So, I'm sat reading a book. It's a good book! I want to do something easy on ESO. I figure what the heck, my lovely guildies sent me ambrosia as birthday presents yesterday. I'll pop one of those and as my craft bag is fulla stuff, I'll smash some charity writs out. 30k XP a pop with the mug? Sure

Here beginneth the lesson on thou shalt hold. your. frikkin. horses.

Head to the traders in mournhold. Start picking up charity writs. Pow, 250g, Pow 350g pop, pop, pop - if it's cheap, I'm having it.

SWEET. Good work sunshine.

Oh. Wait... these are... these are the winter ones. Okay, fine I can dig it. I'll open one... Okay - what - 12? 12 boxes? Oooookaaayy.... bit steep but sure, I can dig it. (I work from home so 9-5 I gather whilst I'm in meetings or doing tedious stuff - I've got mats for days! plus, I made a decent amount selling off heartwood...

selling... heartwood.

Which it turns out I now need.

Now, a wise man would probably stop at this point. He'd think, okay - cut your losses. RIght now, you're only out the small amount of gold you spent on the writs. THE BUTTLOAD OF WRONG WRITS.

Me? I like my crayons. I'll eat a whole pack of those things if left unchecked! I'm in for this, I have a few mil in the bank, I'm good for this, lemme just go through my list of writs and figure out how much heartwood I need. Ok. I need 1004 more to complete everything.

So, still not grasping the stupidity of my life choices at this point, I take my dumb ass off to the traders and scope out a few stacks of hearttwood. Boom. Roughly 2 mil. Lovely.

I sit there, I craft all the items I will need, forgetting I still have stuff in my (Now full) inbox as writs are still arriving delayed.

Still convinced that I have been gifted to the world by the makers of sliced bread, I settle up near the drop off point and get ready to press "E" a whole bunch.

It begins! Off to the races.

I burn through the writs I have, not yet fully grasping the fact that I have just spent 2 million, plus however the heck much nickel costs from vendors. I jhave wasted 40 minutes going through my lists and I have clogged my full inventory, full inbox and full bank.

What I also now realise is that I failed to math. I don't have enough material. Like at all.

On top of this, a look of horror creeps across my face as I realise that whilst I took my ambrosia out of my bank, I did not consume it. Nor did I drink Bredas mead.

My log looks a little bit like this

Exp - 7K
Exp - 7K
Exp - 7k.

So to recap

1. I failed to check what I could actually build.
2. I bought a whole ton of the wrong writs.
3. I clogged nearly every free slot I have.
4. I am VERY stupid.
5. After realising this, I still committed to it.
6. You stupid man.
7. I then spent several million on heartwood
8. 7. You guessed it, I made those millions selling *drumroll* HEARTWOOD!
9. I forgot to use my ambrosia
10. I forgot to use my mead
11. My trade guild is closing prior to a merger, so I can't sell these
12. I hate myself
13. In order to attain the truly life changing 10 CP I got for this endeavour, I have spent in total 4.5 million gold and an hour and a half of my time.
14. Oh god I need an adult please
15. I never read my book throughout ANY OF IT.
16. Help I cannot be left to my own devices.

TLDR - anyone need Skall explorer pages?