Life is about choices. We choose what we do with our time, money, food intake, etc. Gaming is a choice we make because it feeds a part of us and makes us feel good.
Sometimes our choices prevent other things from happening. Choosing to game instead of spending time with your wife and/or kids for example can have calamitous effects. When Beck and I first got married, I’d game several hours a day if I could. On Saturdays I’d get up early to game. My spiritual life wasn’t moving but I was getting really REALLY good at Civilisation, Counter Strike and Warcraft etc. My choices weren’t advancing me… they were sending me backwards… with God… my wife… my dreams and passions. My life was being wasted by my habit. I was getting lots of little, insignificant ‘wins’ but I wasn’t winning in life.
I regret those times but not the lessons I’ve learned about what is truly valuable. These days I still want to game and sit at my laptop but not as much… and my life is better balanced with spiritual input and my family.
What attracts you to computer/console games? What draws you to your computer?
New information, competitive action. Something to yell at and wont yell back. Def dig on gaming… boom.
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