Weeknotes #9: Back in the saddle
Hey it's January (as established in my previous post). I felt like I didn't have that much to say, but I've gotta get back on the horse with this weeknotes thing.
That's basically gonna be the theme of this post, actually
The holidays are fun and all, but I am someone who really thrives on routine, and my routine has been Disrupted. So I am actually looking forward to getting back to normality again (maybe the work part not so much, but I've been working through the last few weeks anyway, so it's not like I've tasted the promised land of No Work).
The first thing to get back into is, as always, the writing. I have this dumb idea that I might actually finish the first draft of the book if I can hit a consistent groove again.
The second thing is archery. This slipped out of my routine a bit over the last few months, but I've saved enough to get a bow of my own now (exciting!!!), which means I'll no longer need to borrow one of the club bows, which should free my options up a lot more. I was really having fun with this before the habit slipped and I'm hopeful I can get back to that again.
Also coming back from a break: my D&D game! We took a break for a few weeks and I'm really excited to play again, and also just to chat shit with my D&D pals. It really is the highlight of my week.
And since January is traditionally the month of "get your shit together", here is the other main theme for the month:
Quit spending money on bullshit
Unfortunately over the last few months, common sense has taken a backseat in favour of impulsively spending my money on random whims. That ends now!! (Or ends for now, at least. ADHD, baby!)
First of all, I'm instituting a CD-buying freeze for at least the rest of January. I am expecting an earlier purchase on backorder to show up at some point (the excellent GREY Area by Little Simz), but I will not be buying anything else. The only exception I'll allow myself is if the one gig I'm going to this month has CDs at the merch booth, but that's it.
My partner and I have also vowed to go cold turkey on our egregious takeaway app habit this month. This was something we got into during the pandemic and then life got difficult for a while and we got wayyy too comfortable using them. These companies exploit the hell out of their workers and we've been paying out the ass for them to do this. Also it's probably just a good idea for us to eat a bit better. It's not like we've been ordering frappuccinos twice a day or anything, but even getting dinner once a week adds up, and the ethics of it make me feel awful when I let myself think about it for more than two seconds. So enough of that.
While I'm at it, I also need to stop buying any more books until I've read the ones I have. Also I need to jailbreak my damn Kindle and stop giving any money to Evil Jeff. (Maybe this section should be titled "stop paying the bastards".)
What did I actually do this week?
Worked, played Animal Crossing, farted around with this website a lot.
Occasionally I think I should maybe share this site with people I know outside Neocities, but then I get The Fear and don't. Maybe it's because I started using the internet back in the 90s, when anonymity was really drilled into you, but I've always liked keeping my online presences as separate as possible.
It's the same reason I don't link from here to any of my accounts on other sites. Some of it is a safety thing, but it's also just the comfort of partitioning different parts of my life. Nobody needs to know all the shit I get up to. And it's not like I'm doing anything particularly dastardly, but like... my work friends don't need to see my fanfic, and my fandom friends don't need to see my teenage Livejournal (although they'd probably find it hilarious).
It also means that every new foothold on the web is an opportunity to reinvent myself. Decide all over again how I'd like to be known this time. Maybe I just like fresh starts.
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