A bed of roses

Sunday night I watched a documentary about Jesus' female disciples. Some stuff was definitely not new - I mean, if you still think Mary Magdalene was a prostitute, you really haven't been paying attention. I also knew there were female bishops in the early church. But there were some new, and interesting, things.

• 'Magdala' ('Tower' in Aramaic) might have been a nickname, indicating a strong, imposing woman
• if Joanna had left her very cosy life as wife of Herod's steward to join Jesus and his rag tag band, it would have been a HUGE scandal
• when Jesus sent out the Twelve, he sent them 'two by two' - the same phrase as used for the animals in Noah's ark, suggesting not six pairs of men but twelve male/female pairs
• Salome had a chapel dedicated to her and seems to have been associated with healing
• when Constantine adopted Christianity, he chose the male-dominated version favoured by the military, presumably to make them more willing to enforce it

So, there you are - 1500 years of oppression and denial is all due to one man.

I am having a go at bullet journaling but a non-paper version. Instead, I'm using OneNote on my work computer. It's not so much for the 'keeping track of what I'm supposed to be doing' because I already use my Outlook calendar for that. I've moved away from Trello, which I've pretty much stopped using, to a simple tick list for my 'to do' list. Although Trello is useful for adding little notes... But I'm trying to have as few applications open as possible.

I can see the advantages of having everything in a single notebook but I am also trying to reduce my use of paper to as near zero as possible. And I am far more likely to remember to pick up my Surface! I read an article about the value of handwriting the other day and I can see it's important to learn to write by hand - but I can do that in OneNote, too. And I can just wipe out mistakes!

So far, it hasn't changed my life, but it's early days. My main motivation isn't organising my time - I do that pretty well, already - it's setting work goals. What is it that I'm trying to achieve, not just for the organisation but for me? I shall keep you updated!

I am still sinking a LOT of time into NNK2 - 50 hours, so far! I'm not trying for all the trophies in this playthrough but I still think they are all very doable. The current plan is to finish the game and then mop up any that are left. I'm not sure how much I'll want to play the whole thing again, though.

I decided that my next game would be Horizon: Zero Dawn, which would also be my birthday present. I managed to pick up a hard copy for £27 - brand new, complete edition! It is now sitting on my shelf, waiting for my birthday to arrive. I will finish the main story in NNK2 well before then - probably even all the trophies. But I didn't finish Poirot, so there's that.

OK, time to get on with the day. Bye, DW!