(I got Gorou on my first wish, but then got him again on the second wish try, and I also got Qiqi, who was a nice bonus)

I DID put down some money to get extra primogems, but I would have totally done a total F2P (Free 2 Play) Run had I started my grind earlier, like around thanksgiving since that's about around the time Itto was first shown on Twitter. I promised myself I wouldn't put down money for primogems the next time a cool Genshin character comes, I've looked at the upcoming banner (even though its mostly speculation) and doesn't seem like they're any characters that make me feel like the mighty NEED like Itto did. I'll still try to play the game somewhat regularly just to hold out for the really cute pharmacist, Baizhu, WHO NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT, I MEAN LOOK HOW CUTE HE LOOKS!

(The DUDE is 𝓕𝓡𝓔𝓐𝓚𝓘𝓝 𝓑𝓔𝓐𝓤𝓣𝓘𝓕𝓤𝓛!!!)

Baizhu takes care of Qiqi and almost treats her like his own child, I find that really endearing, and since I recently got Qiqi into my party it only makes sense to have Baizhu as well. I just really hope his banner shows up soon, but NOT too SOON because I'm back down to only like 200 primogems. Rumors have it that the next area is going to be a  Dendro area (a plant theme area) and Baizhu has Dendro vision (nature magic basically), so it would make perfect sense for his banner to show up then, still fingers crossed...

After my Genshin grind, I suddenly realized that I had fallen into another one of my bad habits, where I really get hyper fixated on a project or subject only work on things pertaining to that said subject or project, kind of leaving any other projects or activities to the wayside for a bit. That's a habit I would really like to work on, and I was starting to do a decent job of juggling my interest back when I was going to make the appreciation post for Dacre Montgomery, but I put that on hold once I realize that the Itto banner was starting like the next week, oof! 

Although, I'm glad that this hyperfixation actually got me to play a game, but it started to be the only game I played, and since I was in the mindset that I only had a limited time to reach a goal that seemed way out of my reach at the time, starting at world level 13 with only like 300 gems, it was kind of nerve-wracking. I mean, yeah, I did have moments of "wow, look at this world-building" or "look at the detail" or "huh, this looks like a cute quest to do"  or "lol, look at funny NPC glitch" it was quickly interrupted by "HOW MANY GEMS I DID GET TODAY!?" "OHHH, HOW MANY CAN I GET TOMORROW" OR  "TIME TO CALCULATE HOW MANY GEMS I GOT TODAY' OR "HOW MANY DAYS 'TIL ITTO LEAVES". It did kind of fuel the adventure/treasure hunter role I like to take in RPG since I collect EVERYTHING, and its a bonus since most of the world quest in Genshin are fetch quest, so I finished those easily, AND the game doesn't penalize you for having a lot of stuff in your inventory. 

There were moments where I wanted to take breaks and play like Psychonauts  2 or Tales of Arise, but I felt like if I took my attention away from Genshin even for a moment, SUDDENLY its NEWS YEARS and I only have 3 more days to get Itto, AGAIN had I started EARLIER I prolly wouldnt feel like this, but it doesn't help that I already kind of have a habit of falling into rabbit holes and such. 

So for one of my new year's resolutions,  I would like to learn how to balance my time better with BOTH of my leisure activities and projects, and I would really like to take some time to learn more art stuff outside of art class, especially since I now have a Linda learning account thanks to me getting a new library card (having fun won't be hard anymore.) I want to read more books too and review them on here. I REALLY R E A L L Y would like to watch more anime and read more manga since I FEEL SO BEHIND LIKE TWO YEARS, MAN!

This is the goal, I've talked about here on this blog before, but I really do feel like I finally reach a point in my life, where my environment isn't so hectic and unstable that I could actually start scheduling stuff, it sounds weird to schedule in stuff like playing video games or reading books or even watching anime, but I've never really learned how to live a scheduled life outside of school. I used to associate schedules with fuddy-duddy/boring/uptight people/characters, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to have a little more order in life. Being able to get an idea of what the day's going to be like doesn't make you boring, it makes you more prepared in case things don't go right. OOF, I have NO idea what I'm saying, and its like almost 2 am, I need sleep...

Later days~