It’s been a few weeks since my last update. I’ve been using this time to clear out some of my real-world projects. I have a lot of things that I’d started and never finished. Marie Condo has been unironically a useful guide.
Some projects don’t spark joy. I’ve let them fall aside.
Some are exciting and I want to finish them. This TIE Interceptor that I’d 3D printed has sat around the house for over a year in various bits and pieces. I decided that I wanted to finish this off, and I did so earlier this month. My short term goals are to finish painting and handling of all the things that I’d printed, so that instead of having half a dozen pieces scattered all around the house, they’re either finished and on display, or on their way to their happy home.
The remaining 3D print projects are War from Darksiders, Tifa from FF7, and a few random X-wing: The Miniatures Game ships. After that, I’ve been commissioned to make a pair of large scale Star Vipers.
In terms of programming, when I started looking through my code, I struggled to understand the maths. That is to say, I didn’t understand it. I’ve gone back to my math book and in between projects I’ve been re-learning the math behind why I did the things that I have done.
Oh, and I quit World of Warcraft. I’m honestly shocked by how much time this took out of my life. Instead, I’m now playing Dodgeball (a real world game!) and spending more time with my wife, who is happier for it – I hope. Also, now I’ve got time to finish off these projects!
A long time ago I bought three Blender tutorial courses, and I’d never finished them. I’ve been quietly working on the first one, and I’m about 3/4 done now. My February goals are to finish off the War figure, finish the first Blender course I’d bought, and to finish reading my 3D math book.
There’s been several other mini-victories along the way, like selling off some of my old X-wing stuff I’ve never used, and generally cleaning up my workspace and living area. Getting the code to compile and work was a critical start, and I really did think I could just leap back into my code. But it’s been nearly seven years since I last worked on it, and it’s going to take a little time to wrap my head around it.