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[clockworksteel]

2026 Resolutions

I've decided to take it easier this year. I did generally like my "fun" resolutions last year, but have even scaled those back.

Serious Goals

Goal 1: Rest more. I have made too much of a habit of pushing past what should be my bedtime of 10:30 PM all the way to 11:30 PM, especially considering even without my alarm, on a day I want to sleep in, I still wake up before 7 AM. Part of the problem is that I put off necessary tasks like doing dishes and taking out the trash until it's already time to go to bed or beyond, but I think I can make time for rest. Between work and weekend activities I've scheduled too many things to take naps, except maybe the occasional Sunday, but it would be good to at least defend my bedtime better.

Also, separate from sleeping, I probably could use more quiet time where I'm not playing a game or watching a stream. Just moments to quietly exist and maybe think some thoughts.

Goal 2: Try at least two recipes that could become easy staples for days I'm eating separately from my housemate. I'm thinking stuff like homemade tacos or a basic meat on rice sort of thing. Just, like, it would be good to be able to cook a protein that wasn't from the frozen section. I used to be able to confidently brown meat, but it's been so long even that idea has had me a little nervous lately, but I'm sure once I've done it a couple times it'll be fine.

Fun Goals

Goal 3: Finish some games that were previously dropped (we'll say a game was "dropped" if it wasn't finished, and hasn't been played in over 2 months). I liked this one from last year, and it's good to chip away at the backlog a little. Gonna replace "tactics" with "RPG", though, since I feel like I have more of those I'd actually like to finish. That makes the goal for this year specifically:

At least one RPG. Likely Coromon or The Crystal Project. Beating Coromon would be nice if Coromon: Rogue Planet looks good.

At least one game other than what's counting as the RPG that I never even started. Some ideas: Can of Wormholes, Mindustry, Wizard of Legend 2, Roguebook

At least two other games. Some ideas: Creepy Castle, Dream Tactics, Nobody Saves the World

Ideas left over from last year's list that could also be the "at least two others": Chrono Ark, Cupid Parasite, Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Berserk Boy, Dungeon Drafters, Tales of Arise, Rain World

Goal 4: Review at least 6 games on Steam. I think reviewing games is good to do occasionally, since the gamer community does often rely on Steam reviews. Also, reviewing practice is probably also good for my own youtube videos. I've just scaled it back to 6 since that's how many I did last year and I'm trying to keep things simple this year. No need to push things. 6 is way more than I did in years prior to 2025 on average.

Other things I considered that will not be resolutions

Anything related to making OCs: I would like to have an OC I care about, but I don't think forcing myself to make one is a good way to go about that. I've had some ideas for abilities and a setting kicking around for the past few months, but no real inspiration on the personality, appearance, name, gender, or anything that would make them start to feel like a character instead of a character sheet.

Discover the true gender: Again, can't be forced. I'm still feeling like whatever I felt for a few months a couple years ago related to being maybe transfem was real, but I ran out of bottled up gender and am actually mostly either nonbinary or agender when it comes to a sustainable steady state. Maybe I'll realize something else this year, maybe I won't. I just am not sure this is over.

Exercise: While my house now contains a new treadmill, and I've had some ideas about when in my schedule I could maybe find a time to reliably exercise (Sundays and Tuesdays are easy choices because even when my housemate is awake, we don't eat together, then the other day could just be "whenever we have frozen shrimp", since that's typically later in the week). I just don't think it's a priority for me right now. Maybe I'm simply too exhausted right now for good resolutions, but I can always set more goals during the year if I get feeling confident I can do more.

Any major home improvements: There's still more that could be done (first thing that comes to mind is that the driveway basically needs replaced at this point), but I think I want a break.

Scoring any particular number of Challenge Enthusiasts points: Feeling exhausted all the time is not conducive to challenge gaming.

[clockworksteel]

2025 Resolution Evaluation

Well, uh, what a year. Besides the general state of the world, I feel like work was also more stressful than usual this year, due to there being more tasks I hadn't done before. Also, there were health issues for both my housemate and me, requiring multiple urgent care and doctor visits for both of us. That, and I got convinced to replace my windows this year so that was a whole thing that basically wiped out all the restfulness of a week I'd scheduled off from work. Like, the year wasn't all bad: I played a good amount of fun games, for example, but I'm just not gonna worry about goals that didn't happen. Looking over the dates in my notes, there's a bit of a gap for several months in the middle of the year on any sort of progress. Better luck next year.

That said, the goal evaluation:

The goal post from last year: https://www.tumblr.com/clockworksteel/771429465526026240/goals-for-2025?source=share

Serious goals

Goal 1: Make necessary calls and such to hire somebody for at least one major house-related task this year.

This one was actually a super success: three whole things happened.

First, I'm counting the window replacement. Sure, they came to my door about an estimate, but this was by far the one I needed to put the most effort into, since they expected me to clean all the windows and take the blinds down, then put the blinds back up when they were done. My housemate also put great effort in getting their room clean enough for them to come in and replace those windows, but I was responsible for the rest of the house and all the blinds. I've gotten most of the blinds back up, but there are a couple that are still down. Fortunately, most of this happened during a week I'd taken as vacation anyway, but it was still a lot. I was so exhausted I started a new idler game because I didn't want to put effort into gaming: and it wasn't even good (I do not recommend Cell to Singularity: Evolution Never Ends).

Besides the window replacement, I also had the mini-split AC replaced due to multiple issues: the head in my housemate's room was super loud because a fan had lost a blade somehow, and the one in my room would drip due to insufficient slope in the drain. Fortunately, the work got scheduled for just 6 days after the window stuff.

Third, some work on the exterior of the house was done. It was kinda a follow-up from the window people and was the easiest to get finished. These three things were specifically on July 22, July 28, and August 25, respectively.

There were also minor things that got done this year: due to an issue with the switch breaking in a light fixture, I had it replaced (after months of it being broken: it also was finally done after the same cleaning of the house as the window and AC work). Also, I arranged for some large items we weren't using to be hauled away (broken table, multiple window AC units). I didn't write the dates on those, but probably still late July or early August. It was a busy time.

Goal 2: Actually regularly exercise this year.

Straight up did not happen. I did do some pushups occasionally for my shoulder, but the only time any sort of regular exercise happened is when I had physical therapy for a potential neck issue that could have been affecting my ear. I did the exercises between the first and second sessions of that, but didn't keep up with them. And, uh, they weren't exactly intense exercises. My mom asked me almost every visit something like, "Are you getting enough exercise", but that really doesn't help, so say the least. I'm gonna cut this one off here so I don't start ranting about parental issues.

Goal 3: Cook 10 new recipes.

Well, uh, 2 is almost 10, and I'm counting one time my housemate did almost all the work in that. I actually find cooking new things rather stressful. I feel like it would be good if I at least got used to cooking with a ground meat again. I did a little more food preparation that wasn't either oven-based or microwave-based than usual this year though. It's just that I've started to lean more heavily on making pasta or steamed potstickers when I have dinner separately from my housemate. It's something, at least.

Oh, and for the specific new recipes, my notes on this one specifically say:

April ?? - Copycat Cooking's "Panda Express Chow Mein" (with help)

July 14 - Bean Burritos from Hello Fresh (solo)

Fun Goals

Goal 4: Review 10 games on Steam.

I did 6, so not bad. 2 of them were just done while I was left alone at my parents' house because everyone else had gone to church. There are still more games I'd have liked to review though: I sometimes think of what I'd say in a negative review of that one idler game, and also I think about writing a positive review of Rogue Legacy 2. Plus I haven't reviewed Hi-Fi Rush, Cauldron, or Silksong, all of which I'd selected for awards this year (see previous post). So yeah, more intent than action, but still some action, so that's cool.

Apr 1: Cyberpulse

Aug 3: The Spectral Web: Hitodama

Sept 12: Final Fantasy V

Nov 8: Garbanzo Quest

Dec 28: Squeakross

Dec 28: Balatro

Goal 5: Finish at least 4 games I already owned, but had dropped or never started. I'd specifically said at least one I'd never started, at least one tactics/strategy game, and at least two others total.

This was done fully. My notes:

Jan 9: Beat Mystic Academy: Escape Room, a game I'd never started

Feb 6: Beat Persona 5 Tactica, a tactics game

Feb 16: Beat Hi-Fi Rush, another game I'd never started

Dec 1: Beat Monster Sanctuary

Also, technically, after not having played it for months, I picked up FFV for another Four Job Fiesta run that concluded on August 31, but I think this goal probably requires me to have also never finished the game.

Goal 6: Do the posts on the subject of The Void Rains Upon Her Heart that I'd planned.

This happened too. I didn't write down the dates of the posts, but they're here on tumblr. No real need to list them.

Not a goal: Also, I said I wasn't gonna push Challenge Enthusiasts this year and I was absolutely right about that: I went from 680 points to 695. https://cedb.me/user/9f1f4644-b3d3-40b7-a348-fb9ce59222c4 Something(s) I already had lost points, then I got some points for things I did anyway, without looking at Challenge Enthusiasts. Specifically, 10 points from Garbanzo Quest for 100%, 10 points from Silksong for completing an assorted set of achievements, and 10 points from Noita for just beating it once.

Anyway, overall, not bad. Only one thing outright didn't happen. I'll take it.

[clockworksteel]

Goals for 2025

Yep, it's New Year's time.

Serious goals

Make necessary calls and such to hire somebody for at least one major house-related task this year. Some possibilities: repainting the outside of the house, patching the driveway, or fixing AC in my room. Ideally more than one, of course.

Actually regularly exercise this year. It would be good if I could at least make some progress on my shoulder rather than neglecting physical therapy stuff. Like, there's a definite problem.

Prepare at least 10 recipes I've never done before. Some will probably come from the cookbooks I was given for Christmas, but taking over the occasional meal from the meal delivery service I get with my housemate is a possibility. It would be good if I could step up more with regards to cooking, and my housemate will be leaving someday.

Fun goals

Finish some games that I own already, but haven't played in over two months. It's good to appreciate the games I already own, and will save some cash if it reduces my Steam sale spending. Specifically I'd like to finish:

At least one strategy game. Likely one of Persona 5 Tactica, Unicorn Overlord, Mario and Rabbids, or Fire Emblem Engage.

At least one game I never even started. Possibilities include Hi-Fi Rush, Coromon, Dream Tactics, Before Your Eyes, Nobody Saves the World, Blue Fire, Temtem, and about a jillion things from those charity itch.io bundles.

At least two other games. Some ideas: Monster Sanctuary, Chrono Ark, Cupid Parasite, Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Berserk Boy, Dungeon Drafters, Tales of Arise, Rain World

Review at least 10 games on Steam. I play a lot of games. I'd like to practice gathering my thoughts on what makes a game fun or not.

Finish the Void Rain species posts. Still need Glyphs, Veyerals, and Zaramechs.

Remarks

I didn't include a gender goal because I don't think it can be forced, but I'm not fully convinced I've got it figured out. See my last post for my current thoughts.

I'm not feeling like pushing Challenge Enthusiasts this year. To write down my current points in case they do change, though, they're at 680. I guess I already remarked I earned about 200, but the actual change in points was from 465 to 680, due to either new objectives I'd already done being added, or point values being adjusted.

While there are a number of other household tasks I will want to get done this year, I don't think making them a resolution will help. I've started playing Spirit City: Lofi Sessions recently and that might be what I need for them. I don't want to make a "play Spirit City" goal, though, because that's not really the essential part of what's going on and I might drop the game without dropping the habit of doing things.

[clockworksteel]

Well, I guess my usual end of year thing is to look back at goals and say how they went. Honestly, the year was kinda rough, and I think I spent most of the second half of the year in some stage of burnout, so I'm not gonna worry too much about things that didn't get finished.

Serious Goals

Exercise: Some token efforts were made, but no true habit formed. Maybe next year.

Take care of something around the house: I did put a new auto-closer on the back door, as was one of the tasks I listed as something I might do, so technically accomplished already in January. I also arranged to have the water heater replaced, so a bit of a bonus. There were a couple things I was honestly hoping I'd get around to that I didn't, but honestly, it's fine. Plus even though it wasn't an emergency replacement or anything, getting a new water heater was probably better than getting the outside of the house painted.

Clearing the stacks of paper from my desk: Well… I think the stacks of paper might be shorter? Also, vaguely related, I did at least take care of a lot of the plastic bottles and snack containers that had built up nearby, so that's something.

Gender progress: I feel like I didn't gather any new evidence this year. I'm currently kinda going with the idea that I'm almost agender, but, like there's 3% of a gender just kinda wobbling around, which I guess technically could be called something like demi-genderfluid but I feel like that label implies way more gender non-conforming than I've been doing. I've compared my current gender to a TV remote that's basically out of batteries but can still produce a little signal if you're lucky. Two years ago I definitely had 3 months of feeling transfem, but, I mean, if you bottle up 1-3% of a gender for 3 decades maybe that does come out to 3 months. I haven't done the math. Of course, anytime I make an avatar of some sort of a video game lately I'm like, "Well, time to make a girl and see if there's trans flag clothing" so there's really no way of knowing whether there's more going on. I mean, I'm about to go to my parents' house, so maybe it's better not to dwell too hard on that anyway.

Fun Goals

Earn at least 100 Challenge Enthusiasts Points: Doubled the goal. Site updates adjusted some point values and added some objectives I'd already done, but my best attempt at adding up everything I actually did this year comes out to 200 points, anyway. Turns out the fun ones are kinda easier to stick with, although honestly, the points were mostly frontloaded in the year. Burnout even affected my gaming.

Finish Factorio and at least one other game I stopped playing for at least 4 months: Yep, did this too. Factorio, Hue, and Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe.

I'm not gonna try to get too into next year's goals yet. That's kinda an activity for me in the car closer to New Year's. I just thought I'd get the wrap-up done now since it's not like I'm gonna do anything more while I'm gone.

I do want to actually finish those monster-type writeups for The Void Rains Upon Her Heart though. I've written most of a post on Glyph Monsters and already have the screenshots I want from story events.

[clockworksteel]

Well, quarter of the way through the year. Might as well review how the goals are doing.

Overall, despite the lack of any notable bad events, it was kinda a rough start. Too many appointments, perhaps. There's my housemate's ongoing medical issues (probably some sort of appointment every 1-2 weeks on average so far this year, plus trips to the pharmacy), my vehicle safety inspection came due in February, did taxes, had my own doctor appointment, there were dentist appointments that didn't actually happen, plus of course the worse end of daylight savings happens in the first quarter.

Anyway, the goals:

1: Have some sort of exercise habit again

Honestly, nothing to comment on here. I haven't even made plans.

2: Take care of at least one longstanding thing in the house

I put the auto-closer on the back door, although without the chain that it kinda also needs to deal with the wind. Still, reasonable progress on an unambitious goal. Should've probably made it, like, 2-3 tasks. I'd like to get the water heater replaced in the next few months.

3: Clear the stacks of papers from my desk

I've done a couple sessions of cleaning the papers a little, just looking through for anything that was an obvious trash/shred. Mail has come in too, but I think the stacks are overall lower. Still, need to step it up.

4: Make some more progress on gender stuff

Not much concrete progress here. I haven't really sat down and just thought about things at all. (Also there's been a thing that's been bothering me about my parents and religion since my last visit on Christmas break which has kinda consumed my idle thoughts a bit. May need to try to put it all into words at some point.)

Still, I've made notes of various stray thoughts, events, and dreams as relevant. That's resulted in 15 distinct notes so far this year. I won't be sharing all of them in detail.

I think the most meaningful one is that, after earning the Challenge Enthusiasts goal "Void Given Focus" I thought that would be really cool as a gender. And you know what? When I'm gaming, that's what I am. I don't think it applies when not gaming though. So I guess that's just the "Clyceer" gender. They/them pronouns for that still.

The other ones are some variation on "sure wish I was trans", notes about dreams, and also I have another dress now.

5: Earn at least 100 more Challenge Enthusiasts points

I thought this was going to be a whole-year goal, I already have earned 110 points. Perhaps my neglect of other things hasn't entirely been due to exhaustion, but also a lot of these were just done on my weekly Saturday streams.

I'll probably keep going for more points, but may slow down the off-camera stuff. My full notes also include the start times, but here's just the points.

Jan 23: Ittle Dew got a 5 point objective that I'd already completed (won't count for goal, but is a point gain, technically noticed on Jan 29)

Feb 4: Achieved Lone Fungus "Spores and Spells" objective (10 points)

Feb 5: Achieved the Blasphemous' Miracle of Penance (10 points)

Feb 7: Achieved FTL's Federation Victory (15 points)

Feb 10: Achieved Hollow Knight's Void Given Focus (30 points)

Mar 2: Achieved Patch Quest's Monster Hunter (5 points)

Mar 9: Achieved Haiku, the Robot's Anti-Corruption Protocol (15 points)

Mar 23: Achieved ZeroRanger Grapefruit Smasher (15 points)

Mar 23: Cyber Hook's Retrowave Traceur (10 points, and my first First Person points) Full Challenge Enthusiasts profile: https://cedb.me/user/9f1f4644-b3d3-40b7-a348-fb9ce59222c4

6: Finish Factorio and at least one other game that I haven't played in over 4 months

Yeah, the other video game-related goal is done already too. Should probably throw in Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair sometime this year. It's a Challenge Enthusiasts goal, and all I need to do is beat the titular Impossible Lair with the completed bee shield.

Jan 18: Finished Hue, which hadn't been played since May 27 2023

Jan 25: Finished Factorio

Feb 18: Started Psychonauts 2: I'd never started it, but bought it long ago enough that I'm writing it. Probably will take a while because it's a video playthrough, but is basically guaranteed to finish now.

Unrelated to any start of year goal, I've also taken up interest in the Super Mario Maker Team 0%, and have started helping out with Super Mario Maker 2. I've beaten 13 levels from 2020 so far this year. Not any that were particularly impressive, but cleaning up the mere Expert levels and kinda garbage Super Expert levels frees up time for the good players to grind the truly tough ones.

[clockworksteel]

End of the year evaluation/new goals

Well, it's the end of the year again. Honestly, it's been a rough one. There was work stress associated with being trained on a software framework that was new to me (React) in a language I've done little in (Javascript), there was a Return to Office policy at work, and my housemate's health issues resulted in a number of emergency trips, some of which required either pickup or dropoff at 1 AM. Much vacation time was burned either recovering or actually making trips to doctors and the ER. Plus there were all the things that I already mentioned happened in January like needing to maintain my water heater and get a warranty repair done on a recliner.

Still, despite the quality of the year, some progress was made on some things. Looking at last year's post on goals there were 5 things I mentioned, although one was just "Skincare?". To briefly summarize, the others were:

Continue considering gender

Learn to cook

Add physical therapy exercises to my exercise

Improve my Youtube audio

In terms of gender stuff, this the year I first tried on a dress (no image in that post, and also I now own two), and also the year I started getting permanent hair removal done (although electrolysis is a slow process and in 4 months of sessions we're still just on the lower part of the neck). I've also had a number of dreams in which I'm transfem which is interesting. They seem to come in bursts. I had 3 in the first two weeks of this month, actually. I haven't made as much progress as I'd like, but this certainly wasn't neglected, despite never feeling like I reclaimed the spirit of possibility like I had near the end of 2022.

As far as cooking, we actually did Hello Fresh for the full duration of a discout code, with me being the primary thing-doer once a week. I certainly relied a lot on my housemate's expertise even though the days were theoretically "mine", but I feel like even just practicing some knife skills was valuable for cooking confidence. Plus I cooked chicken without poisoning anyone. There are currently plans for me to continue cooking on Saturdays (as in actually cooking at least one thing: I also handle the Friday and Sunday meals but it's all frozen stuff). Since my housemate is on a lower sodium diet (probably good for me too), actually cooking things sort of has to be a habit for at least some of the days.

Regarding exercise, this is probably the one area I got worse. I am at least making sure to do some of my old physical therapy exercises just enough that it feels like my shoulder isn't getting worse, but the entire rest of my exercise routine dropped off. It's been an exhausting year, and the way the electrolysis appointments routinely wipe out a few hours every Saturday isn't helping with finding time for things.

On the subject of my Youtube videos' audio I didn't do much, but it wasn't that much of a problem. I think my volume levels between the game sound and the microphone sound have been generally better balanced this year than in the past. That's pretty much all I wanted.

For skincare… well, I do more than last year, but don't have much of a routine. An area that could be improved but honestly I just don't think I care that much and this will not be a goal for next year.

Besides the goals I wrote out last year, some other accomplishments of varying sizes: -Actually got my heating system inspected like I should have been doing routinely -Fixed the slow-draining issue in the shower drain -Got back into Challenge Enthusiasts and earned a little over 200 challenge points, putting me not only in the C ranking but well on my way to B -Beat New Game Plus 100 in Rogue Legacy 2 as well as earned a gold trophy in its True Rogue mode

For next year, let's call these the goals:

Have some sort of exercise habit again, ideally with at least one cardio day and at least one physical therapy stuff day

Take care of at least one longstanding thing in the house: the porch needs painted, the attic could use some blinds to keep the sun out in the summer (probably more effective than insulating, and I already bought the blinds), and the back door could use a new auto-closer (again, already bought)

Clear the stacks of papers from my desk without simply increasing the amount of papers in my room (that is, things should be filed in the cabinet or disposed of)

Make some more progress on gender stuff, like try a couple more new things or at least spend some time seriously considering things

Earn at least 100 more Challenge Enthusiasts points

Finish Factorio and at least one other game that I haven't played in over 4 months

A longer numbered list than last year but two of them are "play video games" goals. It's more like both this list and last year's had a length of 4.

At any rate, hopefully we all have better luck next year.

[clockworksteel]

I keep feeling like we're already several weeks into the year and I haven't made any progress on my goals and like... that's both reasonable given the circumstances and not completely true. I just haven't cooked anything yet or had any notable gender-related insights.

As far as circumstances that may have made it harder to make progress on goals:

I was super exhausted for around the first week of the year from both sleeping poorly and being constantly hanging out while at my parents' house for Christmas

Got health insurance for my housemate, which is a sort of progress that just wasn't in my written goals

I had to deal with getting a recliner repaired under warranty which both resulted in being on hold for 2 hours one day and in an appointment with a 4-hour window that basically ate a Saturday afternoon

Low hot water pressure at the kitchen sink had been making dishes more bothersome for weeks, and also due to my housemate experimenting with the crock pot there were increased dishes

Efforts to fix the hot water pressure took time and also resulted in two calls to a plumber eventually (one because a valve started spraying water in my basement, the other to have the actual issue diagnosed and fixed: I just needed the faucet replaced in the end, although I can’t say I regret flushing the water heater)

And then as far as actual progress:

In terms of gender, I made this new nonbinary-recolored profile picture on Monday the 9th. Also when I started OlliOlli World a week ago I customized my character with a pink/white/blue color scheme since I'm still trying that out. I also started trying to make feminine and masculine characters sound different while reading out text boxes while recording, just a little, which might be nice for making it less sudden to introduce an actual feminine voice if I pick up voice training again. Also I bought some different soap, although I'm still using my current soap until it runs out. Also on a discord server I joined where a lot of people had pronouns in their display names I put he/they so that's a thing in another place now.

In terms of exercise, I have actually integrated the old physical therapy exercises into my weekly exercise routine. Just need to keep at it, which isn't exactly something I can do any faster than taking the entire year.

In terms of Youtube video audio, I found that in OBS it's actually possible to go above 0.0 dB for volume even though the slider stops with that as the maximum. I also started bringing the microphone slightly closer. I'll still want to look into more stuff but it's a start.

So just no progress at all on the cooking idea. I’m realizing I’ve set up my schedule in such a way that it’s difficult to find an appropriate time.

Also, as far as my thoughts on sporting nonbinary colors rather than trans colors for the profile picture, while I recognize that anybody who isn't cis can identify as trans, I feel like identifying as trans sets up certain expectations I don't presently meet. Also, like, the last time I tried guessing what gender I'd settle on I did say nonbinary. I'm not entirely sure at this time what it means to me, but I figure the only way to figure that out is the commit to the bit, so to speak.

[clockworksteel]

Well, in the spirit of New Year’s, some things to try in the year.

1. Continue considering gender. I don’t think it’s reasonable to make any specific goal here, but... well, hopefully I make some progress.

2. Learn to cook a few meals that aren’t just putting a frozen thing in an oven or putting noodles in a pot. Ideally this should include something to do with eggs besides hard boiling them (probably scrambled), some things to put on rice (like fish, shrimp, or a curry), something to do with the crock pot I was given for Christmas (maybe combine with another idea), and maybe something vegan more interesting than salad (in case I need to cook for one someday). Maybe a couple other things, but it would be better for me at this point to try a small number of recipes multiple times rather than going wide on the list, I think.

3. Put my shoulder physical therapy exercises back in my exercise routine. I’ve been pretty happy with my exercise habits the past few months, but I shouldn’t have stopped those specific exercises as soon as I did.

4. Focus on audio a little more in my Youtube videos. I often start new series with things balanced pretty badly, largely because my microphone audio is usually kinda quiet and I forget to do a test sometimes. One issue is that I keep the microphone a little farther from myself than ideal, I think, but it might also help to look more into OBS' settings.

5. Skincare?