Hi Everyone!
We’re halfway through 2025 and the idea of that is honestly quite terrifying to consider. Time seems to be going by so quickly that it’s hard to imagine how much time has passed. In my mind, 2025 still feels like it started not long ago. My own feelings aside, time does not wait for me to be ready for it. I think this year has been relatively productive, but also rather unfocused when I consider what I had been working on. It’s made me realize that I need to be better about prioritizing the different projects I have in mind and how I can manage to do all of them.
This year so far has felt rather unfocused which, if I am to be fully honest, is completely my own fault in the matter. Something that has been made abundantly clear as I contemplate how this year’s progressed is that I cannot afford to be so easily distracted if I hope to make progress on so many things simultaneously. I find that I’ve become far more distracted by social media than I used to be, especially twitter and YouTube. It’s not even that I’m paying attention to those things, but more that they cause me to zone out instead of working on something meaningful or even progressing through a game story, tv show, or movie. It’s background noise that becomes overwhelming when I leave it running.
In regards to my projects, I’m further than I thought I would be but I’m not as far as I would like to be. I’m working through the plot of book 4 of The Legend of Nariko and I’m feeling relatively good about it. The manga series I’m working on, Kaguya: The Wayfarer Chronicles, is still in early development as I’m designing the characters and working through the worldbuilding and overarching story. The science fiction novel I’m working on is taking a bit longer than I had initially thought. Worldbuilding a post-apocalyptic and futuristic setting is a new challenge for me which is taking some time to work through. I’m relatively happy with the progress of these but I could be doing a lot better.
There’s still half a year to go and plenty of time to accomplish a lot. The distractions are incredibly strong but if we can resist it, there’s the potential to fulfill our dreams and goals.
– Raphael
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