![]() Any time I go online to do something, it sits there, beckoning me to go dig for jewels of interesting content buried in a huge pile of junk. I realized today that my major other distraction was the huge number of random RSS feeds that I picked up in my Google reader. Now, I really can’t waste my time playing games even if I wanted to. But I’ve decided to just save my money and time by not enabling myself to waste it on games. ![]() I could probably afford to buy a new computer, or maybe even a TV and game console. But now, the system is showing it’s age and doesn’t run GTA IV very well (which I just bought for a measly $20). He would say, “Hold on, my character needs to go to work now,” to which I replied, “But the REAL YOU needs to go to class!”Īnyway, I’ve had a good run playing a whole bunch of games the past few months with my Intel Core 2 Dell and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO. Things were different for my good friend, who brought a new computer to college and a copy of the Sims. It didn’t help that the rest of the academic year was spent in the middle of nowhere in Minnesota. Necessity really is the mother of invention: the necessity to save myself from going insane from boredom. In fact, during college winter and summer breaks, I was dirt poor and bored out of my mind. I had no TV, console, and my laptop could play basically minesweeper and that’s it. But why did I hardly play any games in college when I was first learning Japanese and began writing the Grammar Guide? It’s because I couldn’t afford it. Games are addictive because of basic behavioral psychology of rewarding fake achievements. Lately, one of my major time sinks were playing games. It takes a lot less effort then actually producing the TV show, youtube video, or website but the ease of effort in passive consumption is what makes it so tempting. What prevents us from being productive and being a vastly over-simplified definition of the word: “happy”? It’s activities where you don’t produce anything things like watching TV or youtube, playing games, or browsing sites like. Even a happy family requires its members to be productive in order for things to run smoothly around the house. All of these things fall under a large category of being “productive”. What’s true happiness? Of course, a stable and happy family is essential but for many of us, it’s also about seeking new opportunities, investing in ourselves, and contributing something useful and helpful to the world.
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