A Day Of Grinding – The Climb #797

Thursday 29^th April 2021

Today has been a bit of a grind day where nothing much has happened, but work got done.

In the detailed outline, I made what felt like a load of progress. The document and what it needs to cover (it has an interactive element) was a bit daunting to start with but I think I’m starting to get the hang of it now. However, it still feels very rough and there’s a tonne left to do. The finished document should be 10-14 pages, but I’ve only done 2.

I want to get this done and out the door this week and I feel like I’m speeding up as I get the hang of the interactive elements, but I really need a couple of big productive days.

I’ve also been playing some Warcraft. Specifically, I’ve been trying to unlock the Kul Tiran race. And it’s been a grind! Not only do you need to do BFA, but you need to do the entire war campaign, and unlock zones that were released in subsequent patches. I even had to go back and get my heart of Azeroth in order to do one part. As a result, it’s taken as much time as leveling another alt. I even need a special add-on recommended to me to navigate all the parts I needed to do.

It’s a bit of a welcome break but the amount of work it’s taken has had me questioning whether I really want to unlock the race at all? I thought they made it easier with the release of Shadowlands.

And then when you do it, you have another big quest line to actually unlock the race.

The real shame here is that, because I wanted to get it done, I didn’t put as much focus on story as I normally do. I wasn’t really reading quest text and just trying to speed through to get another part complete.

It’s done now and I created a new alt ready to start leveling over the weekend.

Then this evening, I spent time relaxing watching my old storm chasing vlog. I remember at the time how stressful and tiring it was. I’d chase all day, get to the hotel late and then be up until 4am editing and uploading a video before getting up a few hours later to start again. I look at it now and I admire how I confident I appear. The videos also look great. I’m sure at the time I regretted doing them but looking back now, they’re something I treasure. And I suspect I’ll treasure them even more in years to come.

There’s a lot of thoughts running through my head as I finally drag myself to bed. I need to get back out there when pandemic and money allows. It’s given me a bit of motivation in a number of things I want to do, but I suspect the impact of watching those videos is subconcious and will manifest itself in the days to come.