On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:
* Shortly after we released an episode discussion the possibility of a new D&D edition, word came down that we will be getting a new edition of D&D in 2024. Thanks to the folks on our Discord server, we could have a deeper Discord Discussion on that topic. Is this D&D 6E or is it more like 5.5E? What kind of changes could we be looking at? Let’s talk about that.
If you want to see the D&D Celebration Live where they announced this, we have a link with the time code available right here – https://youtu.be/sxb8xiDU5Kw?t=29434
Check out the IGN article we sighted as well – “New Version” of D&D Coming in 2024 – IGN
If you are interested in the changes made to the Ranger in Unearthed Arcana we mention, you can find some quick points on it here – dnd 5e – What are the biggest changes between UA Ranger and PHB Ranger? – Role-playing Games Stack Exchange and a more in-depth article here – Analyzing D&D 5E’s Unearthed Arcana Revised Ranger | Mundangerous
* The last time we did a Crit Think, we asked how long we were spending in dungeons, but we did not get to discuss why shopkeepers would set up their businesses in those dungeons. Some of these scenarios might make sense, but others just don’t. Perhaps there are actually good reasons to have your shops in a dungeon. Let’s think a little bit more critically about that.
* Okay, so does anyone else think it’s weird that you can get slashed 15 times with a broadsword and just recover all your hit points by scarfing down a few meatball subs? Yeah, we’re still confused about that too, so we’re going to talk about that in One More Thing.
https://anchor.fm/total-pebble-knockdown/episodes/5–Kobolds-Really-Love-Thai-Salad-e18ibie

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]]>On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:
* Inspiration Points are one of those mechanics that can get overlooked while playing D&D. Similar systems exist in other games as well, but how do we get better engagement with those systems? A suggestion from our Discord server leads us to ask that very question.
* While your party is battling hordes of goblins in a dungeon, do they ever lose track of time? What kind of effects can time have on your party from both a narrative and mechanics standpoint? Is there a way to keep track of time in game? And also, how would YOU build a time system into an RPG? We do a little critical thinking to explore this subject.
* It’s such a simple concept, but it conveys so much information. We examine the concept of “tapping” in card games, what it is, how it works and why it solves a problem that could have been MUCH more complicated.
https://anchor.fm/total-pebble-knockdown/episodes/4–Lost-in-a-Technicolor-Hell-Dimension-e17ttfc

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]]>On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:
* Myst got a full-on re-imagining recently. Alex and Nathan remember when they played the original game that came out… almost 30 years ago!? How old are we!? Myst • Cyan
* Why do we see so many recreations of classic games? Is it related to us being old?
* What is the difference between remasters, remakes and reboots? We give some explanations, examples and recommendations.
* Recently Alex played the Beta for Diablo 2: Resurrected. What category does this fall in and what could they have done differently?
* Tabletop RPG editions can be a tricky concept for the uninitiated. We go over what they are, investigate a timeline of D&D and Warhammer 40K and speculate about what they could do for a theoretical 6th Edition D&D.
https://anchor.fm/total-pebble-knockdown/episodes/3–Cultural-Curators-e17i4si

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]]>On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:
* Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game recently finished a highly successful Kickstarter. Will this bring Avatar fans into tabletop gaming? Will the TTRPG crowd welcome it as their own? How much air can you realistically bend? Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game by Magpie Games — Kickstarter
* We have occasionally backed some Kickstarters. How long does it usually take for those to fulfill and should we actually grab that alpha key?
* The Angry GM had notes for RPG players and our forum was awash with comments. What makes sense for new players and what did we feel required pushback? The expert and the novice weigh in. Memo to the Players #1: Taking Action | The Angry GM
* Psychonauts 2 came out and, for someone who uses the Twitter handle “Psitanium”, that’s a big deal.
* What is the difference between streaming and playing games? Why might you decide to avoid certain games? What is the value of immersion? How much work does streaming truly require?
https://anchor.fm/total-pebble-knockdown/episodes/2–Peasant-Railgun-in-a-Bag-of-Holding-e178lq7

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]]>On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:
* Something seems really sketchy about Roblox, by which we mean everything. A discussion jumping off from the Kotaku article by Luke Plunkett on the game’s player economy. “It’s Shocking Just How Shady Roblox Actually Is“
* Can we imagine a terrible world with microtransactions in tabletop gaming? A mind experiment we probably should not have done.
* Being competent is a real chore. A discussion on the curse that is being good at your job. Should be just be bad at things?
* Yes, Nathan played Boyfriend Dungeon and got all the hearts. Oh, and a cat can turn into brass knuckles. SPOILER WARNING for the ending of the game.
* What’s the difference between rogue-likes and rogue-lites? We compare and contrast while discussing Hades and Curse of the Dead Gods.
https://anchor.fm/total-pebble-knockdown/episodes/1–The-Bless-of-Ignorance-e178lpt

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]]>Ah yes, the time has come and today is the day!
If you’re still poking around following us here, but have been sad since the ending of Delve, you’re in luck!
Today – 9/20/2021 – is the premier launch of our brand new, much awaited, and painstakingly teased about show – Total Pebble Knockdown!
We’re hoping that you all will enjoy this new venture with us, and Nathan and I would certainly love if you would take a listen and let us know what you think of the new show and format! This is the first one, and we may just be a bit rusty after not having done a show in several months, but we hope the new format and production quality going into this will make you as proud as we are to have it finally out!
We’d love for you to check out the show over on Anchor.fm, or at our spiffy new website that we made, or even on YouTube if you prefer shorter easier to digest content!
Thank you, every single one of you, for the continued support and patronage over the last several years of podcasting and all the other wild stuff we’ve been up to and been able to share with you.
We hope to see and hear from you on the new site, episodes, and the new community Discord server we’ve got set up!.
With love and stuff,
-Alex

As you may have heard from our recent episodes, Delve is coming to a close. It has been a long road to get here, but all roads come to an end.
However, the end of a road will often lead to a new one, which is also the case here. Our team at Delve are moving on to a new, far more ambitious project. Are we prepared for it? Probably not. But we are attempting it anyway.
The new project is called Total Pebble Knockdown, a podcast about games in all it’s aspects. It will be an outlet for us to discuss a wide range of topics in several segments each episode, providing more focused, shorter pieces that will also be presented in video form. We still intend to have guests and interviews, as well as discussions on game design. However, we also plan on doing other things that we have experimented with in the past and turn them into segments. We also intend on doing news segments and some fairly ridiculous off-topic pieces as well.
Total Pebble Knockdown will come with a brand new website, new YouTube channel, new social media accounts and e-mail. It will also mean several other things will be changing over from Delve.
This will also include our Patreon and it’s tiers. Among things you can look forward to are full-length video episodes available just to patrons, while the individual segments will be presented later to a general audience. Also, some patron levels will include discounts on merchandise (oh, also, we will have merchandise).
We understand that this is a lot to digest. We hope you will come with us on this new leg of the journey. We’d like to think it’s for the better and will be more rewarding to our listeners in the long run, but we have an inherent bias in this regard.
We thank you for all your support during our 6 years creating Delve. Our journey down this new road shall be exciting and terrifying, but hopefully you will join us on that journey.
Thank you.
– Nathan Ainsworth, Delve Co-Host and Content Destroyer

You can check out the Total Pebble Knockdown website here!
You can find our brand new YouTube channel here!
Our Patreon will be in the same place, but will be going through changes. You can check that out here!
We will keep our Twitter account and you can find it here!
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That’s it, this was the last one, go follow us on our upcoming new show over at Total Pebble Knockdown to see the shenanigans we get up to from now on.
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And a quick link to Delve Episode 2 for your convenience!

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For more on Spiritfarer, check out the Psitanium Mine on the game.
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Always be trading.

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On this episode we discuss candidly the things we enjoyed and things we didn’t like so much in the last 6 years of Delve. We also give a preview of our new website, the content of Total Pebble Knockdown and some of our merchandise. We also go into what we have learned, if anything.
ALSO: DC enjoys seasoning; Salt may be missing for awhile; Seagoat lives in the future; Paul needs to get to the beach in a month; Craeve makes some unexpected merchandise options; Alex forgot some episodes; Nathan is confused about Count Chocula; and Delve gets TPK’d.
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I can’t even hit a stationary target while on horseback.
So, those peasants didn’t fare well…

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Oh, right, here’s the Attempting to Play I did a few years ago on Need for Speed Payback. There were a lot of cutscenes at the start and I remember this now.

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Also: There are many games we are playing, DC is quite tired, James gasps at least three times, Alex crashes into a planet and Nathan can’t run a civilization.
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Nathan apologizes ahead of time for the sheer number of Fallout New Vegas references he makes throughout this episode.

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Also, can we get 50 Shades of Simon Whistler to start trending?

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You can follow Jason on Twitter to learn so much more about grabbing a six=pack of your own and learn more about the Kickstarter here!
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You can download here or listen below!

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You can follow Alex and Nathan on Twitter, as well as the show itself at DelvePodcast. Make sure you follow along to join in on all the topics!
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I really liked Pocket Circuit Racing.
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]]>ALSO: Groundhog flakes, stuff you can’t eat at IKEA, ghost sharks, Power Rangers eating at Krispie Kream, something about RAID Shadow Legends, the pitfalls of licking toads, cat snakes, getting kicked by a horse and cats in breadboxes.
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You can get a Direct Download of the show, or listen below!
You can follow Alex and Nathan on Twitter, as well as the show itself at DelvePodcast. Make sure you follow along to join in on all the topics!
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And the video version has finally been complete and you can watch it here!
You can download the episode here or listen below.
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Newsflash: It did not.
Also a newsflash: Day-one patches are lazy excuses.
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And the Vlogging Camp episode I mention is available below. (Yes, the Fallout shirt was intentional)
You can download the episode here or listen below!

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You can get a Direct Download of the show, or listen below!

You can download the episode here or listen below!

You can follow Alex and Nathan on Twitter, as well as the show itself at DelvePodcast. Make sure you follow along to join in on all the topics!
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Alright, so do we need initiative at all? Could it be used for more than starting combat? Can it be implemented in a different way than rolling? This and so much more on Delve.

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Watch me learn how walls don’t work.
I unlock a bunch of cars real fast.
One of the last races and it went pretty well.

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And you can also watch the first video I did that led to this here!
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My personal hell with a giant frog/alligator thing.
Watch some Daredevil style hallway fighting towards the end of the game.
That’s a big dragon…
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If you are interested in the game and don’t mind spoilers for all the characters, I cut together all the Everdoor scenes, along with the Hades scenes and end credits.

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A very subtle commercial for MOBAMOBAMOBA!!!!!!!
These birds definitely had this coming. They were charging me!
This is… kinda the ending?

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Here’s the first four minutes of Supraland where you bravely jump down a pipe into a sewer!
See what a difference the double jump makes in exploration.
Watch Rattlehag lose the shield and life in quick succession.
ALSO: Nathan played a game called Spiritfarer; Craeve insists on using the full title; Paul doesn’t even need to drink; and there are single alligators in your area that want to meet you!
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Games discussed include: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, Ikenfell, Cross Code, Dauntless, Frostpunk, Night Call, Wandersong, West of Dead, Pikuniku, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, Coffee Talk and (against all better judgement) Disneyland Adventures
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Hear Ron Perlman as an undead gunslinger in West of Dead.
Watch Thronebreaker’s version of Gwent.
Watch an epic beard in action in Dauntless.
Watch the fight with Turmoil in Ikenfell.
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You can watch this episode of Attempting to Play over on our YouTube channel or watch it right here!

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I made an Attempting to Play if you need video proof I tried.
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Did Alan Wake create his own personal hell?
Somehow someone thought battery management would be compelling gameplay in Alan Wake.
A “Demons and Carbines” setting inspired by the Expanse and Doom, Death Divers is currently on Kickstarter along with the deluxe edition of Heroic Dark. Dustin explains what additions are in the Deluxe Edition and what terrible things might befall you in Death Divers.
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And follow Dustin over on Twitter to keep up to date on all his goings on.

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If you use ouija boards in this game, you’re gonna have a bad time.
Satan would like to personally welcome you to Hell.
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You can also find the infinitesimal number of games in Craig’s catalog over at NerdBurger Games.
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These elites are not quite as elite as you might think.
Stealth is very much an either/or scenario here.
ALSO: Nathan does not understand memes; Alex loves his Fallout 4 mods; DC found your next favorite holiday candy; James is Shaggy; who is this Ferrari guy; and a discussion on Microsoft buying Bethesda and pretty much everything else while they are at it.
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Spiders most recent RPG may be their most ambitious project yet, but it took Psitanium awhile to get around to playing it. Having now spent a good chunk of time with the game, he thought to discuss what works and what doesn’t work in this Dragon Age Lite.
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This giant may be strong, but I have a gun.
Sometimes when you wander into a cave, the cave tries to kill you.
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In this clip, we see that Romeo and Juliet gets a little lost in translation come the robot apocalypse.
]]>If you’d like to read Darran Jamieson’s article on the “C4” of game design, you can find Part 1 and Part 2 here.

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In this clip, we roll down a hill as a shark.
We explore Milton’s room in this late addition annex to the house.
Here is the VERY SPOILER RICH ending, if you reeeeaaaalllly want to see it.
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Here we see why rats and fire are a bad combination.
Here you can see me fight the first boss, which is yet another giant bug.
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Let’s trade in our S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats for the C.L.A.S.S.I.C. ones and jump into Colorado with the Arizona Rangers on a quest to retrieve some wayward sons and daughters. Also, you drive a big o’ tank and have a cat with a ranger hat. So…
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Here you can clearly see the power of explosions.
An early firefight gets real when Major Tomcat jumps into the fray.
You can make good money in Little Vegas if your skills are high enough.

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Here’s the first island you visit in Portal Knights.
Here’s the first boss, which is of course a giant bug.
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But still, you plodded along, doing whatever you could whenever you could. And then a tree falls on your car and you start thinking about priorities. On this episode, Nathan discusses his struggle with prioritizing projects and workflow. He also gives you a couple ideas on how to fix this problem that he will likely not use himself. So maybe use them for him?

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Here’s a clip where I fight gnats and weevils like a boss!
And here’s where a spider fights me like a boss!
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Here is a clip of my fledgling carrion learning to spread it’s tentacles!
And here’s a clip of my heckin’ chonker carrion eating everyone it can find.
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Here is a clip of my epic flower harvest.
Here is a clip of the battle with an ice wizard.
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During my elementary school years, these things were my main focus in life. It was basically everything I did in my spare time. Granted, most of it was not good or comprehensible, but it mattered to me. And at that time, it felt like I had an inexhaustible energy to make those things.
My high school years were very similar. I was deeply into writing short stories, usually series, one of which was even published. This was a creative outlet that, frankly, gave my life purpose in a way few other things did. It mattered so much to me, that I sought out a job in journalism just so that writing was a component of my career. Granted, this was a very different kind of writing, but even a tangential association was good for me. I wrote and I wrote and I wrote…
Until I didn’t.
You see, somewhere in my 20s, a strange sensation came over me. It was as if I wanted to put words on a page, but no longer knew how to do it. I knew the story I wanted to write, but the task suddenly felt daunting and stressful. It was no longer a creative outlet, but a trial by fire. My whole mindset seemed to change on a dime. When you do a creative task because of the sheer enjoyment it brings, anything seems possible. When you feel like it is an obligation because this is who you are now, nothing seems acceptable. Before even sitting down to the keyboard, I had convinced myself that nothing I wrote was going to live up to the imaginary standards I had set for myself. The only times I could muster an essay or poem was under the resignation that it likely would be bad, in my own mind if nothing else. And so, I more or less stepped away from writing with any frequency. And like most skills, when you stop doing it, you get rusty.
Skipping ahead, I found a new medium: podcasts. This felt fresh and new, a world where you could produce basically anything in audio form and export it to the world. How wonderful to have an open, expressive format to play around in. And so, I dove in and had oh so many ideas on new projects to spearhead. The same basic thing happened when I started making videos. Once you understand the basic skill set, the possibilities seem endless. So much so, that I now have a backlog of projects I have yet to start. And that is where a very familiar feeling starts taking over. It’s the feeling of going from “anything is possible” to “nothing is acceptable”. You are no longer playing around with the format, you need to keep building upon it. And over time that feels like an insurmountable task beyond your abilities, even though you have already been doing the work.
There are many reasons why the creative part of your brain starts to break down. So, let’s talk about them.
First, you may have noticed that my 20-something self was experiencing “writer’s block”, a term attributed to Freudian psychiatrist Edmund Bergler through his 1950 paper “Does Writer’s Block Exist?” (his answer was, of course, therapy). Although I feel the term “mental block” makes more sense, since the basic function can apply to any sort of medium. This is the point where you hit an imaginary wall and can’t figure out how to get around it. Then you spend so much time focusing on getting around the wall that you forget why you were trying to go past it in the first place. Then you start wondering why you needed to spend so much time staring at that wall and will likely choose to walk away. The irony of all this is that the wall, as I mentioned, is imaginary. It is a construct of your brain, there to make you question what you can and cannot do. If you really wanted to, you could just set about your task as normal. No one is stopping you except yourself. Although, you will start to find that in life, yourself can be the biggest obstacle to overcome. I always felt that blocks like this have far more to do with problems like imposter syndrome or hyperactive self-critique. It’s not that you can’t write, but you are convinced you lack the aptitude to do it correctly. I’ll end this part on a quote from Terry Pratchett, “There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write.”
Second, there is the problem of creative burnout, which is similar but also quite different. You see, where a block makes you feel like you can’t do something well enough, burnout makes you feel like you can’t make things fast enough. Perhaps the demand to produce at a frequency your audience requires is causing you to throw everything at a wall. Perhaps you have to cut corners or make a worse thing just so you can get something out into the world. Maybe you have simply run out of ideas and your mental well has not filled back with thinking water, yet others are thirsty and insist on getting some of your creative cocktail. If a mental block is something you place on yourself, burnout is likely caused by others placing something on you. And you will likely want to please them, because why else would you make something if not to be absorbed by those very same people. This can lead to very long and strenuous hours trying to build something for others, rather than for yourself, which leads almost certainly to resentment. In the long run, replenishing your mental energy to keep making the things you truly want to make is better for everyone in the long run. For you, it eliminates resentment toward your medium and energizes you to create. For your audience, it provides them with the same quality and verve they wanted from you the whole time. The unspoken contract you need to have with those making things and using things is an understanding that patience shall be rewarded. I will defer to the Dalai Lama to explain it better, “In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel ‘burnout’ setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a long-term perspective.”
Which transitions well into the third type of problem: exhaustion. This is less about the belief in yourself or obligations to others as it is about your drive to do the things you already wanted to do. In this scenario, you have all the ideas and the willingness to produce them, but perhaps lack the time, the energy, the drive or enthusiasm to make them. This ends up feeling like a betrayal to yourself, where you are not accomplishing things you very much wanted to and intended to from the start. Exhaustion will usually rear it’s ugly head when you put a whole bunch of irons in the fire. If you currently have a to-do list of 10 separate projects, you may have inadvertently put too much on your plate to handle. You see, it’s not that your creative well is dry or you don’t believe in yourself. It’s that the measure of tasks in front of you are so varied and numerous that you just want to lay down and sleep for a year. There are a couple ways you can handle this. The most obvious way is to avoid giving yourself 10 projects to work on simultaneously. In lieu of eliminating some of those, placing them in an order of operation can be useful as well. At least now you’ll have priorities to avoid the voice in your head screaming “EVERYTHING MUST BE DONE RIGHT NOW!” But the best, yet hardest, way to deal with exhaustion is to step away for a little while. Giving your brain a rest can restore your reasoning, rationale and drive, allowing you to get back at it and build something terrific. This can be difficult when you have already resigned yourself to doing 10 things and choose to do none of them right now. But it is also the best way because there is a freedom and relief from choosing that option. Just like physical labor, mental labor can not be done continuously without a respite. Your body, in every respect, is not able to sustain maximum output for long periods of time. Additionally, if you are constantly deep in the weeds, you can lose perspective. Seeing the forest from the trees is immensely helpful when you begin your work anew. Curtis Tyrone Jones probably said it best, “Just because you take breaks doesn’t mean you’re broken.”
In general, a creative pursuit can feel invigorating and give purpose to your life. But when it starts to feel daunting or hollow or endless, it’s a sign that adjustments need to be made. Maybe you need to step back from what you’re doing. Maybe you need something new to excite you. Or maybe, you just need to sit back, take a deep breath and enjoy the moment you are in. Creativity is a valuable skill and it needs to be treated as such, especially by the one who is using it.
]]>Thanks to DC, Paul, Salt and Seagoat for dropping by in chat. Also, thanks to those who provided some more information in our Discord channel, such as James talking about bees and trees.

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You can get a Direct Download of the show, or listen below!
You can find all this an more on Delve’s YouTube channel.
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