As a reminder, the acronym for Designing In Downtime is DID (as in “look what I DID!”). Because let’s face it, design is a personal thing. And when it comes to filling downtime, there is nothing more personal than how YOU do it.
But, I am writing this. So, for now, we will focus on how I DID it. Get it? Got it? Good!
If you have been tapping for any extended length of time, you have no doubt formed habits that may border (or actually be) determined clinically to be aspects of Obsessive or Compulsive behavior. As far as I’m concerned, when it comes to TSTO, that’s fine. It relaxes me. It makes me laugh. And I can quit anytime I choose… right? RIGHT???
OK. Maybe not.
But, with all of the recent content, as well as the chance to go back and load our towns up with old/new content through the Year Book, I have found that I have added a few “must do” tasks to my list of rituals. And, not coincidentally, they can/will force me to spend more than just 5 minutes every 4 hours, to do what MUST be done. This is even more obvious during Down Time (which is pretty much ALL of the time these days…as I finished this “event” 11 days early) but, I digress.
Let’s take a look at some of the things that I HAVE to do every cycle...and you can compare it to your list.
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