✅ I’m in this photo and I don’t like it
Hello purple mug!
Uh, they’re obviously a stick note. Duh…
Hi it’s me ur pillow
Easy solution
Unless you work in a factory and get stuck in a lathe while " working". The you don’t even need to work
It starts much earlier with the open hair on the lathe.
And leisure time or not, it doesn’t play so well without a scalp or fingers.
This was me for a while. Not good.
Part of it, for me, is that I still want to play games as I did when I was younger. I.e. multi-hour play sessions. To sit there and just get lost in it for the whole evening.
But increasingly that’s becoming unworkable. I got shit to do.
The solution, then, would be to adjust my expectations to like an hour of playtime here and there. But when I do that, I’ve created a schedule, and time limit, both of which really kill my personal enjoyment of game time. Playing a game while watching the clock is just not relaxing to me.
So I keep holding out for more of those evenings, those solid chunks of time when I pick up the controller and play till I’m ready for bed. But they’ve become so few and far between that gaming has become a weekend thing. That’s a problem in itself because the weekend is generally reserved for doing things with my partner or other outings.
Quarantine was probably the most gaming I’ve done in a long time. I basically got to play with the same reckless abandon as I did when I was much younger, for a couple solid months. But the chances of me being able to have that same relationship with this past time ever again appears fleeting.
Yeah. The gaming nights are almost completely gone. I miss those
Gaming? I remember that, it’s from the before-time.
Having rigid schedules with little to no wiggle room sure contribute to that, doesn’t it. It’s really frustrating to me. For quite a long period of time (around a year-ish), I didn’t do anything else except work from home which was, for the most part, pretty chill. Naturally, even though I’m living with my partner, I had a lot of time on my hands to go to ping pong practice, play games, and other things. Now, I’ve recently started an apprenticeship and now I have time to do fuck-all once I get home from school. Groceries, cooking, some cleaning, and then it’s basically time to sleep lol. Barely, if any gaming, no time on my hands to go to practice etc.
We’ve been struggling a lot recently, but I’m still holding out hope that it’ll get a little better once we’re accustomed to the schedule even if it’ll probably only get more later on. One can hope, I guess.
It really does help to appreciate the little time we have (I have) to do recreational activities, though. It does feel really special then.
Steam Deck is great for this. Especially since you can suspend mid-game like a Nintendo Switch. No down time to select a game, wait for it to load, etc., if you don’t want that.
Great for quick sessions if you only have small bursts of time.
It’s definitely one of those things that I really miss.
It helps me if I make an alarm for 15 minutes before I need to stop playing. It reduces the anxiety of looking at the time. It’s not the same, but better than just an alarm at quitting time.
If only our lives weren’t bound by work…
We spend our best years and energy working.
Work could and should be fulfilling. Unfortunately many modern jobs are just soul crushing and feel meaningless :-(
Don’t worry, even fulfilling and meaningful jobs can now be made to feel trite and soul-crushing through the power of bad management!
Lol… At this point, they probably wouldn’t need to be if humans weren’t so awful and selfish.
So how do we make that happen?
We can’t. It’s too late.
Fuck, I feel this so hard…
“I’m going to get a bunch of chores done so I can try this new game out without guilt of procrastination. Or maybe try out a hobby.”
One set of chores later…
“Yawn. I’m out of energy to start something new.”
Oh man, this exactly. I’ve taken to cramming in the cleaning the day before but, of course, I end up overdoing it. The new messes appear by the time I’m ready to try again.
All this working is not working
I know not everyone has this luxury but remote work has really helped give some time back in my day. Between the flexible schedule and just napping when I feel like it, I have more time in the evening to play games again. Not everyday but a few times a week at least.
Remote work really was the saving grace for me. It’s just amazing how much more time one has once you eliminate the commuting times.
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I’ve had to come to terms with not having any time to play, really, except for maybe an hour or two here and there with my partner. It does feel awesome to at least have that going, but it sucks a lot that I don’t get to play for extended periods of time if I want to. Not even taking advantage of any sales right now, even though I might want to, just because I know that I won’t have any time to play.
Not that I can even afford a game rn shit.
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Same note too.
It really is the fucking dishes that do me in. It’s never ending and soul crushing. No space for a dish washer.
Might not work for you but a countertop dishwasher was life changing in my old tiny apartment.
WHAT those are a thing?!
I have a Comfee Mini Plus, no water hookup you pour in from the top.
Yeah. Like Bob, dishwasher: https://daan.tech/us/?dt_cn=us
Question for anyone who’s got one of these things: would it be practical to like keep it in a cabinet, and pull it out when you want to use it, then put it back when you’re done? Not much counter space here… Also, someone mentioned about not needing a water hookup and just pouring water in. How difficult is it to drain those ones? I imagine if one were to try to store it between uses, you’d want it completely dry before putting away…
My dishwasher has been broken for over a week. I can see how your situation is soul crushing. The only thing keeping me going is a fix in the near future.
Now try it with kids ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Having kids is overrated
Being child free is also overrated
T- minus 7 months till I’m gonna 😁😢😁
Congrats! :D
Edit: replaced the question mark with an exclamation point
Thank you 🥳
I’m trying!
I’m still on my replay of FF6… a 25-30 hours RPG that is taking me months to finish :(
Exactly lmao. I played tons of games when it was just work
I know it’s not like this for everyone but I have a 3.5 year old and he is what provides me the energy to keep going and brings me so much joy. Sure, I boot up the Steam Deck about 3-5 hours a week but my multi-hours gaming sessions I don’t miss at all.
I have some seriously conflicting emotions about the time I used to get 3-ish hours of sleep so I could play more. On one hand, the games were great fun; on the other, work was hell afterwards.
Been there, done that. 10 pm rolls around and I’m like “Gaming time!” And then I’m sleepy within like 30 minutes 🤣
Perfectly sums up a generation of gamers.
The problem was doing the dishes. Just let them pile up, it’ll be fine.
Side note though: Work/life balance for the win. I get paid slightly less than others in my field, but I also work ~40 hours a week, and never take work home with me. It’s wonderful.
Went from 35h/week to 40. It’s made my life so much more complicated because everything is closed when I’m finally free. I have to take from my holidays to get my car repaired.
Damn, 5 more hours a week made that much of a difference? I’m also on a 4-day work schedule that is hybrid WFH which I forgot to mention. Having that extra weekday is clutch for things you can’t do on weekends.
I’ll gladly pay those union dues, because it wouldn’t be like this without our collective bargaining power.
Usually I don’t even turn on my PC on workdays but I recently got Victoria 3 and I just must make Bavaria great
Doing a Bavaria game in Europa Universalis IV with my cousin(he just formed Swabia) right now! Glad to see Bavaria is getting love.