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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 1935055" data-attributes="member: 4">Simplify.  Cut out some of the clutter.  This means cleaning out my office and getting rid of a bunch of RPG and other stuff I'm not using, or at least box it up and store it somewhere.  (Mrs. Noah and I are making a good start on some pre-spring cleaning -- need to keep it up!  Lots of stuff to toss or donate or otherwise get rid of.)Diet and exercise.  Perhaps I should be more specific. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I started keeping a journal about 10 years ago and every other entry since then mentions diet and exercise.  Fortunately I'm at a pretty stable weight and a good starting place right now; and fortunately I am eating more healthily than I have in years.  Unfortunately I am not increasing my exercise efforts.  My mini-goal is to make sure I get my bike up on my trainer down in the basement so I can "go for a ride" when the urge strikes.  But exercise, for me, needs to be more of a habit than "when the urge strikes."  In the summer it's easy -- I bike or hike every day or every other day.  In the winter it's harder, for a variety of reasons.  Yet if I don't, I lose ground for the next summer; too much of next summer will be spent huffing and puffing to get into shape so I can enjoy riding and hiking.  It's a vicious circle.  I have a job where I get home about 4pm almost every day.  I have aerobic videos and some weights and my bike and an exercise area and a nice neighborhood where I could go walking or jogging (even when it's cold).  There is no reason in the world why I can't use 45 min to 1 hour between 4 and 6 pm to do some kind of exercise.  The key to this will be saying "no" to the computer between 4 and 6.  Hopping on the computer right after work is what kills the momentum.  Related to the above:  cook/shop more and eat out less.  Part of this depends on Mrs. Noah's schedule -- I have no desire to cook for myself.  But when I know she's going to be home, cooking and eating at home saves money, time, and calories.RPG Related:  I am starting to get "campaign-itis" -- I'm getting tired of long-running campaigns.  Maybe it's because I'm realizing all of the stuff I'll never get to do if all I do is run the same character for 3 years (or run the same campaign).  I am going to continue my current campaign but I'm also going to seek out some folks who want to be in a more "round robin" style group where each person will take responsibility for running one-shots or mini-campaigns (2-3 adventures tops).  I have tons of Dungeon mags and other modules I'd love to run (or play in).</blockquote>

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