25
Sep
2008
Challenge: use what you’ve got
It was part of my “new year” resolution that I would use what I have - by that I meant
- read books I already own that I havent read, or reread books I havent read in a while, instead of buying new stuff
- play games I own that I never finished or barely started, instead of buying new games
- watch DVDs I own, and catch good films on TV, instead of buying more
I have done pretty well on the book front, not buying many this year (all right, I think I did buy about 30, but almost all used and many reference books), doing a lot of swapping, and reading quite a few books.
I have also done ok on the games, revisiting games like “Might and Magic 6”, “Evil Islands”, Galactic Civilisations, Disciples 2, and keeping playing WoW and Guild Wars.
It’s all about enjoying what one has, and reducing the amount of wasted stuff in my life.
But I can do better, so here’s a challenge I am setting myself:
Each week I will do the following
1) read a book I have owned for more than 1 year. I will alternate fiction (easier) and non fiction. I will blog about it here.
2) play an old game I havent played in 1 year, or ever, and blog my impressions
3) watch one of my old DVDs and blog about it
4) spend some time on one of the million web2.0/community sites that I registered for and never did anything, blog about it, and decide whether to dump it or not
I will also do a similar pledge about discovering new things, but that is another post and another challenge
