I love the concept of self improvement. I love the process of learning, acquiring new skills, and challenging myself. I love following my whims hither and yon, exploring the subjects tickling my brain today and finding unexpected connections between outwardly unconnected things.
One of the creators I follow on tiktok (Trejayne) has been talking about skill trees for a while now, and the concept of utilizing a skill tree for real life is brilliant. And to be clear - none of this is about saving money. There are projects I want to make, not because it’s cheaper to make them than to commission someone else to, but because I want to make them, and understand how they were made.
I have so many projects I’m working on, waiting to start: hacking a furby, a quilt, a temperature quilt, the dollhouse, an entry for the Federal Duck Stamp competition, and someday far in the future - a replica of the Baseball Diamond from the Great Muppet Caper - it’s well past time to drag myself out of the RimWorld hole I dug for myself and spend more time working on all of this.