Well, I seem to basically be over my illness. I still have some coughing but it is much less than it was before. I will see the doctor again tomorrow but I am planning to go back to work now that the Chinese New Year Holiday is over.
Kind of feel like the holiday was a flop for me. I did spend some time with family but I didn't really get into anything. Basically there was one Chinese New Year a few years back when I played a slow game vs my Chess Master computer program every day of the break. Ever since then I have always had visions of having a very productive CNY break but it hasn't really happened.
I did finish my January challenge and in a lot of ways it was a success but I kind of ended on a weak note as the the last 6 days of the month there were 3 days where I didn't play a new game for it. That included the last day of the month when I was kind of wanting to play make up games for the other two days. But I did succeed on the no spending on games aspect of the challenge. There was a chess book that recently became available that I am pretty interested in but I didn't buy it. I also did it today (Feb 2nd) but I completed the vague 3rd part I had stated about organizing my games somehow. I created index cards for my games and sorted them into categories about things like play time, my interest in the game, whether I am stuck at some part, if I completed it or if I just feel done with it.
That brings me to the topic of limits. I think I just kind of hit a limit and felt I was kind of overdoing it. So even though there was part of me that wanted to play three games on that last day a bigger part just couldn't do it. So I guess it is good and healthy that I didn't force myself or really get bent out of shape about not doing it. So then on the first of February I decided I needed a bit of a real rest day so I did kind of a screen time fast. This was a bit inspired by conversations between my brother and his kid about screen time. I just felt I needed a rest so I spent most of the day just doing other stuff. Journaling in a paper notebook and also reading a paper book. I was kind of thinking of the youtuber "beard meets food". He is a competitive eater who does a lot of restaurant challenges where if you eat the whole thing it is for free. And yet he is quite lean and fit. From what I have gathered he is very disciplined about eating and fasting when he is not doing the challenges. He also works out. This just kind of got me thinking that maybe if I am serious about video games I will need to be more disciplined about my screen time and kind of try to balance my activities. Discipline isn't really my strong suit so I think setting up a strict schedule is just setting myself up for failure. So I think I will have to play it by ear. But hopefully I can be more conscious about this and try to have some balance between screen time and time doing other things like taking walks or reading paper books or journaling on paper.
Another thing that contributed to the feeling that the holiday was a flop was just the fact that my Total War Three Kingdoms project never really got of the ground. I think it was a combination of things but I just felt like most days I just didn't want to do it. I also didn't do a deep dive on any other game. So maybe it was just the whole hitting my limit thing I was talking about. Maybe it was just too much to try to do the January challenge and the 3 Kingdoms project at the same time.
So, looking forward I am a bit uncertain. Part of me would like to come up with some other challenge or project but nothing terribly appealing has come up. Part of me is wanting to do a project where I invest more time in games I have started but haven't gotten very far with. Part of me is wanting to continue the whole playing games I have never played before idea as I still have a lot of games I haven't tried. But both of those ideas have issues. So kind of mixed.
For the challenge
The 28th nothing
The 29th Tangle tower. This is a detective game recommended by John Walker on buried treasure. It has a very cartooney art style. The dialogue is ok but the specific brand of humor involved seems like it could easily start to get on my nerves. Feel interested in playing more.
The 30th Dishonored 2. This was recommended by a friend who kind of helped get me into pc gaming when I first felt interest. I finally got around to trying it. It is kind of not really my kind of game because it is a first person action game where reflexes and timing matter. On the other hand, stealth plays a big part which makes it more like a puzzle game in some ways which is appealing. Will probably try to give this one some more time.
The 31st nothing.
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