Can’t believe I’ve posted almost every day this month! I plan to keep it up until I reach day 90 of PHP. Will be interesting to see where I am then as opposed to now. But for now, and as always, I’m thinking about changing/adding some stuff.
Gaming, anyone?
First, I’m starting to be relaxed enough to talk about gaming again, to actually be in streams again, and to read about new releases when I’m not doing PHP work or working at my job. So I know that’s going to be making a comeback into my writing cycles somehow. I might just talk about new releases or who’s writing/directing/acting in which new games that I’m personally interested in. There’s so many options. I do know that I’m extremely guarded when it comes to talking to or interacting with people I don’t know well, for obvious reasons, but I’ll be in the cozy streams where I feel most at ease. And for what it’s worth, I’ve made an alt account to avoid old ghosts coming back my direction.
Any Villagers out there?
I also think I know a way to write about my favorite podcast, It Takes a Village, without losing the context of the conversation, personalizing it too much, or turning the posts into generic commentaries. It seems like every episode (including season one) has a takeaway or a theme. It would be a lot of fun to go back and rewatch all of the episodes, find that one theme, and take what is said about the theme and talk about how it can translate into personal development or maybe just talk about what a great concept that theme is. That show was the embodiment of coziness when it was live-streamed (and when I watched it while living in a homeless shelter over a year ago), and I just love it as it is, now.
I also know that I’m aiming to get back into the gym, and it’d be grand to start writing about that. The only reason I didn’t start this week was last weekend’s aftereffects still hovering, plus I kinda did a grand finale and slept wrong on my hip last night. But I’ve plans to go, and am quite excited about getting into it. I also kinda geek out about nutrition, supplements, and routines, so if I do get back into it and start writing about it…well…it’ll be as informative as it will be fun to write about.
I also picked up a very tiny job – usually doesn’t take more than about 4 hours of my time on the weekends, and pays handsomely (I can pay my rent with this job alone). So that will probably show up sometimes when I write as well.
Anyway, to finish, I made a playlist the other night when I was cleaning, and it’s become background music for pretty much any time I’m at home. I made it with the vision of cleaning up in a ramen shop after hours. You know, steam rising from the water-filled reservoirs where the noodle pans were. The cook in the back, hidden by the curtains, putting everything away. The cashier and server both working to sweep and mop and finish bussing tables. Only a few lights on, so the neon signs outside the place are illuminating its interior. And this lofi music inspired by Nujabes is playing softly from the cook’s old shortwave or am radio. It’s 24 songs, about an hour long. Enjoy!
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