Journal: The Emperor's Relentless Pursuit

Still no recon. Both titles run smoothly, even with the new dense custom. I had a good day today.

DRR is making me aware of things I’d never really recognized before. It’s highlighting some of my weak spots and showing me how to work toward better outcomes.

To give an example: I tend to engage in avoidance behavior. When I give in to it and avoid things, I end up feeling terrible. I never really connected the dots before. I knew the behavior wasn’t healthy, but I never fully acknowledged the impact it was having on my psyche. Yesterday, I became fully aware of it, and today I was able to keep my promises, simply because I knew I would feel terrible if I didn’t. So, I pushed through and did what I needed to do. Hopefully, I can sustain this behavior and build a good habit out of it.

11th day:
4.8.26: Custom (10min)
4.8.26: DRR4 (10min)

This week I was able to beat my procrastination at work. The kind of setup I have in my working environment makes it very easy for my to procrastinate. This week was different.

As I said above, I recognized my procrastination at work as a huge driver for depressive and self-diminishing thoughts. So I stopped. The first 3 days went as expected. The thought, “If I do it, I will feel terrible” sets free a lot of energy that gives me the ability to not do it (procrastinate). Two more days and I’ll have a successful week.

13th day:
6.8.26: Custom (full)
6.8.26: DRR4 (full)

Increased yesterday to the full loop of both titles. No recon till now.

15th day:
8.8.26: Custom (full)
8.8.26: DRR4 (full)

My wife, who also runs Primal Romance, was not very fond of the lascivious women on the cover image of the title. She asked if it was really intended for women too, or only for men. Since it’s nice to have an image on the phone while the app is running and for easier navigation, and since she really disliked the image, I turned to Gemini and had it produce a gender-neutral image of the title. I just wanted to share this because I think some title images that have “Gender: Any” in the description lean heavily toward appealing to a male customer base and could be more neutral.

Gemini came up with two images I liked. One really gender neutral (two hands) and one suited for both men and women. She went with the one that shows the couple.