Most often minimalists will talk about removing things that make you unhappy. But sometimes they say that they don't have time to do the things that they love like playing video games.
So what's the real reason for me using video games as an objective thing to teach a lesson. Well, great question but it's more about me wanting to say I had an awesome childhood and family where we would gather together in the living room and all go through 3 or 4 dungeons on World of Warcraft or Guild of wars 2 or whatever game we were playing together at the time.
Well, I do wish we still did this I know the benefits of control and discipline (as well as how awesome my parents are).
When you love video games there is a difference between loving and choosing. You want to play them every hour of the day and that's what childhoods for right? Playing all weekend to get to the next level or just being a kid and not worrying about a job or some things you have to deal with but just being present in the moment without the daily stress you can experience in your adult day to day life. But when you are an adult there is a choice between video games at all hours or none or even the middle ground. But that's the difference between Loving and choosing. It's not that you don't love video games but you see no benefit or end goal with them. It's having the discipline that makes you a mature adult.
I know it's sort of boring to not play video games at all hours but without them, you worry less about making a life in the game as you do out here in the real world. So when it comes to stepping up and being disciplined go and the next time you want to pick up the controller be mature and time it. Control it and maybe someday don't pick it up with a to-do list in the other hand.
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." Jim Rohn
So what's the real reason for me using video games as an objective thing to teach a lesson. Well, great question but it's more about me wanting to say I had an awesome childhood and family where we would gather together in the living room and all go through 3 or 4 dungeons on World of Warcraft or Guild of wars 2 or whatever game we were playing together at the time.
Well, I do wish we still did this I know the benefits of control and discipline (as well as how awesome my parents are).
When you love video games there is a difference between loving and choosing. You want to play them every hour of the day and that's what childhoods for right? Playing all weekend to get to the next level or just being a kid and not worrying about a job or some things you have to deal with but just being present in the moment without the daily stress you can experience in your adult day to day life. But when you are an adult there is a choice between video games at all hours or none or even the middle ground. But that's the difference between Loving and choosing. It's not that you don't love video games but you see no benefit or end goal with them. It's having the discipline that makes you a mature adult.
I know it's sort of boring to not play video games at all hours but without them, you worry less about making a life in the game as you do out here in the real world. So when it comes to stepping up and being disciplined go and the next time you want to pick up the controller be mature and time it. Control it and maybe someday don't pick it up with a to-do list in the other hand.
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." Jim Rohn
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