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Hello world.

Honestly that's the best way I could think to start this, must be all those initial scripting tutorials seeping into my psyche. Maybe I should have stuck with something along the lines of "Hello, my name is Phillip and this is my Blog."

This blog isn't my sob story, it won't be about where I've come from or where I might be going or my personal inner most thoughts. This is a blog about making progress, pushing myself as a designer and web developer whilst forcing my addiction to work for me. That's right addiction, I have a problem, I know it, I've broken free from it twice but now I want back in, that's right, I've kicked the addiction and now I'm ready to ride the beast again and this time I’m going to put it to work for me.

My beast, my demon is really quite common, it isn't drugs, alcohol or cigarettes, it isn't work, money, pain or simply procrastination. My kryptonite is a creature of the time sink, possibly the most dangerous time sink with a face, World of Warcraft.

The land of Azeroth calls to me like no other, her vast immersive landscapes, the turmoil of her bloody past, the allure of what her cloudy future holds, epic quests meshed in harmony with the creatures and magic... On the lesser scale of grandeur there's always progression, friendships, achievements, mounts, pets and the unholy grinding. Lord how I love a good grind, reputations, dailies, mats, fishing or mobs it doesn't matter, I would do them all with a smile on my face.

That's enough of my love affair for this post, there is a little more to it, really I miss the connections with real life friends and the people I met in the game itself, I'm a social player, I want to game with others. The secondary reason for choosing WoW to sink free time in is because it makes me feel like I am progressing, it makes me feel like I'm doing something of worth when really all I'm doing is burning time better spent.

This blog will be a record for my own accounts equally as it is for you to enjoy. The idea is to incorporate Warcraft into my lifestyle using it as an incentive and reward for spending time wisely and developing my skill set as a print and web designer. In my mind I see these updates reading more as a journal of my developing habits, skills and lifestyle directly associated with positively abusing my addiction. So there will be no blogs crying about girl troubles, my weekend escapades or what I think about the latest movie, there are enough of those around to sink a battleship, this blog is about self improvement and digital substance abuse.

I'll try to keep them short, sweet, informative and interesting for you to read, I intend to write one every weeknight starting tomorrow with the plan to grab the reigns and wrestle the beast into my life without it destroying my future.