Checking In

I guess I just wanted to check in with myself regarding the blog and and matters gaming. I'm not quite half way through the year but it is getting close. The New Cruelty has been quiet for a bit. Alyjough it continues to grumble it seems to be okay.

For some time I had lost my way. Real life had gotten in the way. There was a point in time where I had time and energy to spare. I have more than I had but it is still a finite resource I should be able to paint about ten a day if I use speed paints. I am managing about twenty a week. Maybe a few more if they are all the same or similar uniforms. I can't sit down for long sessions like I used to. 

Speaking of numbers. As I am writing this the running total figure painting total for the year is 438. My goal for the year is 1000. The numbers each week have been up and down a bit but it is usually around the 20+ mark. So I actually appear to have a bit of grace. At the start of the week I was worried that I was going to run out of time this week but things seems to have been me being a bit cautious. It appears the need ro be close to a toilet has really helped me out

Quality wise I think there might be some questions. This is the first time I have really used contrast/speed paints. In fairness I am really using them as a base layer rather than a complete solution. My projects this year have been more about getting things done for projects with a limited operational life. So I guess that's okay.

Real life and the arrival of my daughter daughter did nothing for the blog. A small price to pay 🙂. I would also get a bollocking from the ex for anything I did that wasn't to do with her. Did anyone say domestic abuse? Since the COVID thing, which was only six months later, I really didn't have any energy. To be honest I still don't. However, I have now wrapped my head around Spoon Theory, and yes it's a thing, I am doing better. The blog has been the last thing on my mind.

So I was looking at the number of posts. So far this year I am nearly at double the number of posts I have managed in the last five years. I am sure it will be more than that by the end of June. I gave some thought to going back to daily posts like I did in 2017. Whilst I would really like to do that, I know I don't have the capacity to do that right now.

My plan for the year had called for me to work on my hex terrain. I have two sets I wanted to "finished". When I say the f word it's more about putting the projects to bed with the prospects of waking it up again at some point in the future. But not before I had finished another two, or possibly three other hex projects. This is usually a summer project so I can use the shed.