A hundred days. It's regarded as being a period of particular symbolism. Presidents and Prime Ministers are routinely examined on their performance for their first hundred days.

The most famous hundred days of all was of course Napoleon's, following his escape from Elba which we see here (or partially, since I didn't do a full setup) in ye olde strategy game format. Yes, this was the way strategic games were played in the days when (and before) computers had 64k of RAM and 256 colours. While such games are doubtless still available, they probably have as much market share as a penny farthing bicycle these days. Far easier to have a computer do all of the tedious housekeeping.

What does all this have to do with anything? Ah. Well, you see, this is the 100th shot in my PAD and the day when I say goodbye (in theory, at least, since I haven't actually stopped yet) to taking a photograph each and every day. While it's been a massive benefit to my photography, there have also been times when it has become a bit of a chore and has gotten in the way of some other tasks which are equally important.

The compact that I'm making with myself is therefore to take a photo most days, and not less than once per week. On average that means four out of 7 days though there may be the occasional once per week (which I expect will be rare), and the occasional 7 times per week (less rare). Or put another way I'm still PADing, but I'm not committing to every day for the time being, and won't get bent out of shape if I miss some.

Mind you, I expect the first day that I skip to be the hardest since once the streak is broken, it can't be unbroken. That having been said... life is always about prioritising and while you can't always get what you want, if you try sometimes, you just might find, that you get what you need. (Hmm, that sounds familiar...)

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Edit April 2024: I believe that this was the first board war game that I "played", for certain values of "played" since playing ones like this necessitated having a group of people to allow the "fog of war" to be simulated. I therefore more "played around with it" than "played it". The game was called "War and Peace", and along with a couple of others, was something that I had to discard to save space when I moved south. Part of me wished that I could have kept it now, partly as a reminder of the days when I got it, partly because it may have become a collectable. Still, as life goes on you have to make choices and with some, like disposing of this game, you can never un-make them.