I know there is little evidence to support this, but I remain conscious (about half the time), and am sort of functioning.
I remain firmly ensconced in Borderlands 4. I haven't been so hooked on a game in years, perhaps decades. Perhaps since Borderlands 3 to be fair. It's just not losing the fun factor! Maybe I should be learning from it. I will say that my complaint about bullet sponge bosses doesn't hold up. I don't know if I just was new to the game, as that was my first character, or if it was just a really bad build, but I have not had a similar experience on my 11 other characters. And going back to that first character (still my highest level one), she still feels much weaker than the rest. So I dunno. Bad build. Brooooken build perhaps???
I have made a little progress in
Broken Build Simulator, working on the Super Secret Endgame Events which are fascinating. Not a lot of progress though. But it's not all my fault. Most of my time has been taken up with life, not Borderlands. We just closed our grant application window at
Rock Rose Foundation and we have been processing the applications, which was a very large portion of my time for several weeks. Then we are in the midst of about 5 dozen household projects. I honestly am having a very hard time finding any time to work. I have noticed I have a form of ADHD or autism (self-diagnosed!) where if I don't have a day completely free of outside obligations, I just can't even begin to dig into my self-driven work. And boy have I not had a day free of obligations in months!
Today it's a workman here, who is going to turn off the power for an hour at some random point not yet determined, someone potentially coming over to hang out this afternoon, some house chores, and of course more Rock Rose work. Squeezing in Hamumu work is totally possible. I am well aware that there are literally hours of free time available. But I just can't get that momentum going when I have these other things hanging over my head. I can sometimes poke in for a few minutes, but that's about it. It's annoying and stupid!
Maybe it's burnout and I need a solid vacation to clear the brain-pipes, but if (note: the workman just interrupted me writing this sentence) that doesn't fix it, then I just wasted that vacation time also not working! Yeah, existential crisis. Brain failing. And that's what drives me into playing a game. I can accomplish things inside games.
