Dec. 5, 21: Routine, Grocery Shopping, Oculus, TV, and Games

Man, it’s so easy to fall out of a good habit! Reflecting on it now, it’s been ages since I (or we) went out for a proper walk. I know there’s an easy way to fix that, just get out there, but then I look out the window at the drizzling freezing rain and all my good intentions fly out there as well.

I fell asleep super early last night, like around seven, but luckily I woke up with just enough time to get my steps in before midnight. I was up for a little over an hour doing hardcore laps, but got back to sleep easy enough. Ended up getting about nine hours altogether, so actually made up some ground! 🎉🥳

The crypto markets are still scary to look at and I still can’t connect to Coinbase’s website. 🤬 Seems like HIVE dumpers are coming out of the woodwork…guess the first week of powerdowns came through and now they’re taking what profit they can get on the way back down. 😢 On the bright side, my HIVE payout has recovered nicely as a result (got hit big time with the rapid price rise last week).

Still keeping a close eye on my DeFi. The stables interest rate has come back to normal levels, but I’m still nervous about how fast my collateral has been losing value. So far I’m still in the green, but it’s definitely yellower than before.

Otherwise, just the usual morning routine. Did a couple chores here and there, watched some YouTube, did some curation, hit the faucets…the same ol’. Worked on my post and got it scheduled and we headed into town to do the grocery shopping.

Got back and put stuff away and had a quick sandwich for lunch…that was more or less the end of the productivity for the day. Not sure if I can call what I’m in a rut or a funk or what, but I’m starting to beat on myself with the out of the blue “you’re worthless and nothing you’ve done in your life ever amounts to anything…” sort of fun times. I try not to give too much credence to that voice, but it’s not entirely wrong either.

There was a time that my mind was going and I was trying to tackle big problems…now I feel bad that I don’t feel bad not being motivated to think; really all I wanted was an original thought…I guess, truthfully, a worthwhile original thought. But then, isn’t that a veiled desire for fame, just a weakness in one’s self seeking validation from others?

So much for my existential crisis, and onto my midlife crisis. 😂 I didn’t go out in the garage at all today. I tried to reach a decision about what to do, but just been going in circles and got tired of the round and round. Been trying to reflect on what it’s supposed to be: a hobby, a challenge to take something inoperable and bring it back to service…in some small degree, that seems to be making a positive difference in the world, but at the end of the day the body is fiberglass and the motor is from the wrong year, and the brakes are a complete nightmare, and…it seems like it can never be worth the time and effort. But then again, it’s my heart and soul in that car, that’s what makes it mine, and the fond memories I have of it from childhood…

Been looking at other cars for sale, but I just don’t know. Even if I got a different one, I’d still need to get this one up to snuff enough to sell it to pay for the other. Circles, you see?

Anyways, played a little Oculus to try and occupy my mind, but not for all that long. Pretty much just plopped in front of the tube and binged the entire season of Chocolate School.

I guess it should come as no major surprise that, being relatively inactive all day, by the time it neared to bedtime I still had several thousand steps left to go. Not great, been bringing my averages down only just skating by ten thousand. Still, did my laps and marching in place and got it done to keep the streak going. 👍

I’m highly confused by dShitty today since fifty-eight is fifty-eight…not at all sure what to make of it! 😱

It’s one thing to say that I’m getting less than I should be (what I bought into). It’s another to have photo proof from the horse’s mouth:

I still keep forgetting about CrytoSuckmaster until I hit this part of my post. Even if I could get out through WAX (which is doubtful), not sure it would even be worth the hassle.

I did remember to go in on Rising Star a few times today and just been doing missions over and over to get my level up. Although I have bought a couple cards with HIVE, it wasn’t very much to be honest, otherwise I’ve just been recycling back into the game. Kind of considering selling a few Starbits to make the time more interesting.

Played my Splinterlands quest relatively early today. It took some time, but I did get back into Gold II, if only just barely.

I got Water splinter again for my quest today, but even though I got it done in Gold II which was my goal (for yesterday actually), the rewards were kinda’ shabby again:

I guess that rare dragon isn’t all that bad, but I have other, better Dragon reachers that I’m more likely to use. It all counts toward deck power, I suppose.

I find it very frustrating that Gladiators have no value. In brawls, though, they’re super useful…except the brawl rewards just earn you more Gladiators and round in a circle it goes. Either way, I had enough today to get another pack: