When do you take a break?

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about WoW and about my fairly new blog about the game.  Full Disclosure, I’m not playing all that much at the moment and neither am I really consuming content about the game.  There are four podcasts I pretty much always listen to as a matter of course throughout the week and I’m behind on basically all of them.  I have episodes that I’ve started listening to, but haven’t finished, and episodes I haven’t even pressed play on.

I still love the idea for this blog.  While I’ve come across some other solo-based content recently, it still seems like a fairly niche area of WoW in terms of content creation.  I’ve gone back and forth on whether to continue it and, as my previous post about a change in format suggests, I’ve decided to continue.  

Solo play is something that seems to be a growing trend (or perhaps it’s just finally being talked about?) and, as a largely solo/solo-ish WoW player since just before the launch of Burning Crusade, I have thoughts.  I’m generally not a big sharer on the internet of any of my thoughts, but I can’t help but feel like my playstyle is underrepresented.  I don’t claim to stand for every solo player, or even any solo player but me, but maybe my thoughts will resonate with some and provoke thought in others.  

I’m not so much taking a break from playing at all, but am more taking a break from playing as much.  I’m no longer gearing up or leveling alts.  I’ve stopped actively trying to sell crafting mats on the Auction House.  I’m so far behind on the Siren Isle that I’ve only done the introductory quests, and I haven’t done any of the weekly quests in at least a month.

What I am doing is what I used to do in end game BC; I’m running around WoW, doing the occasional catch up on older content, and just enjoying the game once or twice a week.  While I might dive in more once Patch 11.1 and Season 2 start, it’s nice to just exist in the game without having a to do list.