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Bad Bad Not Good
I feel like there are a lot of days when I sit down with a list of things I want to do. Not a long list. Not an unreasonable list. And still, somehow, most of it didn't get done. Not because I didn't care, but because my brain just wouldn't stay in one place long enough to finish anything.
You sit down at your desk with the best of intentions, only to look at the clock, realize that 7 hours have gone by, and you’ve barely scratched the surface of your day’s aspirations. In my case, the list of things to do is often overrun by work tasks that are impossible to predict.
You start telling a story about how you’re unreliable, scattered, or just someone who can't follow through. Thankfully, I have put in a lot of work to reframe these negative thoughts to just be opportunities for tomorrow, but the memory of that thought process is still there
This all harkens back to my attempt to build habits in micro-steps. One tiny thing here, another tiny thing there. When looked at independently of one another, it’s not solving any major issue, but when considered with the other small habits, I can start to identify actual change in my thought patterns.
🌑 Encounter
You emerge on the other side of the bridge into a hollow where the stone walls are streaked with something dark and organic. The ground here is soft — moss, maybe, or something older. A narrow staircase carved into the rock spirals downward. At its top, scratched into the wall, is a symbol you don't recognize but that makes your stomach tighten.
What will you do?
Trace the symbol with your fingers to memorize it — Gain 2 XP
Descend the stairs carefully, one hand on the wall — Gain 1 XP
Breathe deep and steady your nerves — Gain 1 AP
Ignore the symbol and rush down — Lose 1 AP
Slip on the mossy step at the top — Lose 2 HP
Mark the symbol in the dirt to study later — No effect
