tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post2392661838989266867..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Way of the SpiritAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-83440082177792135612017-03-07T13:01:31.787-07:002017-03-07T13:01:31.787-07:00I always work on the hard stuff after working on t...I always work on the hard stuff after working on the easier stuff. This is for two reasons: first, because it gives me longer to think about the hard stuff, in between the times when I'm resting from work. I can't work all the time, but in the off-times I can contemplate what I've done and contemplate what is left to be done. The harder stuff takes more contemplation.<br /><br />Secondly, I learn from the process itself. I get a better sense of what needs to be there, what sources have proven more valuable, what needs to be addressed and so on. I gain experience.<br /><br />I suppose we can also include that the easy stuff gives ideas for the harder stuff to build upon. There's no question that knowing what the combat abilities (easier) were helped define the non-combat abilities (harder).<br /><br />People try to do the hard stuff first, "to get it out of the way," thinking then that they will be able to do the easy stuff after, coasting to the end. This never works. The hard stuff is simply hard, there's no confidence built up and after a time even the easy stuff seems hard. There's no progression forward to give confidence and the whole project seems insurmountable. Then people quit.<br /><br />We have to get to Everest before we climb it. Getting there helps prepare us for the inevitable worst part, the part that comes at the END.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-60768584301999642042017-03-07T10:54:41.987-07:002017-03-07T10:54:41.987-07:00Also, more of a general work process question.
Do...Also, more of a general work process question.<br /><br />Do you usually find it better to work on the hard stuff first or last?<br />Any particular thing that helps you see them through to completion?<br />Have you found it easier over time to see things through to completion? Presumably as you do it more often it becomes easier to do it again?<br /><br />I tend to have a hard time seeing things through to 'completion' and have a habit of blaming many things, most of which are not myself, but wonder if this is a thing that can be learned by just doing it.Kismethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005331812426126009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-39755116610494595232017-03-07T10:24:13.813-07:002017-03-07T10:24:13.813-07:00"and will succeed if the gods so choose"..."and will succeed if the gods so choose"<br /><br />This one comes up a few times.<br />But, I assume since monks, unlike clerics, are not representatives of their god(s) this is more of a factor?<br /><br />Freedom from mind (tranquility)<br />On this one, I think that there are uses. I think perhaps if ennui ever becomes a thing it would probably greatly help.<br />Also, there are some other times, perhaps some form of solitary imprisonment.<br />The only downside is there's no freedom of BODY on this one. Heh.Kismethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005331812426126009noreply@blogger.com