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swimming thoughts | |
May 25th, 2021 | |
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I had a good time swimming this afternoon. I got into a good | |
headspace for the first time in months and was able to just go and | |
not pay attention to lap count or even time. That's a great | |
feeling because I can push myself further and my brain starts to | |
crave going more. It's the cycle of action and activity that | |
usually helps anchor me in overall healthier habits. | |
Last year I had a really good run until we started hitting | |
lockdowns and the pools closed. That killed my momentum and set me | |
back. Summer is here, though, and the mixture of the vitamin D and | |
physical activity is doing wonders. Soon I'll get back into hiking | |
in the evenings as well. (I usually swim in the morning.) | |
One of my favorite things to do while swimming is let my mind | |
wander on writing projects or role playing games. I'm running one | |
Pathfinder game that was the focus of today's mind wanderings. | |
I think I came up with two good hooks for the next session and | |
some excellent flavor. I'll leverage what I came up with today to | |
build up some scene prompts that I can toss in my box-o-tricks. | |
I don't want to railroad this group but instead encourage them to | |
have full power of choice to impact the world around them as they | |
see fit. It's a boring game to just say, "You're in a town, what | |
do you do?" however. I'll have two major hooks to draw them in | |
certain directions as motivation and then a collection of | |
narrative encounters and challenges I can mix and match to | |
sprinkle throughout. It'll be glorious. | |
I can't wait to get back underwater tomorrow and continue thinking | |
on it. |