From 1891a48471e835526f9b0351dbab8c977e8b5838 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Hall Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 22:17:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new post --- .astro/types.d.ts | 7 +++++++ src/content/blog/finding-home-in-hyrule.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/blog/finding-home-in-hyrule.md diff --git a/.astro/types.d.ts b/.astro/types.d.ts index 0527622..3f275f9 100644 --- a/.astro/types.d.ts +++ b/.astro/types.d.ts @@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ declare module 'astro:content' { collection: "blog", data: InferEntrySchema<"blog"> } & { render(): Render[".md"] }, +"finding-home-in-hyrule.md": { + id: "finding-home-in-hyrule.md", + slug: "finding-home-in-hyrule", + body: string, + collection: "blog", + data: InferEntrySchema<"blog"> +} & { render(): Render[".md"] }, "getting-out-of-your-comfort-zone.md": { id: "getting-out-of-your-comfort-zone.md", slug: "getting-out-of-your-comfort-zone", diff --git a/src/content/blog/finding-home-in-hyrule.md b/src/content/blog/finding-home-in-hyrule.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..80ad575 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/blog/finding-home-in-hyrule.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +title: 'Finding Home in Hyrule' +pubDate: '5/22/23' +tags: ['Gaming', 'Mental Health'] +--- + +5 years ago I underwent a big change in my life, my girlfriend of 8 years and I split up. One of the things that got me through that particularly tough change was a little game called The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I had played it the year previous on the Wii U, but I had finally upgraded to the Switch and was in the middle of my second play through when it all went down. I would spend a couple hours every day just aimlessly wandering around Hyrule, it made me feel a strange comfort. My sadness about the situation I found myself in melted away whenever I took these little virtual treks across the map, finding little nooks and crannies I’d never seen before. + +Fast forward to last week, and I underwent another drastic life change; I moved from the apartment I’ve lived in for most of my adult life to a totally new place in a totally new city. I was, and still am, overwhelmed, homesick, and questioning all my decisions that led me to this point. Coincidentally, a little game called The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom dropped the day before I was to embark on this IRL adventure. + +My first night in the new place involved staying up well past midnight diving into Hyrule once again, but this time it brought be a different kind of comfort. Fortuitously for me, Nintendo decided to reuse the world map from the previous game and just build upon it, and that has made this game feel a lot like coming home to me. Hyrule was a world that got me through a rough point in my life, and here it is again giving me a little taste of familiarity, of home, at a time when I need it the most. + +Last night I made a point to find a place Hateno Village, a town where you can buy a little house in Breath of the Wild. I wanted to visit it again, and see what had become of this virtual home-away-from-home. So, over the course of the evening I made my journey, and eventually came to the little house, sitting there at the edge of the village. I walked inside, and, for the first time in a week, I felt at home.