20 Steps to Prepare for 'Game of Thrones' Season 7

When you're counting down for Winter to finally get here

Originally published on July 17, 2017

With the penultimate season of Game of Thrones almost here, I did a little reflection on how my yearlong wait went. Here's how I got from 6x10 to 7x01 in 20 easy steps!

1. Watch 6.10.
2. Be left speechless by final scene.
3. Cry because there’s over a year before new episodes.
4. Watch every relevant video on YouTube.
5. Read A World of Ice and Fire.
6. Eat up every little casting detail and put on tinfoil hats (She’s totally Alys Karstark, right?)
7. Get a countdown going until summer. (It’s only October.)
8. Let the hype die down a little and let other fandoms take over.
9. Still have a little radar out for new details.
10. Read the leaked plot and scoff.
11. Almost forget about the show for a few months. (Ned who?)
12. Look at the first pictures and share everywhere because Drogon is the size of a 747 and everyone you know should watch this show.
13. Let the hype slowly build up. (It’s spring. You’re almost there.)
14. Immediately set a countdown as soon as the premiere date is announced.
15. Get back into watching YouTube videos and feel smug since you basically know the plot of Season 7 using logic alone.
16. Freak out with the first trailer.
17. Watch the second trailer nonstop because it is the greatest trailer for anything ever.
18. Roll your eyes at the vagueness and predictability at the first 3 titles and descriptions.
19. Count down number of sleeps until the premiere.
20. Congrats, you made it!