{"id":142,"date":"2017-02-25T04:24:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkestlight.org\/b\/?p=142"},"modified":"2017-02-25T04:24:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:24:36","slug":"desultory-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkestlight.org\/b\/desultory-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Desultory I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t taken the time the past couple of days to sit down and write, but I&#8217;ve been thinking of occasionally just blasting out a post of whatever random, disconnected thoughts pop into my head. \u00a0So that&#8217;s what this is the first of (that&#8217;s a roman numeral 1 up there, so be prepared for a II at some point). \u00a0This is unlikely to be the most profound thing you&#8217;ve ever read or that I&#8217;ve ever written, but, take it or leave it&#8230; like I always say, what I write here is primarily for me in any case.<\/p>\n<p>Abstaining from Facebook is going pretty well. \u00a0I was surprised to realize that my previous break from it was over 2 years ago. \u00a0Didn&#8217;t seem like it had been so long. \u00a0That time for the first week or so I experienced strong urges to log in and would catch myself starting to type in the address or looking for the tab in my browser. \u00a0This time around I&#8217;ve barely thought about it. \u00a0That time I had planned on staying away from it for at least a month, and I think it had worked out to that almost exactly in practice. \u00a0This time, I have no planned timeframe, but it will almost certainly be longer than that. \u00a0Especially if I continue to not miss it.<\/p>\n<p>The job search continues. \u00a0I&#8217;m trying to expand my options but my hopes continue to be with BSW. \u00a0It took a good while before I heard back from them the first time around, so I&#8217;m hoping that&#8217;s all that is happening this time&#8230; \u00a0I think I submitted my application about 3 weeks ago now. \u00a0There&#8217;s no way to know for sure for the time being. \u00a0Otherwise, I have a contingent job offer, but it&#8217;s going to take a while for that to go through, so I at least need something temporary in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve gotten back into playing Final Fantasy XIV after a fairly extensive break. \u00a0I&#8217;m really enjoying it again, much more so then when I had decided I needed to get away from it for a while. \u00a0MMOs can sometimes start to feel like a chore rather than being fun, and when that happens, it&#8217;s best to step back. \u00a0Expansion is coming in just a few months and I&#8217;m excited for it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping to dedicate some more time to writing over the next couple of weeks. \u00a0I still haven&#8217;t done much work on the novel that I&#8217;m wanting to write. \u00a0It&#8217;s just a matter of setting the time aside.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the weather has been really nice, and I think is going to consistently be getting nicer than it has been overall, I&#8217;m looking to do some more active things outdoors as well&#8230; \u00a0mainly going on some bike rides and running&#8230; maybe mix some hikes in there as well. \u00a0I&#8217;ve done a couple of bike rides already, and went for a run which was enough to realize I need to get my endurance up all over again. \u00a0Oh well. \u00a0It will come.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward with this blog, I&#8217;m going to try to write 2-3 thought out topical posts per week, and 1-2 of these random thought posts to pad it out. \u00a0For the first couple months it&#8217;ll probably be on the lower side of those ranges. \u00a0But, I think it should be doable.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; look forward to it! 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