FFXI Boredom

Early on in my adventures in Vana'diel I set out to level cooking skill. I made it as far as 94 or 95 and then retired it. At the time ingredients were very expensive and I didn't yet use the Wiki as a resource to find NPCs to buy ingredients or even completed meals from.

This year, I finally set out to build guild points again. Back in the day, I did acquire guild points, but I only used them to buy key items. I ended up with only Raw Fish Handling at the time before I stopped building GP. After a brief time away from the cooking guild (I switched to fishing until I got my waders), I came back, bought the rest of the key items (except Stewpot Mastery) and then set out to finally get my cooking gear. I can't tell you how many times I had Pamama Tart as a guild item, and the frustration of crafting Heart Chocolates over and over, when I specifically needed Bubble Chocolates. Needless to say, the Chef's Ring was my first piece of cooking equipment. After that I built points to get my apron next, then at last I got my hat. I'm going for the Cordon Bleu Set next, but I'm not as seriously building points anymore. I don't really play FFXI anymore and found that in my boredom, this is the only thing I log in for. If the item is too complicated, I just log out. I've invested countless hours to this game, that I think I'm burned out. I experienced this before, and I'm experiencing it again. I guess that's why my posts are about remembering what I did in the game rather than what I am currently doing and planning to do in the future. The dumb thing is that I was acquiring these things to help me to finish capping out the skill.