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Why hello there! See, I planned this to be the "monthly" state of things not "quarterly" state of things, but you know, a whole bunch of life happened and whoops now it's three months later and...yeah. Well. That is that then.

As if you can't tell I really don't want to talk about all the ins and outs that happened to me and my family in the last three months. They were not good, and continue to be not very good but no longer disastrous, knock on wood. The only thing I want to stress right now is that y'all, and I mean all of y'all, go get your medical checkups that you've been putting off because of the pandemic RIGHT NOW! I mean NOW!! It'll save you a whole lot of heartache if you discover any problems early rather than late. That's all I'm saying on this subject, because Lord do I now have personal experience and it was not nice. Inevitable downsides of getting old, I guess. Anyway, go. Schedule that checkup. Now. And get your flu shots and boosters and what have you. Pandemic is still no joke, especially we're approaching winter holiday season.

Okay, so as far as fandom goes, well, I've pretty much put myself on hiatus for the 00Q fandom because No Time to Die has come out, and I have no intention of watching that film until it's on stream probably six months from now. So of course, the entire fandom is just filled with spoilers everywhere; I can't even browse AO3 in peace because people put things in pairings, tags, the title, the summary. Ai yai yai. So I'm in ignoring mode. No tumblr crawls (my entire dash is 00Q and I'm not going to unfollow everyone so, it's kind of just off-limits), and I'm making myself read old 00Q fics that I meant to read but never got around to (most of those are like 100k+ epics, which is the reason I haven't read them yet, but now I have plenty of content to go through.) I'm sure I'll survive. Meanwhile, time to dust off those plotbunnies of mine that were lying dormant for years. I'm currently working on one that I haven't even meant to pick up. But writing is writing, right?

Another small news, I resubbed to FF14. I unsubbed a while ago, but I really, really do want to keep playing this (and not starting another alt, no sir, Bard/Machinist/Dancer it is). I'm slightly rusty, though. So I think so I'm going to start with chopping trees and crafting haha. Then maybe do a bit of repetitive but easy Summoner content. Then I'll go tackle that dungeon that's gating my progress as my Bard. At least that's the plan. We'll see how far I get in a month.

And that's it for now. Yeah, I'm going to try really hard to not make this another quarterly update. I shouldn't, because I do have plenty of fan content and other fun things I can blog about. See y'all hopefully soon.
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I'm going to probably start a monthly state of things entry for every month from now on. Not only to keep myself organized and utilize this journal more, but I found that I really, really need a visual, concrete reminder of my goals. Otherwise I'd just...float away and do nothing because my brain would literally forget about what I want. It's sounds crazy, I know, but I think that's just the joy of having ADHD, undiagnosed. Joy.

I have failed my July writing goals spectacularly. Granted, I just started a new medical procedure during that month and it took my body a while to get used to, so my head wasn't quite focused on creative efforts. Still, no excuse right? Well, if one fails just try, try again until one succeeds. New month, new goals, let's see if August will fare better. (It better because, um, if not I really am screwed forever.) I've also decided that I'm going to start handwrite an entry for work every day. There's just something about opening a physical journal and the words staring at you in the face, admonishing you for not meeting your goals. Like the paper is disappointed in me if I don't keep it up haha. Not saying digital isn't more convenient (and faster), but it just doesn't have the same oomph. Also, I'm definitely planning to use this space for more video game and fandom related ramblings, so there's that separation.

Speaking of video games, I have finally, after a full year, finished Persona 5 Royal. 230 hours total (yikes!) and played through many, many sessions after dinner. But yeah, the fact that I actually managed to finish a game of that length is...something worth noting haha. Now I'm playing The Great Ace Attorney, which is easy because there're only a few franchises I could binge through and the Ace Attorney series is one of them. So I'll probably be done with that in a few weeks instead of like, a whole year (plus it's only like, 40 hours or so). I'm just glad I actually finished a game, you know? I don't think I've managed to do that with a full-length RPG in like literally years. Another thing I should work on huh?

I'm also thinking of renewing FF14 subscription soon. I stopped for a while because I just weren't playing it enough, but now I feel like I want to tackle that again. It's a great game regardless, and one of the only MMOs I consistently get hooked on. I will definitely post more about that progress once I restart.

Fandaom-wise July was a giant waste of time because of course, I suck. I joined 007 Fest and got practically NOTHING done. I had all these plans but nope, nothing came to fruition. So sad. Teaches me that I should not join anything because I suck at time management. I really enjoy the fandom too, I just, lurk more than participate nowadays. But no more! Now I'm going to see if I can dedicate the last bit of my work hours to just writing fanfic, every day. Of course if my actual novel writing is going great then I don't write fanfic, but usually it isn't, so. A change of pace is healthy, especially if I do plan to work a lot more than before. Again, I'll let you know how that'll fare out. Yeah...

And I think that's it with my current August plan. Write more, play more, hold myself accountable more. The works. See y'all hopefully sooner than in a month.

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