July Round-Up, August Goals
Today has been a nice blend of productivity and floppings. I did the rest of the laundry, including the bathroom rugs, and made a giant batch of the curry chicken salad for our lunches this week (confirmed: my alterations to the recipe turn it from "pretty good" to "PUT MORE IN MY FACE IMMEDIATELY").
I spent a decent chunk of time on Star Ocean 2 and am in the Hoffmann Ruins. Short venting time - Leon shut the fuck up go away never talk again I hate you already. Also: when I was in the Linga Shrine I was so close to the save point I could SEE IT and then random encounter and the fucking game froze and I had to do that all over again, and then while in Hoffmann Ruins I got TPK'ed and I'm just. This game is edging closer and closer to the "nah, not fun" line for me. I don't want it to. I want to enjoy it. But it's really making it hard.
Anyway, it's the last day of the month, so time for goals review.
July Goals
Video Games
* Beat at least one thing
* Finish 3.3 plot in FF14
* Make progress in SO2
* Make progress in FF13 and make a damn MU post
Partial success! I beat two games (Her Story and Mind Snares: Alice's Journey. I'm right before the final trial of 3.3 plot (I got there at midnight last night and didn't feel like doing it right then), so I may yet finish it tonight after I finish this post. I did make a decent chunk of progress in SO2 despite having to restart. And I did make progress in FF13, though I've not done an MU post. I've also made decent progress in Bravely Second, which I'm pleased about.
Writing
* Allow myself a break for at least the first week of July
* Re-outline Trilogy 2
* Last two
genprompt_bingo fics
* 12,500 words
This one I did...less well on. I did about 11k words this month, but I really took a lot of time off from writing (which is okay; there was also a very busy vacation in there and the lead-up to same). I wrote about two-thirds of the fourth bingo fic and I keep opening the file, staring at it, and being very pleased with what I have but unsure where to go from here.
Financial
* Pay down 20% of credit card balance
* Bring lunch at least twice a week
* Cook at home at least twice a week
I did pretty okay on this! I didn't make as much net progress with the credit card as I wanted due to vacation, but I still did okay. (Vacation timing also skewed my cooking plans somewhat, but I kept it together pretty well.) And, while on vacation, I picked up a few things I wanted but I was very picky and careful about what I bought, asking myself if I would honestly use it/wear it/etc.
Health and Spirituality
* Yoga once a week
* Pick up tarot meditation
* Prepare Lughnassadh ritual
* Go for more walks
.....Uh. I. I picked out a Lughnassadh ritual. I did that much. And I guess we did a ton of walking while on vacation, but otherwise, not really. Oops.
Miscellaneous
* Read and review 4 books
* Read four magazines
* Clear a show off TiVo
* Design the database layout for the Rails project
I read five books, and reviewed four. I read a whole whacking great pile of magazines (I think the end tally was seven?) and threw out a few more that were too old to be of use (given they were GameInformers that were 2+ years old.) I didn't clear a show off TiVo or design the database layout, but I'm okay with that.
I do feel like I had a good and productive month in a lot of ways. Maybe not always in the way I intended, but still!
August Goals
Video Games
* Moogle U post dammit
* Finish 3.3 plot, seriously
* Make a decision on continuing vs. abandoning SO2
* Make progress in Bravely Second - I'd like to have it done before FFXV comes out.
Writing
* Re-outline Trilogy 2
* Outline Trilogy 3 rewrite for NaNo
* Incorporate received commentary into Trilogy 1 edits
* Post a fic
* Chapter 2 of Every Light, quit slacking, self
Financial
* Pay off vacation spending
* Figure out how much the basement flooding will cost to fix and save for it
* Ideally, also save for new iPad (squee!)
Health and Spirituality
* Do Lughnassadh ritual
* Work out twice a week
Miscellaneous
* Get TiVo caught up before the new seasons hit augh
* Read and review 4 books
* Keep chipping away at the magazine pile
That ought to keep me busy.
And now, to spend the last of my weekend toying around in FF14.
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I spent a decent chunk of time on Star Ocean 2 and am in the Hoffmann Ruins. Short venting time - Leon shut the fuck up go away never talk again I hate you already. Also: when I was in the Linga Shrine I was so close to the save point I could SEE IT and then random encounter and the fucking game froze and I had to do that all over again, and then while in Hoffmann Ruins I got TPK'ed and I'm just. This game is edging closer and closer to the "nah, not fun" line for me. I don't want it to. I want to enjoy it. But it's really making it hard.
Anyway, it's the last day of the month, so time for goals review.
July Goals
Video Games
* Beat at least one thing
* Finish 3.3 plot in FF14
* Make progress in SO2
* Make progress in FF13 and make a damn MU post
Partial success! I beat two games (Her Story and Mind Snares: Alice's Journey. I'm right before the final trial of 3.3 plot (I got there at midnight last night and didn't feel like doing it right then), so I may yet finish it tonight after I finish this post. I did make a decent chunk of progress in SO2 despite having to restart. And I did make progress in FF13, though I've not done an MU post. I've also made decent progress in Bravely Second, which I'm pleased about.
Writing
* Allow myself a break for at least the first week of July
* Re-outline Trilogy 2
* Last two
genprompt_bingo fics
* 12,500 words
This one I did...less well on. I did about 11k words this month, but I really took a lot of time off from writing (which is okay; there was also a very busy vacation in there and the lead-up to same). I wrote about two-thirds of the fourth bingo fic and I keep opening the file, staring at it, and being very pleased with what I have but unsure where to go from here.
Financial
* Pay down 20% of credit card balance
* Bring lunch at least twice a week
* Cook at home at least twice a week
I did pretty okay on this! I didn't make as much net progress with the credit card as I wanted due to vacation, but I still did okay. (Vacation timing also skewed my cooking plans somewhat, but I kept it together pretty well.) And, while on vacation, I picked up a few things I wanted but I was very picky and careful about what I bought, asking myself if I would honestly use it/wear it/etc.
Health and Spirituality
* Yoga once a week
* Pick up tarot meditation
* Prepare Lughnassadh ritual
* Go for more walks
.....Uh. I. I picked out a Lughnassadh ritual. I did that much. And I guess we did a ton of walking while on vacation, but otherwise, not really. Oops.
Miscellaneous
* Read and review 4 books
* Read four magazines
* Clear a show off TiVo
* Design the database layout for the Rails project
I read five books, and reviewed four. I read a whole whacking great pile of magazines (I think the end tally was seven?) and threw out a few more that were too old to be of use (given they were GameInformers that were 2+ years old.) I didn't clear a show off TiVo or design the database layout, but I'm okay with that.
I do feel like I had a good and productive month in a lot of ways. Maybe not always in the way I intended, but still!
August Goals
Video Games
* Moogle U post dammit
* Finish 3.3 plot, seriously
* Make a decision on continuing vs. abandoning SO2
* Make progress in Bravely Second - I'd like to have it done before FFXV comes out.
Writing
* Re-outline Trilogy 2
* Outline Trilogy 3 rewrite for NaNo
* Incorporate received commentary into Trilogy 1 edits
* Post a fic
* Chapter 2 of Every Light, quit slacking, self
Financial
* Pay off vacation spending
* Figure out how much the basement flooding will cost to fix and save for it
* Ideally, also save for new iPad (squee!)
Health and Spirituality
* Do Lughnassadh ritual
* Work out twice a week
Miscellaneous
* Get TiVo caught up before the new seasons hit augh
* Read and review 4 books
* Keep chipping away at the magazine pile
That ought to keep me busy.
And now, to spend the last of my weekend toying around in FF14.
I've posted this at http://lassarina.dreamwidth.org/1152778.html and you may comment there or here. On Dreamwidth, this entry has
comments.