Flux

Hi. I am attempting to restart content creation.

My desire to create things is high, but my focus remains scattered. The choice of what to play and the types of videos to create remains uncertain. The games I have played in the past and what I became “known for” (I use this loosely) are MMOs which I don’t have much time to play.

Do I go back to making short Let’s Play videos?

Record playthroughs?

Do simple reaction videos?

Finding the time to do any of it properly is so tricky. I do not do it for money, so I can not sink too many resources into the endeavor. I have been a sucker for the sunk cost fallacy before. I need to be mindful of this with any decision.

There is a way forward, and maybe I need to give myself a challenge as motivation. Something simple to test the muscles. Perhaps I will start with a YouTube video a week in June.

Hold me accountable, ok?

Deal.

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5 add-ons for effective alt management in Warcraft

While we wait for the arrival of Patch 9.2, and with all of us looking for something to do in the game, now is the best time to look at leveling your alts. Whether it be professions, a new covenant campaign, farming for transmog, or simply mount and pet collecting –  there is still a lot to do in Azeroth. Let add-ons make keeping track of the tasks and characters on your account easier.

The following five World of Warcraft add-ons are how I keep tabs on my entire roster of characters:

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