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Wow two blogs in a week and one of them isn’t rambling about what random toys I found, I’m doing pretty darn good (psst that’s on Friday). Good morning Pixlpeeps! I am sitting here in clear skies Southern California, where yesterday was gray, gloomy, and I was cursing at tourists who have no idea of where they are going so they stop in the middle of the road to make up their mind. That’s what I get for living in a place where in the winter people love to show up. Anyways today is the last day of 2019 and I thought I would do my yearly Resolutions (Goals) recap and what’s on the menu for 2020. Sound fun? Let’s get started!

 

2019 Goals

 Games Stuff

 

1. I kinda did. I mean I played a lot more of certain games I already own. I can do better, I will do better.
2. Well that is kind of true. I didn’t buy as many games in 2019 as I did in 2018. Thank goodness I stayed away from Fanatical, Steam, Humble Bundle, and any other game spots that offered deals, and bundles. I did splurge a bit at the end of the year when I spent around $50 but I got a whole bunch of PS4, and a random 3DS game.
3. This is the current lineup of games that can be Play to Win that I play: Disney Emoji Blitz that I play once a week to try and snipe the high score away from one of my friends (it’s kind of a dbag move but if I win one week, I take it easy the next), and Gems of War that I play until I hit the requirement of my guild and I spend no money. Then there are two other games where you can spend money but why and that is the original Injustice on Android (my roster is freaking stacked) and Asphalt 8 where I just want to collect the cars. These are my go-to and I have spent zero dollars on them.

 

2020 Games Goals

1. Cut back on spending: I’m on the right track of only buying games when I think I would enjoy them not because they’re super cheap and X amount of dollars. I will have a little disclaimer and if I find a PS2 or Playstation game that I don’t own and I think will be a good addition to the library I will get it. Also I am bringing back lists for 2020. It’s fun to keep track.
2. No Game Goals: I don’t want to say I want to finish X number of games in 2020. I just want to play the games, enjoy/hate/be indifferent about them and then move on. While going through my 360 games I saw that I have the Gears of War series that I really didn’t play and I would like to give them a chance.
3. Stay away from Pay to Win games: I have my core four. Gems takes up a lot of time, the other three do not, I’d like to keep it this way.

 

Non Game Stuff

 

1. Yeah it didn’t happen. I don’t know why, but it didn’t. That’s on me.
2. So I used the library a lot more. It is one hell of a freaking resource. I haven’t used their online checkout in a couple of months but I have been reading more. In my Goodreads goal of 12 books I read 22 books. I also have a bunch of freebies from Amazon, and I’ve been browsing the Gutenberg collection of freebies.
3. I’ve done more photography, jumped back into thrifting looking for my usual of CDs, Jerseys, Toys in that order, and I would guess reading would be considered a hobby.
4. Ok I kinda did this one for a little bit. I started to teach myself how to play the drums. I have a drum pad, bought some sticks, got some books and I could hang with a 5^th grade band class. Rhythms I am a little funky at but other that I think I’m ok. (I played Saxophone from 5^th grade up until college band, so it came a bit easier to me than if I just jumped into it not knowing anything.)
5. I use it, I like it, and in 2020 here’s to more of me there probably annoying the staff (not really, they’re super nice). I’m thinking of checking out Audiobooks in 2020 from there.
6. Oh I so did this and I feel better for it (how sad is that?) I watch the local portion of the news, the stuff about random traffic accident, pie sales, and other small town stuff. The minute the National stuff comes on I switch over to PBS and watch Rick Steve’s travels through Europe. Sorry folks but when the National news is just about two sides acting like babies I have better things to watch.

 

2020 Non Games Goals

1. Organization: I’m bringing back lists, I’m cleaning up the stuff I own, and sorting through things I don’t need and tossing/donating/throwing into the garage sale pile. I started this in the end of October where I started going through my bills stuff and I bought a fancy (Walmart $10 folder where the button broke a week later) and I organized them. I also started to organize my music collection that will live on my laptop. It was fun having my entire CD collection on there but do I really need Sade’s Greatest Hits AND her Ultimate Collection sitting on the same laptop? On another hard drive I’ve been going through all and I mean ALL of my music. CD rips get to be included in this unless it’s repetitive than it only lives on my main external drive, and the years of downloads/mixtapes will be placed on it, I take the favorite songs and then the stuff I don’t want gets erased. The original stuff still lives on the main external drive.
2. Read More: I still set the goal at 12, but with reading comics and some actual books it will exceed that. No Limits….Uhhhh N nah N nah (that was my 90s Master P reference)
3. Twitter/Reddit/News: I’m cutting even further back on the negative items on these resources. The mute/block/downvoting/etc. Will continue and the way I’ve been watching the local news works so I will stick to it. There are better things to get worked up about in life, Negative people shouldn’t be one of them.
4. Exercise: Yeah we’re starting back up by bringing back my morning or late afternoon walks. I miss doing this. Having a good podcast/audiobook/sports radio on the earbuds while I walk around the neighborhood was the best, and I want to do this again. I’ll go back into the gym in February when the hype dies down.
5. Other Stuff: This is the place holder for anything new that pops in my head throughout the year.

 

Alright Pixlpeeps I am off to eat some breakfast. Have a safe and Happy New Year!

That’s all for now, more next year! (I’ll see myself out)

-Chris