You require an insane amount of self control.
You need to only game for a few hours a day to make time for everything else
Job takes up the most time, then school, then girlfriend if she’s not also a gamer, then workout.
I am kinda making it work because I don’t have a gf/so, but I’m neglecting working out in favour of more screen time
Oh I should also mention: sleep is also required and this post doesn’t mention it. Presumably, you can do all these things if you don’t sleep. But trust me once you get a proper sleep schedule your life will change forever
Yes. Sleep is often underrated to how it can really change the way you look, feel, and think. It isn’t like a “bank” where you can “pay back” an all nighter by sleeping in a weekend. You need consistent sleep to see the best effects. As for time management- it’s sad- but for most people, having all these things and gaming means that you’ll likely need to be less of a “power gamer.”
10+ hour play sessions can still happen- but they’re are and the stars must line up. 100 hours on a game doesn’t happen in months or weeks of release- but instead it may be a year or more before you’ve explored the world map or maxed your stats etc. Open world games become more “mission based” where you set up a goal you plan to accomplish in game that session, and that’s it. A lot less wandering and more “today I will sell items and organize inventory, maybe grind some cash- then I’ll be ready on my next session to go check out that interesting rock formation I saw on the map least week...”
For me anyway these are observations of transitioning from hard core gamer to guy with a “pretty normal life and career who likes games...” things like- you probably won’t play every exciting new title when it comes out. Well- you’ll have to choose really. You can buy a game, play it and enjoy it and be a completionist- and you may be playing a “small” game for months or a large game for years without other games- or you can “sample,” buy a bunch of games and play just a tad of each and jump around. I find the latter less satisfying. The pro is that you save a bunch of money. You tend to end up with a game backlog of unbought games and the games on your list are so old when you get to play them that they are cheap or free.
I have a lot less patience or enjoyment from games that are extremely slow burn to get deep pay offs or games that make you grind whereas I used to love those. Red Dead Redemption is an example- I just couldn’t enjoy it much since playing that game meant I could spend an entire week of play time and not get many missions done, maybe go from one town to another in a single night and the next few explore them and take them in- or rush around and miss a huge chunk of what the game sunk so much into- atmosphere and “taking it all in.”
I still love games like Fallout or Elderscrolls- but they are harder to enjoy because I just want to wander where interest takes me and there is always something over the next hill- and by the next time you get to playyou may not recall every single point of interest you wanted to backtrack on an ever growing list.
But it can be done. You can have family and love and health and friends l, and career and all that and game. It’s just like drinking really- you can drink with friends, you can have a beer or a drink here and there and not really sacrifice anything. If you want to drink a 6 pack a day or down a bottle of vodka every chance you get- yeah. You’re gonna have problems with the other aspects of life. We choose our priorities. You either for gaming in to your life, or you fit your life around gaming. The thing you choose to make a priority will largely decide the course of your life.
You need to only game for a few hours a day to make time for everything else
Job takes up the most time, then school, then girlfriend if she’s not also a gamer, then workout.
I am kinda making it work because I don’t have a gf/so, but I’m neglecting working out in favour of more screen time
Oh I should also mention: sleep is also required and this post doesn’t mention it. Presumably, you can do all these things if you don’t sleep. But trust me once you get a proper sleep schedule your life will change forever
I still love games like Fallout or Elderscrolls- but they are harder to enjoy because I just want to wander where interest takes me and there is always something over the next hill- and by the next time you get to playyou may not recall every single point of interest you wanted to backtrack on an ever growing list.