Day 5: It's been a pretty good day, beautiful weather, cool and breezy, very conducive to working. Though, my ADHD ass has been minimally productive to the point that real workaholic types probably would say I was basically idle, every day I continue to maintain discipline, avoid writer's block, and add something valuable to the page, I'm happy.

And yeah it's been hard to avoid distraction with a brand new gaming PC and my brain absolutely hooked on Starfield. Some people have been quick to point out its flaws and shit on Bethesda, but it's fucking mind crack, and I love it. I'm old enough that I remember being one of those who was disappointed when they dumbed down the Elder Scrolls after Morrowind, but I ended up loving Oblivion, and Skyrim, and the Fallout series, to the point that it has conditioned the way I approach games.

So yeah, while you can say that it's not a great thing for Bethesda to have such lot of control over gamers, you can't really argue that they used their privileged position to deliver mediocrity. Maybe Fallout 76 fits that bill, but I think you could also argue that they were just too ambitious with that one, though either way, perfection isn't necessary to deliver greatness.

And yeah, let that be the lesson of the day. Or hell, scale it back even further if you want: greatness isn't necessary to deliver value.