Tech-no-re-grets

Now, I’ve never been hooked on any kind of drugs, but that is not so say I’ve never dealt with addiction. It’s kind of sad to say, but you can really get addicted to video games, so listen to those expert studies when they say so. I guess my problem is, being an obsessive-compulsive type person, I can really only handle concentrating on a couple different things at a given time. A few years ago, all I was thinking about was playing World of Warcraft 16 hours a day, every day. Keep in mind, that I played the beta a lot before the game launched which didn’t even count for anything. Once the game went live I had nearly sixty days of played time across my characters after only four months, that is fully one half of all my time logged in, playing the game. The other half of my time I was juggling sleep, work and school. In the end, I dropped my job back to part time and pretty much just quit going to classes so I could spend more time playing the game. The very definition of addiction is something you enjoy that is detrimental to the other parts of your life, for me, gaming was.

The good news is, with introspection, I’m aware of the problem. I am in control of myself and games are just not in the picture anymore, nor do I see myself going back to them ever again. There are so many other things to do with my short time on this earth, things that actually count for something. The even better news is, I turned in a good chunk of money by selling off all my gaming junk, money to help me get my life in order. Now, I’m still a bit of an obsessive-compulsive, but all I’m thinking about is building my own house, getting married to a great woman, and starting my own family. My determination has never been greater, and for the first time in my life, I know exactly what I want my future to be, no ambiguity or interpretation, I know, and with a little time, I know I can make it happen.