Week Notes - 2026-06

08 Feb, 2026

Last week was the busiest I have been at work in a very long time! Thankfully, normal service should resume soon (I hope.)

Looking forward, I'm going to challenge myself with a 7,500 steps a day challenge (average!). This number of steps is over twice my average so far this year but still seems achievable.

For the next 30 days, I am going to try and keep my average steps above 7,500. It's already made a difference today as I got out for a nice Sunday walk earlier today. It should mean I actually leave the house a bit more often that I currently do...

I am also going to re-consider reducing mindless media consumption. Reels, scrolling.. Bad. Reading a book, playing a video or boardgame.. good! Next week, I want to reduce my phone screentime by 20% and I'm going to do this by actively trying to read my e-reader more.

Gaming & Reading

I finished Dragon Quest I Remake today. The game was very good, but as I do with many JRPGs, I really think the last third dragged! Onwards to Dragon Quest II! (and maybe VII when the new remastered version eventually has it's first sale)

I also tried to play a bit of 'Legend of the River King' for my Four in February challenge. Hmm. I really didn't get on with it's archaic menu system, but perhaps I should give it a second try on a day when I am little less exhausted.

On the reading front, I read through this months magazine subscriptions (Retro Gamer, Table Top Gamer, Country Walking, and PC Gamer). I am so grateful to be able to read this for free digitally. Subscribing to all of these would cost a small fortune every month. I also made progress with the next Dungeon Crawler Carl book "The Curse of the Bedlam Bride". I absolutely adore this series, and it keeps getting better.