Happy Easter!

Let's pretend that I saved this for today and didn't just forget friday because time is an illusion when I don't have a routine.
Have a song

I finally made progress on on Volume 6 again and we're getting into the end and I know exactly how the book ends now. At some point this week, I'll sit down and write what needs to be written and get it done. Hoping for a May release date of Volume 6 and it will have one hell of an ending. That I still have to write though, and let me tell you, not having a routine is horrible for me. I get so much more done when I'm like, at school or waiting for something else to happen. I don't know why I'm like this, but I kinda hate it but don't know how to change.

When I sit down to write sometimes, I'll reread what I wrote, know what to do next and just sit there for half an hour thinking about how much I don't want to write and just not do it. It's very frustrating when I've only got about 10K left in the book and can't just sit down and get it done. I've got at least one more week off work for sure, but I'm really ready to go back. I never thought I'd dislike having time off, but here we are.

What's interesting about all this is that I've just moved to a new city and had little to no desire to explore it at all. It's kinda unlike me to do that. Not to say I haven't wandered around a bit or that I don't want to, I just haven't gotten around to it. Projects to start, events with friends, books that need to be finished and so on. I just get up, get on my computer, and then make food if I need to and that's been my whole day. Maybe that's all some people ask for, but for me, I need a routine. Taking naps whenever, staying up late into the night, getting up on time and yet sleeping for four hours in the middle of the day. I always get like this and I wish I didn't.

I thought about picking up a game to play and Stardew Valley just had an update where they added a bunch of stuff, but that would be even worse from my perspective. I get sucked into games and no-life the hell out of them. I've only 'played' Stardew a handful of times, but I have nearly 200 hours in the game. A couple weeks at best did that to me, and I really hate it when I get lost in a game like that. Not because I don't enjoy mt time, but because I always feel like I could be doing something more productive.

It's a very American point of view, I know, but even sitting down and reading an entire manga series in a day feels like it gives me new ideas to write and draw about. e.g. I wanted to read Dungeon Meshi since the anime was getting to be too slow to me, and as it turns out, the manga ended shortly before the anime started airing. We're only 13/24 episodes, but that covers about half the manga, and I needed to know what happened next. It's already good and it gets so good going forward, and there's a character I love who becomes more prevalent later on and it just does everything right. I've got a lot of things I want to add to Star Overhead and some other stories just from that, which makes me feel like it's a worthwhile time investment. Playing Stardew though? It'll entertain me for a few days before I get bored of it and have nothing to show for it other than a playtime count.

As I get older, the phrase "Use your time wisely" hits harder because I really feel it. Perhaps it's a culturally ingrained aspect of how I was raised, but I can't find a reason to argue against it. I "like" games, but can't bring myself to play them. Except for my terminal addiction to Genshin Impact, which is one of the few things that does give me a sense of routine on my days off. It's almost as if the game has become a point of constant stability in my life. Sure, it helps that Genshin also feels like a story to inspire when I play the story events and quests in the game, but I know damn well that spending two hours playing the games TCG is none of that.

Still, I suppose I ought to enjoy the free time while I have it since, here in a week, it will go away. New school, new students, older grade levels, and who knows what else. It's exciting, but I haven't even gotten my yearly schedule yet, which is to be expected at this point.

Next week, The Winter 24 anime season will be 100% over, so expect a big pile of anime reviews then. There were some great shows, and there were some bad shows that I watch this season, and I have opinions on all of them. The spoiler I'll give out now though is that Mashle is a disappointment and that makes me sad.

Given that all the updates are out of the way, I think that's it for me. It was a quiet week with some good progress made in a few areas, and mostly, me missing work, oddly enough.

Until Next Time~
-KCZ