that good old fashioned razzmatazz

 I played a little bit of minecraft but I honestly didn't do anything too exciting. Mostly just some resource gathering. I'm working on setting up a strip mine, so tomorrow I hope to have that finish, and also explore a cave near my base to get more iron and (if I'm lucky) diamonds. 

i'm on day 67, which feels a bit weird! i've never lasted so long in a minecraft world before. i know 60 isn't a lot for a lot of players, but it is for me. i think for my 100th day, i will make a cake in game as cute way to celebrate.

any way, today i didn't do anything interesting. i just looked around my general area to plan out my base, and i think im going to be doing a lot of building the next few days (though i will probably pause to do some other tasks, like mining and exploring). here are the build plans.

1. manual tree farm. i plan on locating it next to a nearby village.

2. memorial for my lost dog, just to add lore to the world. i like creating my own little stories in game. i think thats part of the fun.

3. a farm. i technically already have one but it's not a proper build.

4. a fish house, for my boats and collecting fish.

5. an actual house. maybe it seems weird to leave that for last but hey, i can play how i want to.

there's other builds i want to do eventually but these are my more immediate projects!

alright so because one of my goals is this year is to have a minecraft world im actually proud of, i decided to make a new world and actually commit to it this time. I KNOW I SAY THIS EVERYTIME, BUT I'M SERIOUS.

but i did want to ask myself why i struggle so much to stick to my minecraft worlds and i think it's because of my perfectionism. i see other people with so much experience in the game and i start comparing myself to them. it sucks the enjoyment out of the hobby.

so i'll try to remind myself that it's okay to be bad! it's a game, i don't owe anyone anything.

okay so, day 2 of me trying to get into minecraft. i didnt like the seed i ended up with so... ive ended up making a new world LOL. i promise, I WILL STICK TO IT THIS TIME. and if i dont i will just give up.

anyway. i made it to day 10. and i've made quite a lot of progress that i'm very excited to talk about!

so i usually try to get a base as quick as possible, which i think has been my downfall. so i decided to instead use the first 5 or so days to gather resources and explore a bit to find a good spot. i was very lucky, didn't have to look around too much before finding a cherry blossom biome next to a snow biome, and there's this waterfall right in the middle, it looks so pretty. i took into account the resources around me too. theres a couple of really big caves so i shouldnt have to move too much to look for resources. its a good spot, im very happy with it.

i found two villages and a couple of ruined portals, so i got some stuff from that. i also managed to find a bunch of surface iron to make some iron. didnt finish the whole set, so i just completed with leather.

making a base im happy with will take some time, so before i decide to tackle that project, i've just made a little dirt hut. i've also started farming and in addition to all the food i got from the villages, my food situation is all taken care of.

i feel more comfortable with iron on, so i'm planning to go to one of the caves tomorrow. a bit nervous because i suck at fighting mobs but excited because i enjoy mining and cave exploring.

i'll let you guys know how that goes tomorrow.