Easy solution
Unless you work in a factory and get stuck in a lathe while " working". The you don’t even need to work
It starts much earlier with the open hair on the lathe.
And leisure time or not, it doesn’t play so well without a scalp or fingers.
This was me for a while. Not good.
This is me currently and it sucks lol. Idk how to stop!
(Maybe I could start by not getting high like every night…)
Weed will get you to sleep faster but just like alcohol you’re not getting restful sleep
✅ I’m in this photo and I don’t like it
Hello purple mug!
Part of it, for me, is that I still want to play games as I did when I was younger. I.e. multi-hour play sessions. To sit there and just get lost in it for the whole evening.
But increasingly that’s becoming unworkable. I got shit to do.
The solution, then, would be to adjust my expectations to like an hour of playtime here and there. But when I do that, I’ve created a schedule, and time limit, both of which really kill my personal enjoyment of game time. Playing a game while watching the clock is just not relaxing to me.
So I keep holding out for more of those evenings, those solid chunks of time when I pick up the controller and play till I’m ready for bed. But they’ve become so few and far between that gaming has become a weekend thing. That’s a problem in itself because the weekend is generally reserved for doing things with my partner or other outings.
Quarantine was probably the most gaming I’ve done in a long time. I basically got to play with the same reckless abandon as I did when I was much younger, for a couple solid months. But the chances of me being able to have that same relationship with this past time ever again appears fleeting.
Steam Deck is great for this. Especially since you can suspend mid-game like a Nintendo Switch. No down time to select a game, wait for it to load, etc., if you don’t want that.
Great for quick sessions if you only have small bursts of time.
All this working is not working
Agree. What’s even the point
Now try it with kids ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Having kids is overrated
Being child free is also overrated
I’m trying!
T- minus 7 months till I’m gonna 😁😢😁
I’m still on my replay of FF6… a 25-30 hours RPG that is taking me months to finish :(
Exactly lmao. I played tons of games when it was just work
I know it’s not like this for everyone but I have a 3.5 year old and he is what provides me the energy to keep going and brings me so much joy. Sure, I boot up the Steam Deck about 3-5 hours a week but my multi-hours gaming sessions I don’t miss at all.
The problem was doing the dishes. Just let them pile up, it’ll be fine.
Side note though: Work/life balance for the win. I get paid slightly less than others in my field, but I also work ~40 hours a week, and never take work home with me. It’s wonderful.
Went from 35h/week to 40. It’s made my life so much more complicated because everything is closed when I’m finally free. I have to take from my holidays to get my car repaired.
Damn, 5 more hours a week made that much of a difference? I’m also on a 4-day work schedule that is hybrid WFH which I forgot to mention. Having that extra weekday is clutch for things you can’t do on weekends.
I’ll gladly pay those union dues, because it wouldn’t be like this without our collective bargaining power.
Meanwhile here I am, working 60 hour weeks because my union has been subverted by corpos.
Reminder that unions aren’t a on eand done thing, you gotta keep fighting forever because greed is eternal.
That’s when you vote in new leadership.
But of course. People will people.
I am at a somewhat senior (escalations tech, pretty senior without being in real management) position at my work that involves 100% WFH and a boss who trusts me on my time management, plus watches out for us when we do overtime (I’m salary so gotta get approved time off if going over etc). A bunch of prior coworkers have encouraged me to leave to get better pay, but I don’t wanna give up all those benefits.
I make food at home for lunch, can play games at lunch, right after work, etc. I won’t discuss if I ever play games during my work hours because how dare you accuse me of that and also where did you hide the cameras in my room?
Perfectly sums up a generation of gamers.
I have some seriously conflicting emotions about the time I used to get 3-ish hours of sleep so I could play more. On one hand, the games were great fun; on the other, work was hell afterwards.
Usually I don’t even turn on my PC on workdays but I recently got Victoria 3 and I just must make Bavaria great
Doing a Bavaria game in Europa Universalis IV with my cousin(he just formed Swabia) right now! Glad to see Bavaria is getting love.
It’s where I’m from after all
Been there, done that. 10 pm rolls around and I’m like “Gaming time!” And then I’m sleepy within like 30 minutes 🤣
Or just as likely you are barely able to keep your head up and you realize it is after 2am and you’ll be feeling like crap the next day.
When does this happen? I am 27 and I am scared I will end up like this, lol.
I’m 28 and yeah, it’s happened.
A wife, a new baby, a job that takes up too much of my time, then always washing dishes… So. Many. Dishes.
Wash dishes while you cook food. It literally will save you years of your life.
I mean, just don’t get a job with long hours and don’t have kids and you’re probably all good.
Age and you need sleep more than gaming
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I think it depends on how demanding your days are, how much you exercise, and if you’re eating well.
I’m 20 years older than you and it hasn’t happened yet.
It doesn’t, I think this comic is over exaggerating. I think that’s where the humor lies
That’s why I wake up at 5am to play and then go to work
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