When dealing with failure, ask yourself what you did wrong first – you don’t have control over anyone else’s actions, and this will allow you greater insight. Don’t accept easy answers, but ask why things are the way they are, including your own beliefs. Examine everything with care, then re-examine it, and pause every so often to make sure that the causes you once supported are not more toxic than you realize. Go into every disagreement prepared to be wrong, because being wrong is how you learn. There is no shame in not knowing something, only in being taught something and choosing to ignore it to avoid looking foolish.
If someone hurts you, remember that you don’t reduce pain by inflicting more pain. Try not to shout so that people remember your words instead of your volume, but don’t take that as justification for being shouted down. Try not to live by simple principles; life is complex, and simple axioms usually present a straightforward way of dealing with the world that doesn’t fully grasp the nuance. Spend your time with people who treat your feelings as legitimate, but always ask yourself first if your feelings are legitimate. Dig. Don’t let dualities define your thinking. Remember that complex problems have complex solutions and causes. Try things with the knowledge that we regret failure less than we regret missed opportunities.
I know, you’re waiting for the joke. You can offer your own in this week’s What Are You Playing comments. You should avoid doing the same thing all of the time; no one changes by doing more of the same.
​Andrew Ross (@dengarsw): ​There will probably be a little Miitomo and Hearthstone action, but it’s been a hell of a week at work (school just started in Japan). The good news is that, perhaps because the new students saw that my main English Clubs has a Wii U (the teacher just realized the console isn’t mine!) and that the other school’s club plays Undertale for PC, we’ve had the biggest influx of potential members in all the 4 years I’ve been here. The problem is that it also means we can tackle bigger activities, like playing Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow, and possibly looking into U Host to motivate students to write while playing a game (if only the schools allowed online game!). That means creating vocabulary sheets and doing some demo testing for lesson plans. In short, I’ll be focusing more on what my students will be playing rather than doing any serious gaming myself!
Brianna Royce (@nbrianna, blog): Guild Wars 2! I finished off my Guardian last weekend and have moved on to my Charr Ranger and am finally in love with a Charr enough to not delete her. Might just work her crafts up this weekend. We’ll see!
Eliot Lefebvre (@Eliot_Lefebvre, blog):I’ve got stuff to do in both Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV, and I’ve got a project that needs more work which I’ve left sadly neglected over the course of an awful, awful week. Hope for better next week.
Justin Olivetti (@Sypster, blog): There’s probably nothing super-exciting on my docket this weekend. I am heading into Lord of the Rings Online to try to catch up on my Gondor epic book quests, will be working on my garrison in World of Warcraft some, and I need to check out the new issue of The Secret World at some point.
MJ Guthrie (@MJ_Guthrie, blog): I am playing “How much gaming time can I squeeze in while traveling?” I will probably pop into ArcheAge to click my daily log in, and I am sure I can squeeze a little time into ARK: Survival Evolved. (Hungry dinos cannot be ignored!) Other than that, my selection is more limited than usual because I am restricted to what is loaded on my laptop – and the fact my attention will be on the real life people I am visiting! Hmm, that reminds me, I have more games I need to try and fit onto my little travel buddy…
Your turn!
