The week in Daily D6
Added customizable loot and encounter tables
Refreshed map - adjusted balance of XP
Adjusted path AP cost
Travel onward adventurer
At what point in adopting a new habit do you feel you’ve succeeded? After three weeks? Six?
If you’ve read James Clear’s Atomic Habits (2018), you might be thinking of the two-month mark. It’s at this point that your brain is beginning to interpret this new routine as automatic, no longer requiring you to summit Mt. Effort just to perform the task.
I’d love to tell you that’s exactly how it works for me, but that wouldn’t be true. After weeks of deliberate effort, teetering on the edge of giving up, I finally hit the two-month mark. Success! The habit is mine, locked in, unshakable. Or so I think.
Wrong.
Despite months of effort, I inevitaly break my daily streak, thus beginning the Herculean effort of starting again. My default defeatist mindset kicks in, accompanied by the internal dialogue whispering, At least you tried.
Recently, I’ve been practicing a morning meditation, incorporating a mindfullness practice has helped me ease the busy brain and think clearly. All was well with the daily habit until I hit my first roadblock one month in, I slept in and skipped a day. Disaster.
What I’ve come to realize is that these daily streaks and habits don’t live or die based on whether you do them every day. They live or die based on whether you recognize the value they provide, and if you return to them when you need.
Despite skipping a day, I jumped right back on track the next day, waking up early and doing the practice. It's still tough to get back on track after stumbling. But I've realized that I put so much pressure on perfection—when in reality, no one else gives a toot whether my streak is flawless or not.
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Weekly Encounter
Looking over your shoulder you see the facade of the city walls shrinking behind you. Walking down the long rough road you encounter a fork in the path. At the center of the split is a sign-post barely staying upright with 6 scraps of wood afixed at their center. The top three point to the right while the bottom three point to the left. You take a step and…
Roll your D6 to discover your fate or pay 3AP to skip the encounter
Head down the right hand path, nothing happens
Begin walking down the right hand path only to trip wire causing you to fall face first - lose 2AP
See a group of thieves returning to sell their stolen wares, you decide to fight your way through - Lose 3AP + Gain 4XP
Stop in place, as you notice rustling in the bushes, revealing a arrow point directed at you - You go the other way: Gain 4XP
You spot a loose pack mule and decide to approach it, grabbing the reigns and leading along beside you - Gain 5AP
You come across the wreckage of a long faught battle and grab as much loot as you can - Gain 3XP
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