Don't Break the Chain

This is my third post since I revived the blog. Though there is a small sports/video games spin on it, this will be the second piece that doesn't really have to do with the main point of this blog's existence.

Still, it's a necessary post; here's why.

I was working in the library earlier tonight on another time consuming and mostly uninteresting assignment for tomorrow — well, later today I guess. Not only was I wasting my life away in a cubicle, but I missed out on the Texas Tech men's basketball team defeating Kansas State 64-47. The disappointment of missing a great game is only compounded by the fact that in recent months Red Raider conference victories have been like getting to witness Sasquatch ride off into the forest on a unicorn with a distressed leprechaun chasing after them; in other words, it hasn't happened often and when it does it feels completely random.

So, rather than using the typical "what can I find on Spotify tonight" fare as background noise while I was working, I needed something a little more comical. That led me into looking up a YouTube a channel I haven't watched in a while: Game Grumps.

In a nutshell, Game Grumps is a channel featuring a dude who does animations and a dude who sings in a band sitting on a couch and making dumb jokes while playing video games. Seriously; people watch this stuff.

I found a currently running series, picked a random starting point, and hit play. For most of the night I zoned out on what the two were talking about, but I tuned in just as they began discussing an interesting concept I had somehow never been aware of: "don't break the chain."



(Click >here< if you want to see the exact part I'm talking about; the video has explicit language, so if you're not into that sort of thing or are offended by it, just move on by)

"Don't break the chain" is a motivational tool to make sure one continues to polish his or her craft, and by all accounts was created by Jerry Seinfeld. From the aptly named website dontbreakthechain.com, here are the simple steps:

1. Pick a goal.
2. Mark off the days on which you work toward your goal.
3. Use your chain of marked off days as a motivator.

It's possibly a silly idea, and there's no question it came from a silly place, but I'm curious and willing to try it out and see if it works.

So, in the future, if you're wondering why my posts are irrelevant, random, or non-sequitur in nature, it's because I'm trying to keep in the habit of writing something and making sure this site doesn't grow cobwebs on it again.

Here's to not breaking the chain.