A Different Approach

I've come pretty far as a player since I came back to WoW in November of '08, after a very long hiatus.

I leveled my Alliance priest from 60 to 80 and ran lots of heroics to get myself ready to raid. I remember standing in A Hero's Welcome in Dalaran and seeing another night elf priest decked out in full Tier 7.5 for the first time. She had the glowy winged shoulders and a glowy staff, and I remembered thinking how far I had to go to look like that.

After some trial and error, I finally found a guild with a raiding schedule that worked well for me. I've been both a main tank healer and raid healer. I've cleared all the 25-man content.
And now I am that night elf priest wearing T7.5 with a beautiful shiny weapon.

Since WoW is a subscription based game, I have to decide if the game is providing me with $15.00 worth of entertainment every month. I also have a motivation to maximize that value, by getting the kind of playtime I want and the feeling of advancement.

For me that entertainment largely comes from raiding. I don't take much interest in tradeskills or grinding repuation and doing the same dailies over and over. I could care less about the Oracles egg. I dislike pvp'ing with a bunch of strangers in a battleground.

So when I can't raid, I start getting anxious. We're at the point of outright canceling raids now because of low attendance. Because Easter is coming up, I'm unlikely to get any raiding done this week unless I join some other guild's run.

As the anxious thoughts arise in my head and start to take over, I have to remember that sometimes a break isn't a bad thing. Life is full of other possibilites. Ulduar is coming, and it could be as soon as next Tuesday or the week after that.

I think I'll go to the coast this weekend. And I won't have to worry about rushing home on Sunday to raid.