Started Genshin Impact and it may be a bad idea...?

About a month since last post but want to pen some thoughts especially after starting Genshin Impact during the start of this month (3rd July 2021).

Before starting the game, I had planned to get a new laptop/desktop to replace my old one which has been with me since my uni years (and that is about 6 years and counting...)

While sourcing for the new machine, it was a pain as the cost of it isn't small thus hard to decide... In addition, realised Genshin requires a certain graphics requirement, makes it worse.
In the end, after spending almost the whole day, finally decided on one which exceed my budget much but I believe it is a good investment.

Installed Genshin on the same day that I bought the machine and well, the open world concept really drew me in and I was quite interested to explore every part of the world than do quests or proceed with story(lol). However that was also when it started... My addiction, sigh...

^I was like a child who found something interesting that I can go on for hours, playing it. And the fact that there are tons of things to do in Genshin does not help much either.
As such, I was sleeping later and I suppose it shows as my sibling mentioned that my eye bags were getting worse- though I don't see the difference, I do notice the decrease in my energy and concentration which can affect much in my daily job and work...

I tried much to control but fun times just make you forgot about reality, especially when reality can be tiring to deal with... 

But in the end, reality is the real one here and no matter how great the game can be, one should never forget what is real.

Anyway, I suppose the control should be easier(?) now, considering that I am a bit burn out from the game and at a loss of what to do next- which surprisingly (but also not) is much faster than when I am playing Arknights...

That about it; a small update on my recent life- needed to pen down my thoughts since it had been nagging me a lot.

Until next time, this is Yaiji signing off.

Yaiji~

PS: Another reason I was more addicted was cos I got my fave, Kazuha (which is also why I started during that time, lol)- Was quite surprised since Genshin rate isn't very good! Currently, he is my main dps- I understand that he is seen as either a support or sub-dps but to me, he is decent as my main dps~

2 Months Since Last Post

Was editing a little on my Youtube channel, especially as I upload more Arknights contents; welcome to check it out from here, and thought of updating a little here as well~

^Did some edits on my profile and the blog theme.

Read up some of my old posts and man, it was nostalgic while recalling the events!- Guess I'm glad I didn't delete this blog, lol.

Some updates since last post where 2 months had passed:

First post of 2021 (lol)

Been a long while since last post(in October 2020; close to 6 months...?)

Life had been the same; tiring but events (and occasional surprises) kept it colorful. And these events do help me look forward to waking up each day which is something that kept me going:)

However, there are times I wished these events come faster and ended up becoming impatient, and well, kinda tire myself up from trying to speed things up when they are not meant to be rushed...

I suppose these events are similar to drugs; they bring colours to your life and you feel alive again.

However, that is only until the events ended and then, you are back to the same dull life. Even worse, the aftermath feel more dull as you got hyped up so much during these events... You start seeking more of such events to replace this hollow feel. 

It became a chase for more exciting events until you burn yourself up... People did say life is like a marathon than a sprint; if one is constantly running, he/she is bound to exhaust him/herself and reach the 'finishing' line earlier than others...

Though I understand that much from what I wrote above, it is easier said than done. While it is true that, constant chase of events would tire me faster and I should pace myself instead, without these events, it can be tiring to live life as it is...

To be honest, the lack of motivation to try so much things also caused the current situation of seeking events than me creating these events instead... The vicious cycle...

While I understand that I need proper rest, both physically and mentally, I feel that the only way I can truly rest and recover is when I quit my job yet I may be wrong- And this is part of reason why I had not acted on it despite ppl saying health is more impt than work...(Then again, who and how did the society form in such a way where money is such a necessity...) 

Yet, I feel that maybe I should really quit my job since I made a bad mistake and the longer I stay in a job that I have lost my interest in, would just result in me doing more harms than good... Sigh...

For now, I am just going through the motions of life, while looking forward to events... Aside from the lost interest in the job, I am still ok with the current work load (but in last month, it was quite hectic with much stuff to rush... Now, seems better:)

Moving on from life updates, I am still playing arknights and the game (global version) had its first anniversary in December 2020. And, I was glad I managed to get both rate-up 6* in the banner, esp for W- Kept spamming rolls until she came in the last 10-roll! (However, I was depleted of gems to roll for thorns... Sadly, lol)

It was interesting to read about my last post of how I was going to e2 myrtle and nearl, and m3 their s1. And, yes I did e2 and m3 for both of them!

Of course, not just that, I have e2 quite a number of operators since my last post (and m3 some of their skills~). As of now, I have 27 e2 operators! Currently, targeting 40 e2 operators for the medal accomplishment~

In addition, I am proud that I managed to do risk 18 for both CC#1 and CC#2! Looking forward to the next one(which is likely after chapter 8 release...)

From the last event, Maria Nearl, I am glad that I got Blemishine without using too much tickets and have much (and hopefully) sufficient gems for Rosmontis and Mudrock banner...

Another 5 days to go for chapter 8 release!

That is about it. As for the new account created for art, I had scrapped off the idea(as it was tough managing two accounts-.-) I am sticking back to my old twitter and instagram account to post art(if any).

At the start of year, I had started working on a 'standee' series of arknights characters. The characters are drawn full-body, in outfits from their official art. As of now, I have drawn and coloured Mostima, Exusiai and Texas(latest). While, I have drawn Hoshiguma and Lappland designs but yet to colour them. Due to how tired I get, I decided to at least colour one work per month...

Here's a lineart work of both Mostima and Exusiai: (I will upload the colour version at a later time;)

 

Until next time~

PS: My thoughts are quite jumbled while writing that I wondered if I should even publish this post... For my future self, I decided to...