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My therapist suggested I might be burning myself out working too doggedly on a game lately, I was dubious but whenever I feel stuck I've instituted a policy of taking a break not just until I feel up to working again, but until I have felt up to working on a different creative project for a while first. And the positive effects on my mental health and creativity, both generally and even regarding my game, have been significant!

And also it SUCKS. I have this straightforward option for immediate You Did A Thing dopamine right there and have to IGNORE it and find some other more vague, complex source. Excruciating! Especially since all creativity for me has to work around long stretches of Being Too Ill To Do Anything.

So yeah, after much thought about what creative thing I could be doing this time...I am writing this post haha.

Anyway. Life is not too bad! Had a bunch of annoying health stuff, nothing serious just tiring, but despite that I am successfully if intermittently working on a game! It's a remastered version of a game I released 7 years ago, because I'd run out of energy rather than being entirely satisfied with it. So I am happy to see something much closer to my original vision coming together. But making games is so sloooow it is taking forevver, even with the vast majority of it already done.

Also we got a benchtop dishwasher and it's been really good. We have to hand fill it with water because there was no way to get the plumbing to work, and it's too small to handle everything, but it still makes washing the dishes overall way less exhausting.

I'm currently playing the otome (romance) game Nor9 for the switch and it's pretty good, and am still having fun in Jack Jeanne fandom. A friend dragged me into Twisted Wonderland aka "what if there was a magic school full of hot boys inspired by the villains from various Disney properties" which is more fun than it has any right to be, I am not playing the game (gacha + phone game = no) but the plotty videos are on youtube and the ongoing anime is pretty good.

HMMM I feel there was something else but this will do!

Wing came home with a nasty cold a week ago this past Friday. Over the past week, Alan and I have managed to avoid catching it. Unfortunately, Alan has caught it, and now he's keeping distance, staying in his room, wearing mask, using hand cleaner.

I am also wearing mask again, using hand sanitizer, etc etc.

With how nasty this cold virus is (yes, cold. Tested negative for Covid, RSV or Flu), I called the cleaning service this morning before 11, because Alan woke up coughing, and just sick. BUT, because I didn't call 24 hours ahead of time, only 22, they were going to charge anyhow if I cancelled. Fine, she can come here, we will be wearing masks, have hand sanitizer around.

We don't have the time or equipment to sanitize a house. I hope cleaner doesn't catch it, or blame us if she does.

Does anyone want a copy of Little Known Galaxy?

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