Memories

Posted 5 years ago2018-10-15 12:49:05 UTC
satchmo satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”
It's a testament of TWHL's community that I am still returning to this site almost two decades after I first joined.

I no longer map, as I have moved on to other things in life. I still play Portal 2 and Minecraft with my son regularly, nevertheless. I don't play much games on my own now.

I have committed myself to lots of community service projects--donating books to schools, helping old ladies with their smoke detectors, and delivering food to the poor. I read several books a week to keep myself entertained (by the way, you should all read "Turtles All the Way Down" if you haven't already.

I'll be around for decades more. I plan to retire in 12 years, and I will probably devote my time writing fiction. My son would have graduated from college by then. We'll see.

4 Comments

Commented 5 years ago2018-10-17 13:48:38 UTC Comment #101559
Glad to see you're still popping in from time to time, Satch. I have to admit now that I have kids and a load of more mature friends, I am starting to seek my entertainment elsewhere. I love gaming and mapping and the TWHL community, but as my kids get older I will be looking to do more and more with them, out of the house.

Of course I will simply stop making maps one day in the future, but not just yet, and it is highly unlikely that I will ever stop gaming full stop.

Retirement seems so very far away at the moment that I couldn't even imagine how I'd spend that time, but I guess I'll have a better idea closer to the time... (38 years to go yet...)
Commented 5 years ago2018-10-25 12:04:17 UTC Comment #101569
Time really flies. I remember being a kid, and all of a sudden, I am contemplating retirement.

Our finances allow us to retire in our fifties, and we plan to have an active retirement. I will still work part-time, but we will travel the world and continue do crazy stuff.

P.S. I was playing Minecraft by myself last night while my son was at soccer practice. :P
Commented 5 years ago2018-10-26 07:42:32 UTC Comment #101576
Satch, I say this with love, I cannot wait for you to retire so I can get my hands on your fiction! :D

When I moved to London for work in June 2017, I wasn't able to get my computer down with me.
A year and a half later, I've finally had it couriered down now that I've moved to a flat big enough for a desk (London rent prices are amongst the worst in the world), and although I was excited with the idea in theory, in practice the computer has remained un-powered in the corner of my room.

Dunno, I just don't have that itch anymore.

:(
Commented 5 years ago2018-10-26 10:16:50 UTC Comment #101577
Thanks.

As we grow, we change. And that's not always a bad thing.

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