I have always liked the idea that if you can cut the middleman, cut the middle man. Especially when you are paying for the middleman. When Reeder came out with iCloud syncing I thought it was the way to go. For whatever reason though, I always had issues with errors, of some blogs, not syncing, or something of sorts. For that reason, I went back to using Feedbin. Then NetNewsWire released their latest iOS beta which includes iCloud syncing, tried it, it’s rock-solid, and canceled my Feedbin subscription again.

The problem is, I am an RSS reader butterfly, I have never been able to use one RSS client. I like them all for different reasons, and by all I mean, Unread, Reeder, and NetNewsWire. Two of them use iCloud syncing but they don’t use the same iCloud, I don’t know, file or puffy cloud? One doesn’t use iCloud and yet it is probably my favorite RSS client. And even if Unread used iCloud, I am sure it won’t pull the articles from the same place (puffy cloud) as the other two, I think.

Thus, if I want to keep my RSS butterfly lifestyle, I need a backend system, like Feedbin.

I often wonder how other bloggers organize their posts. Do you categorize and tag everything? Is it by year, context, blog site (if you have multiple sites)? Is it worth organizing at all? I often debate about my own organization, if any.

Here’s how my Ulysses looks at the moment;

Organization is minimal, as you can see. Actually, it is almost none existent. I dabble between the same two categories, Inbox and Graz/mL. It should be obvious right. Anything in the inbox is what I am working on. Sometimes even things in the inbox had already been published, but I am lazy, and they can spend days in there until I move them. I have recently created a ‘’Hey’’ one for things published in Hey World, but that’s about it.

‘Shorties’ is supposed to have anything that is 280 character or less, or at least that was the idea. Beer Log, as the name suggests, it’s supposed to have beer related posts but, honestly, I haven’t moved anything into it in a long while.

In other words, everything ends up in Gaby/mL, no tags whatsoever, once its published it just stays in there. And this is now that I am using Ulysses as my main editor. When I was using Drafts, my ‘Publish to Micro.blog’ action would delete the post after publishing.

Maybe I should be more organized? Does it matter, though?

Sight! Many times, I get excited about a new vidjia game. And sometimes said game, has a demo — great! Sometimes, I play said demo and don’t like what I am playing, but I am still excited about the game. I deleted, said demo and re-downloaded said demo, two more times. And two more times, I couldn’t get into it, but I was still excited for the game. The Game comes out, I had some monies in my Nintendo account, and purchased said game. Not only I bought said game, but I got the deluxe edition of it.

The game in question is MONSTER HUNTER RISE on the Nintendo Switch. After purchasing said game I told myself, “alright, let’s commit to it”. I played the tutorial part of it, and I kind of enjoyed what I played, but I was feeling like I was forcing myself in some way.

I have never played a Monster Hunter game before, well, let me rephrase that, I have never been able to get into them. I purchased and played Monster Hunter World on the PlayStation 4 and the same thing, couldn’t get into it.

What I am trying to get at is, well, I have dropped MH Rise, I don’t know why, but I can’t commit to it. Maybe this is not the time? Maybe I will come back to it later, and then I’ll finally get it and play it through? I don’t know, but I like very little when I get excited about a game and spend money on it, just to uninstall it and abandon it. It does not often happen but when it does, I get unhappy.

Some other games that have been abandoned like so are;

• Xenoblade Chronicles 2

• Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (this one I re-downloaded last night, though)

• Immortals Fenyx Rising (I will come back to this one for sure)

• Darksiders Genesis

I am sure there are more, but those are the ones I regret the most, not finishing.

Whether I might come back to MH RISE, maybe, who knows.

I don’t even know how to properly start this post other than, it would seem that I am not allowed to get too comfortable at what I do.

Every time I feel like I’ve reached a level of confidence, a level of “I’m doing good”, something, out of nowhere, will come around and bring my confidence down again.

It’s as if, it’s never enough, not good enough. I want to believe that with experience things will get much better but seems like I’m not quite there yet.

I’m not allowed to feel comfortable yet.

Today I have learned to never make changes to my site, based on what I see at my work computer, and furthermore, using Chrome. Chrome is great for inspecting but what I see after making the changes, what I see in Chrome, does not exactly represents what I like to see. If that makes any sense. Everything is better looking on Safari.

That being said, dressing up and fixing your site it is mostly for yourself as most people, if they even read my stuff, would do so — most likely — from an RSS reader.

But using the inspector and fixing things here and there is fun sometimes, I learn a lot by picking things and see what they do.

I shall stop now. Back to the writing. If anything.

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In my quest for a healthy mindset/lifestyle, I have made some changes. I am not doing my full workout routine and such yet but I have made small changes. For now, I have changed some of my eating habits, eating leaner, eating more fruits and vegetables and less processed stuff, or at least as little as I can. Also and most definitely, cutting down my ale consumption. I have to say, I do feel the difference like my body seems, happier in a way. I like how it feels. Now, I need to up my activity. It is getting warm out so it is time for outdoor workouts or at least to try to go for runs if I can. Last week I did some Apple Fitness and that helped a bit. Even my back pain has gone away, which is interesting. Sometimes I want to change a lot in no time and then I get both overwhelmed and frustrated.

I like where this is going, just need to keep it up.

Today was hairdo day. The Wife got her hair done, Marley and Luna got theirs, and I finally got my long-awaited haircut. I’ve been living in Boise Idaho since 2008, and since then, my lady and I have gone to the same hairdresser, Tia. At this point, she’s not only our favorite hairdresser but also a very close friend, we have a lot of history, and she knows us better than many people.

Anyway, today was like every other appointment, we talk, we catch up and listen to each other. It’s almost like therapy in a way. As I was getting my haircut she asked about how I was doing and all that jazz. I expressed to her my current frustrations on being healthy and active, telling her the changes I’ve been making but most of all whether I wanted to get back into a gym membership or not. Her response/advice was quite the realization and took me by surprise a bit.

She said;

The most in shape I have ever seen you was when you were doing everything on your own, without a gym.

And you know what, thinking about it, she’s right. Yes, it is nice I guess to have a place where you can go and tune the world out, but maybe it’s not absolutely necessary. I enjoy my outdoor workouts far more than in a gym. All I need is a few kettlebells and a decent area, like my backyard. Also, I have been meaning to get back into running, and I rather run out and about over on a treadmill.

It is good to get reminded by people that probably know you better than you know yourself. People that know the best version of you.

Thank you, Tia