Last Post: 9:59:16am, 12/30/2022
2022 Retrospective
2021 has been harsh on me. Dad died before the year was over, I got the terrible COVID variant, and my future was uncertain as I went into what was going to be my first year of unemployment. Gaming that time was like a drug that both kept me in check and sent me to the wayside if I didn't regulate myself; composed of either long elaborate games that I could just zone out in or really short ones as I used them mainly to distract myself before focusing on my certs and things. I don't recall actually wanting to play something because I wanted to.
2022 follows this pattern but I'm a bit more settled in my new job. Gaming was mostly focused on finishing up old stuff I couldn't before 2020 but nothing so heavy like an RPG except probably at the start of the year when I was more free. This year saw the end of several FPS' and Adventure Games---games that are lighter to swallow and get into. I'm dying for some heavy stuff but I don't know if I have the capacity for them yet. It's getting there though as I fill in the gaps of my games beaten with Deep Rock Galactic or Voxiom.io
I don't know if 2023 will have me branching out into more "daring" attempts to beat something. Perhaps. I've been slowly moving into solo pen and paper journalling stuff so maybe my count will also significantly lessen. We'll see.
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It's not so cliche anymore when it's happening to you.