So much for the “two videos a week” goal. 😅 Did it the first week… then edited a bunch of videos in one go during a staycation (in between binging Disney plus to “declutter” my to-watch list) without actually taking that extra step of uploading anything else. Still, plenty of time to try again and getting a bunch edited helps with their impact on storage space and organization.

In other news I finally got around to finishing my “fitness games” playlist of whichever instrumental music from my assorted video games I can stand to listen to for sensory reasons. So one less reason to procrastinate on getting back to using Zombies Run and The Walk. And I can now delete that music from my computer and free up that little bit more storage space.

One other reason to procrastinate is I just bought a new headset and I’d really like to be able to utilize its wireless option when screen mirroring these apps to my TV to avoid dangling cords… but of course my Roku remote only accepts a 3.5 mm jack and the headset uses a dongle rather than Bluetooth so the most common adapters won’t work. So need to find out if there even is an adapter. And since I’m screen mirroring, just connecting the dongle to my phone isn’t an option either…. Could just use my Aftershokz if I have to but an adapter will still be required as the Roku doesn’t use Bluetooth either, but that at least should be easier than finding something for the Razer.)

Speaking of Zombies Run, assuming my procrastination didn’t result in more stuff being added to this list, but I have a spreadsheet of the “unique” items that can only be collected during the New Adventures/Venture mode. Sci-fi, alternate history, fantasy, those missions. The point of this spreadsheet is because I was going through the bodyweight missions and realized–again, barring the possibility that more have been added since I made the list–that I’ve done all the bodyweight missions which cuts down on my options for working out in my room unless I repeat the missions. But rather than just play through all the missions again, I went through a wiki list of these mission-specific items to see which ones pair with which missions to figure out what I’m missing and use that to decide which missions should be repeated… in addition to doing the purely running missions of course.

This is what I came up with:

Obviously some fine-tuning needed but most edits would just be to remove items I’ve already obtained. Probably by deleting them entirely, but maybe instead creating a fourth column to identify if I’ve obtained it–the fourth column might actually be the better option if new stuff is added so I’m not rechecking the same stuff all over again. In the third column “yes” means the mission is fully bodyweight while “some” means it has both bodyweight and running episodes.

And there are of course mission-centric items that only exist in running missions (I seem to recall Venus Rising/Titan’s Shadow being a good example as they also contain unique items that only exist in these two missions), so I went and downloaded all of the Venture missions to my new phone rather than focus only on the bodyweight ones. Or I have one mission (titled Sleepyhead in my full spreadsheet) that wasn’t identified at the time I created this whether it was bodyweight or running, but now according to the wiki looks like running.

The idea for the spreadsheet is that, once I’ve checked over the app and applied the aforementioned fine-tuning (and continue fine-tuning as I acquire new items), I can pick my bodyweight missions based on which one has the most stuff I haven’t collected yet.

For The Walk… I’ve obtained a phone holder with a strap that can go around my thigh with intent to use it on the exercise bike. This is mostly for when screen mirroring isn’t an option (like my parents are watching TV) so I can still see the screen at a quick glance, but even with mirroring it’ll still be easier than pulling the phone out my pocket when I need to tap on something.

And the decluttering? Donated a bunch of stuff occupying the bottom of my closet, which gave me room to relocate boxes from my floor. Obviously still a work in progress, but more room to exercise.

I still have that mess under my bed and desk to contend with but that’s mostly due to my dust allergies; that won’t be a floor space issue until I have that one desk cleared off enough to let it vacate the floor. Oh, and the junk drawer in my dresser needs going through again; it’s convenient to have for the purpose of clearing visible space but it can also turn into a hiding place for spiders if I’m not careful.