This happened in 2018 when I was working in China. I went to a local sports bar with a few workmates to watch a football match between England and France. After settling in and watching for a while, France scored a goal. Much to my surprise, all of the local
When it came to employment in my 20s and 30s, I was too focussed on how much money I could make. This lead to poor choices, and quite often a sickened soul. I don’t believe that money is evil, but whenever my core reason for changing my job was
Sometimes you just need to take a break ;)
I’ve found that if I dwell too much on the past, I feel sad. If I dwell too much on the future, I feel worried. So lately I’ve been trying to keep my mind focussed more on the present moment. That is to say, I direct my thoughts
When starting something new, I’ve found that the saying “easy does it” really rings true, which is to say that one should take things slowly and carefully. Let me tell you about when someone totally ignored this, and the consequences which stemmed from that decision, even years later. It
Everything I’ve written below can be ignored, or taken with a pinch of salt, as with all thoughts. My writing is typically less rigid, but the below is what I feel deep down to be true. You won’t receive / perceive your calling until you’re ready to. It
One of the core features of gaming which kept drawing me back to it, was the “push-button social life”. If I ever felt stressed or just lonely, all I had to do was log in and there’d be someone to chat to, or play games with. That cosy convenience
After gaming less and less, I felt kind of lost in the real world. All of the classic questions kept popping up: What should I do with my life? What’s really important to me? You see, up until then, my focus had been on gaming with my friends, so
When I was totally hooked on WoW and gaming in general, as soon as I’d get home, the first thing I’d do would be to turn on my PC. Even if I was hungry or needed the loo, the PC got switched on first. If I had some
When you’re juggling a lot of different stuff to get done every week, it makes sense to set a schedule in order to be more efficient with your time. However, I’ve found that while the schedule I’ve set does help me to be more productive, I also
As I started to avoid particular types of computer games, and also played games less in general, it was often tempting to replace gaming with other types of distractions; some more senseless than others. One time I remember I started overeating and put on a lot of weight in just
Addiction, amusement, compulsion, distraction, pastime, habit, hobby, hook, infatuation, fad, fixation, obsession, passion… Is playing computer games a habit, a hook, an addiction, or something else? I remember when I lived in the UK in my 20s, it was common to class smoking as a habit, but that really downplayed