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I Spent My Whole Weekend Playing Video Games — It Was Exactly What I Needed
I used to have a problem controlling myself with video games. With a video game addiction, I sometimes spent ten hours on weekdays playing MMORPGs, not attending to my homework and other obligations I had.
However, after almost half a year of barely playing any video games, I realized I had to change something about my day-to-day routine. I am a third-year special educator in Baltimore City, and my work is rewarding but incredibly stressful. I am a Master’s student at Johns Hopkins University. I have a ton of other obligations, both personal and professional, above all to my fianceé, but also to my writing and my hobby as a runner.
This is a lot on my plate, and it feels like I have to work and be on “go” mode all the time. This has been done in a sustainable manner for the most part. I stop working on something when it feels like I should, and I listen to my mind and body for the most part.
Everyone on the outside can tell you my life is going very well and I’m doing a good job — but teaching has been incredibly, incredibly draining despite it going significantly better than it has before. The overall climate of my school has been suffering as we’ve dealt with…
