I seem to have a problem with moderating myself when it comes to playtime on Video Games, How do you keep yourself from just endlessly playing games?

  • OmegaMouse@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    I agree with what others have said about gamifying life. For example, ‘oh it’s 5pm, I need to spend 30 minutes doing some tidying before I can play a game again’. And for games with no clear end point, set yourself goals so you know when to take a break. ‘Once I’ve built this factory, I need to take an hour’s break before I can play again’.

    • SamXavia@kbin.runOP
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      1 year ago

      @OmegaMouse It’s actually what I’ve been trying out today, I didn’t know that’s what people meant by Gamify your life I more thought they were saying to give myself a score for doing tasks and stuff.

      Currently doing play a game of CS2, if I win then I have less work to do but if I lose I have to do twice the amount of work and then I can go back on. This is almost like a reward / punishment system for myself to try and not only play the game (or not lol) and then just do the task. Once I have no tasks left I’m free to enjoy what ever game I like without worrying about they I got that thing to do.

      I hope this could possibly work in the long run.