I Have Bought Some Things... Have I Bought Too Many Things?

Even if I haven't been updating this blog, I have been thinking about it every week. 2019 ends today and, overall, I would say that it's been a good year economically. I have saved more money than I expected, and at the same time, I have made some important purchases for myself. Here's a comprehensive list:


Books & Comics

• Theory of Harmony by Arnold Schoenberg
• Tokyo Blues by Murakami
• Mot by Azpiri & Nach
• The Real Book

Games

• Electronauts (work reference)

Software

• None

Gadgets and Electronics

• Small computer speakers
• NVMe drive
• Xiaomi Pocophone (iPhone kaput)

Instruments

• Yamaha Pacifica 112J
• Taylor Academy 12e
• Fender Rhodes Mark II
• Moog Bass Murf
• Suzuki Melodion Andes 25F
• Roland JV2080 + 7 expansion cards
• Korg Electribe Synth 2
• Fender CB-60SCE
• Ibanez AEG10II

Total: 4000ish € (not bad at all!)

It seems like a lot of things, but... many are the kind of things that last forever! I still have to invest some money in remodeling the Rhodes, but it's been an instrument I've wanted since I know of its existence as a teenager. It's from 1980, so it needs some love (and money, and time).

Things I've done in 2019:

• Wrote music for lots of games
• Helped write an album that won't be recorded any time soon (rehearsals where fun tho)
• Wrote one complete game script and began another that still has to be completed in 2020 Q1
• Lots of side jobs.

 Things I want to do in 2020:

• Do a demoscene comeback for Revision 2020
• Less side jobs to focus on my own projects
• Find the time to code a little bit again and try to publish something by my own

And I guess that's all... Did I buy too many things in 2019? Well, I have to say that at least I didn't buy many things I didn't need!

Christmas shopping is always depressing for me, so doing a little annual review on "controlled" consumption makes me feel a bit better. I don't know if I will continue to update this blog one day, although I don't have any reason to delete it either. Who knows what New Year's resolutions await us for 2020?

Thanks for reading!