It's been a pretty productive weekend, even though I had to cram pretty much everything I wanted to do into today rather than spread it across the whole weekend. I've got another two episodes of all the Atari A to Z series in the can, along with two more short;Play features and two more Final Fantasy Marathon episodes. I haven't managed to squeeze in an Around the Network post on MoeGamer, but I'll do one of those tomorrow during the inevitable downtime from the day job.
I'm going to try and get into the habit of doing Ring Fit Adventure each day, too. It doesn't have to be a lot each day, but I feel like in the long term that would be a healthy habit to get into. I've determined that there's enough space in my bedroom to do it — we have a Switch dock up there thanks to my wife also having a Switch — so that means I can work out with the air conditioning on, and without having to move furniture around. Now it's just a case of actually motivating myself to do it. And, as with so many things, that's just a case of forming a healthy habit and sticking to it.
Ring Fit Adventure is fun, which helps. The core gameplay of the "Adventure" mode works really well, and I love the idea of your "hotbar" of combat skills consisting entirely of exercise moves, with their "elements" corresponding to what kind of move they are. What was the last RPG you played where enemies could be weak to yoga?
To make this work, I need to establish a time of day that I try and do it at, every day. I'm a bit torn on this. Common sense says that first thing in the morning after getting up would be a sensible choice, but I already find it quite difficult to haul myself out of bed in the morning anyway, and I doubt knowing a workout is waiting for me would help inspire that. On the other hand, an invigorating workout might be just the thing I need to get me going first thing in the morning, so perhaps that's worth a try.
Last thing at night is also a possibility, but I don't think that's a good idea, as it's all too easy to just go "ah, it's too late" or "I'm too tired" by that point and skip it. Or perhaps lunchtime? But then I don't want to end up resenting it for eating into my "free" time in the middle of the day.
I'll have to try some different approaches. Tomorrow seems like as good a time as any to give it a go, so let's see how this unfolds!
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