Weekly thing is my series of quick reflections and plans. It goes out, as expected, at the end of every week. The aim is to use this consistent writing to give myself more grace and more inspiration when progress (in other things) is sluggish.
Hi friends,
Is it starting to seem a bit lame writing numbered posts now that I'm at #18? I feel so. I find myself constantly calculating how many months it has been 😅 I'm going to change the way I'm numbering them…somehow? Any ideas?
Also, I'm adding a new bit to this! Considering how much I'm talking about reading, I thought it would be nice to just name some articles/books1 that I'm currently on. More useful for you reading this too, I think!
Something I Did:
I was supposed to be doing less this week, but my partner2 and I decided to go out for a date/drop by a new exhibition/plan for Japan. And would ya know, nothing went according to plan!
We got the date of the exhibition wrong and didn't need the extra Japan stuff, so…in productivity terms, the day was a bust.
Thank god we made the most of the date and had an incredible time walking around, eating our favourite foods, and just enjoying spending time with each other. I think we’re handling non-errand dates much better now!
Recently read:
interviewed Deanie Chen, a concert photographer, and it's one of those BTS (behind the scenes, not the boy band) deep dives into pop culture that I love.Something I'm Doing:
If you remember, I was fresh into a Harvest Moon: Light of Hope obsession last week, and was looking forward to spending the week playing it.
Well, update on that: I'm 64 hours in, and losing interest fast. I don't know if it's because the music is playing in my head on a continuous loop, making me feel like I'm going crazy, or the fact that I’ve gotten into a boring routine and it's become less exciting. Anyways. I guess this is why my therapist wasn't worried about my obsessions, since they taper off by themselves.
Also 64 hours3 seems like a lot until I see my partner playing Starfield, which only came out on early access on the 1st of September and yet has people clocking hundreds of hours on it4??
Something I'm Thinking About:
The freak out over Japan has started.
It’s 4 weeks away, so that's early even for me, a chronic worrier.
My first step whenever I seem to be too paranoid about something is to break down my concerns and see where the feelings originate, so..here it goes.
It's definitely related to the fact that this is my first trip to a non-English5 speaking country (besides Bali, a tourist trap) in a while. So the scared feelings over travelling are bubbling up, even though I've been to Japan before.
Japan in particular has also seemed to want to keep me there a bit too much; I've encountered a snowstorm and a typhoon there on separate trips on the last day, making my way to the airport a nightmare both times. I'm afraid my curse has not lifted.
2 weeks is also long for a trip, and our booked hotel room isn't huge, so I'm trying to figure out how to bring enough clothes (or laundry stuff) while keeping it to a minimum to maximise space.
Are these thoughts valid? Obviously, but holy shit I can't have these feelings bouncing around for 4 more weeks. My shoulders ache thinking about the stress it's gonna cause.
So I'm going to need to let the thoughts pass, and focus on the emotions. It's time to breathe and let the feelings in properly so they can pass. Wish me luck.
See you soon,
Charing
I wanted to do a ‘watching’ section too, but I’ve just remembered that there's a strike going on that I fully support, so I won't talk about shows till it's over!! Pay the writers!
Over 1 and a half weeks!
He is at 30+ hours and has done a total of 2 main quests and millions of side quests and random exploring.
And Mandarin/Cantonese, which are both languages I speak