Little Void, Big Time

I forget if I mentioned this in my last update but I've finally got the project in Unity 6. This is my last planned update for the game engine. At this point I have everything I want and really any further updates are just me looking for excuses to delay work. As of today I've got a few weeks off from work and I want to make the most of it.

The biggest challenge with these large delays is that you have to piece together where you were prior. I'm noticing that a past incarnation of me put together a system for finding a "valid" random point for the Moosecats. I don't think it was the best choice as designed. But it will get us to where we need to be. I just needed to work through it and see what was updating it. I found that StateActionPopulateWorldPositionDataAction is updating it. The name has some redundancy in there that I want to fix. A buddy at work would have my ass if he saw me writing Action twice in the same class name.

The good news is I just checked all my other state actions and this was the only one where I did that. Phew! Easy enough to rename.

Find a Journey you Love and Love the Journey

This is something that has been on my mind recently because I work out a fair bit. Not as much as I'd like to but as much as my mind will allow. But I think I know how I can enjoy my life more. Perhaps it'll help you too, I'm not sure. Basically at least in the US we've become absolutely obsessed with the destination. Get rich quick, get strong quickly, lose 10 pounds in 10 days. All sorts of promises that tell us we can skip the journey and get directly to the destination, if only we trust them.

Nearly all of these things are scams, enough to just throw them all into the same pot. But how do you not fall for them? It's one thing to be vigilant and try to stay ahead of the game but we are all busy folks. So I propose instead to find a journey that will get you to the destination you desire that you think you'll love. From that moment your only job is to love the journey you are on. When I work out I'm not thinking about how many more days until I'm buff.

I just glance in the mirror from time to time and notice my arms are bigger or my chest is bigger. I could be stressing that I'm not Bane after a few years, but realistically what am I rushing for? It's looking like none of us are getting out of this alive, so its best that we find the most joy in what we are doing.

And if the journey you are on is not one that you love, at least take some time to see if there's a way to change that. Because as long as you love the journey you will be basically immune to all scams. Because why would you want to skip the journey if you love it? And where is the big money maker in sensible solutions? This I think is the crux of not falling into despair about these plagiarism bots that are being built. Just keep in mind they are selling a destination. They want people to skip picking up skills, to skip learning, and to become dependent on the brute force of modern silicon.

You can't fail if you love what you are doing.

I'll see if I can articulate this better in the future. But this is where my head is at currently. I'm gonna get back to this little journey with Moosecats. Maybe we'll get back into streams soon.