How to Quit Playing Video Games For Good
I’ve played video games for over 15 years. You name it, I’ve played it for hundreds of hours.
Video games can be a great escape. Hell, they can even be great for generating creative ideas. They spawn entire industries like Cosplay, where people dress up as their favorite characters.
But video games are also an incredible waste of time. This is coming from someone who put thousands of hours into League of Legends to hit Platinum rank. I played Starcraft 2 for hundreds of hours to climb the ladder to Diamond. I played competitive Counter-Strike when I was in high school.
Video games drained me of all my creativity. I never wanted to make things after playing. All I cared about was leveling up, hitting the next competitive rank on the ladder, or earning that next piece of gear.
I lost 2 months of my life last year when WoW:Classic came out.
I don’t regret any of that time spent. Not for a moment. But my time with video games had to come to a close if I wanted to create more.
Today’s world revolves around content creation. There are almost 6 million new blog posts published every minute.
If I wanted to achieve my goal of building a personal brand, getting freelance clients, becoming a better writer, and to create more things…
