Today marks my 3rd year of being video game free.
It’s awesome, and it sucks…I miss it every single damn day.
Of course, my life is much, MUCH better since giving them up. It even led me into the hobby.
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Am I doing it wrong? I was playing a game only half an hour ago? Is it doing me serious damage or something?
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Well, I guess it all comes down if you playing is a problem, like it was for me.
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Good on you for seeing change was needed and making it Berv!
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I don’t find myself gaming near as much as I used to. I didn’t make the conscious decision that I needed to play less or anything like that it’s just kind of happened. I’d rather pick up a yoyo and do that, or more recently I’ve gotten into buying clapped out old mountain bikes and teaching myself how to service them and get em going again. Gaming sessions are few and far between these days.
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Incredible work!!! I still play some GBA occasionally, or some Mario kart or Yoshis Crafted world with my son, but man I used to play SOOOOOO much Call of Duty, like it was a second job.
I feel noticeably less stressed without it and with yoyo. It has essentially replaced VG during my down time at home.
If only it could replace 
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So awesome! I also made the plunge when I saw the time I was spending accomplishing nothing, so I too picked up yo-young instead even though I was already dabbling in the hobby. Now I feel proud of spending an hour or 2 throwing and watching tutorials instead of just zoning into a screen.
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My brother has a gaming issue like that. I get it. Happy your life is better if that’s the path you need for balance
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Heheh, my dad is a perfect example of this.
Back when he was about my age, early 20s, he was a hardcore gamer. Had all the consoles, all the games. No one could beat him at Halo. He was also really into MtG. One story he likes to share was that he was at a sleepover with his buddies and they stayed up late playing Laura Croft. Eventually they went to bed, but my dad stayed up and kept playing. His friends came down the next morning to find him asleep on the couch with the remote still in his hands. When they shouted his name he woke up… only to resume playing. It was that bad.
One day as he was playing, it was like God hit him with a 2x4. He listened, and that same day he sold everything. The games, the systems, even the MtG cards, he sold them all. The GameStop employee was not happy to say the least. My dad was one of his best customers.
Less than 2 months later he met my mom. If he hadn’t listened to God, hadn’t made that change, that choice, he likely would’ve stayed single and I would not be here…
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Wild.
I had a moment like that about Reddit. I was on it all day every day, and then one day, after scrolling the endless reposts and brain-dead meme comments, I finally read the stupidest take I had ever seen closed the app and uninstalled it from my phone. I don’t even remember what the topic was or the take, but something just flipped in my head like “what tf are you even doing with this” and boom. Reddit addiction miraculously cured.
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