This hits too real.

[u/Zestyclose-Salad-290]

[u/curiousadventure33]

You sit through a shift wanting to play a game you just bought - you come home eat and do some family stuff - you sit in front of PC - your entire body gives out and you fall asleep o7

[u/Stunning_Box8782 → u/curiousadventure33]

Why is this.

I'll get home and literally doomscroll instead of doing the thing I've been daydreaming about

[u/HelloMyNameIsLeah → u/Stunning_Box8782]

Doomscrolling is an addiction. Set your phone down and do the things that make you happy.

[u/zgillet → u/HelloMyNameIsLeah]

For real. Sometimes I have to just stop playing a video, be it YouTube or my Plex, and just focus on selecting something I want to play.

[u/xxABagOWe3dXx → u/HelloMyNameIsLeah]

This to many people spend to much time on there phones during a day. Wastes so much time. I for one besides the occasional Reddit post I chime in for I basically only use the phone for music. No tiktok or social media. I bet people would be happier to lol

[u/Legitimate_Air_5803 → u/xxABagOWe3dXx]

I’ve been trying to get off social media for a couple months. Best thing is to delete Tiktok and Instagram. Besides, what are we actually doing anyway, scrolling through hundreds of garbage videos and poorly disguised propaganda to maybe find a single funny video? That’s addiction. Most of the videos are reposts of popular videos anyway.

Unfortunately deleting those apps have only made me spend more time on Reddit and YouTube. So, my next step is to delete Reddit and get off YouTube and then actually choose real life activities.

It’s been difficult so far, but it’s also been kind of a wake up call in realizing just how much of my life I’ve been wasting on social media.

[u/br4nfl4k3s → u/HelloMyNameIsLeah]

To better answer this without being demeaning. Doomscrolling is designed to give you instant dopamine and activate reward centers in your brain. No waiting for loading screens, no learning curve, no competitive lobbies if you’re playing online. Instant reward, little to no effort.

In that way, it’s an addiction and it’s worth trying to limit your time doing it and getting help doing so if needed.

[u/TacoMastorius → u/HelloMyNameIsLeah]

For me, doomscrolling develops a dangerous allergy to choosing what I want to watch or do. It is dangerous indeed.

[u/Imaginary_Sky_1786 → u/Stunning_Box8782]

To play games you need to apply your brain, turn it on and work it again. While gaming is fun and relaxing, I find myself, in my mid 30s only playing once every 2 weeks due to this reason

[u/E_Dward → u/Imaginary_Sky_1786]

Yeah but why is this harder now than it was when I was in college? My brain was working so hard to keep my grades up, and pay attention in class.

My job requires me to think but it’s not nearly as grueling as college was. Yet at the end of the day I’ve lost all motivation to game!

[u/FHAT_BRANDHO → u/Imaginary_Sky_1786]

I play every day at 36 but im into a lot of cozy and incremental shit for after work lol

[u/arcadiangenesis → u/Imaginary_Sky_1786]

That's why I play games that are more chill and easy. I play games to relax and enjoy, not to add another tedious chore to my life.

[u/dark-star-adventures → u/Stunning_Box8782]

Phone addiction can be as simple as reaching for it when you shouldn't. When you get home, put your phone in a drawer. You'll realize pretty quickly that you are always reaching for it. Go play your game.

[u/OneMorePotion → u/Stunning_Box8782]

That's your brain telling you that it needs some time off. Doom scrolling doesn't need any brainpower. Plus it can turn into an addiction. Because brains usually like funny and colorful pictures/sounds passing by in rapid succession.

[u/Stunning_Box8782 → u/OneMorePotion]

So basically, when I get home, I should take some time to unwind and relax, before jumping behind my PC?

[u/OneMorePotion → u/Stunning_Box8782]

You should take some time away from screens anyways.

[u/Stephen-Scotch → u/Stunning_Box8782]

You could just do just about anything else aside from doomscroll tho. Like gaming is infinitely better. Theres also books, games, working out, crystal meth, cooking, etc

[u/LalafellDisaster → u/Stunning_Box8782]

I find if I doomscroll a lot at work that it carries over to home, I also feel like it fry’s my brain from overstimulation, jumping from topic to topic, funny things, sad things, enraging things all within seconds of each other. I’ve been reading, stretching, little errands that I can possibly do from work etc. just to stay off the phone.

[u/Jorgwalther → u/Stunning_Box8782]

I call it going back to the 90s where I’ll take off my smartwatch, put down my phone, and do what I had intended to do all day rather than just waste my time away scrolling nothingness

[u/Mertoot → u/Stunning_Box8782]

At work I think about the amazing times I'll have that evening with full immersion gaming session and everything

Then I get home, eat while watching something, research a thing I need for household maintenance, go on phone for a bit, then sleep

Then wake up tired as heck to do it all again...

[u/ultraboomkin → u/curiousadventure33]

Since getting a gaming TV, I play my PC waaaayyyy more after work. It actually feels relaxing to get home and lay on the sofa while playing a game. Sooo much better than sitting at the desk.

[u/Test88Heavy → u/curiousadventure33]

This is how it goes most days.

[u/RightDoggo → u/curiousadventure33]

I once fell asleep with my controller in my hands and the PlayStation 4 main screen soothing sounds on the background

[u/echoshatter → u/RightDoggo]

The number of times I've fallen asleep while playing a game are embarrassing. Happened far more often playing a console game versus a PC game because the chair/sofa is a lot more cozy.

(Turned out I have severe sleep apnea.)

[u/TylerTexas10 → u/curiousadventure33]

I feel like sometimes you just have to let yourself be a little irresponsible. I work full time in software support and I’m a student nurse. I don’t have a family but I have a girlfriend and a big group of friends and together they take up my weekends.

If I checked every box, every day, all the time… I would never have time to kick back and play some games. Every now and then I just tell everyone I’m gonna be occupied for a few hours, put the dishes/laundry/endless list of chores onto the next day, and give myself a handful of hours to just turn the lights off, relax, and enjoy whatever game I want.

Sometimes that means having more shit to take care of later on, and a little less sleep than I should be getting, but it works well enough for me.

[u/StephanClose → u/curiousadventure33]

Am I your clone?

[u/-Typh1osion- → u/curiousadventure33]

Man, I want so badly to be good at Street Fighter and actually lab and train. Instead info combos for 10 minutes, get tired and go to bed

[u/National-Garbage505 → u/curiousadventure33]

Me every day lol. I am waiting all day for when my daughter goes to bed so I can play whatever game. Then right then my whole body is like "nope, sleep time". Even though it's only 9.

[u/Last8Exile]

Gaming instead of work

[u/Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo → u/Last8Exile]

I take like 2-3 of these days per year. They're super fun, but it's also just not the same as when I was younger and could string several committed gaming days back to back to really immerse in a setting like Tamriel or the Capitol Waste.

[u/MisanthropicBipedal → u/Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo]

Spending a whole summer in the Capitol Wasteland was an experience

[u/GiftOfGolb → u/MisanthropicBipedal]

Christmas break, 2009.

A young boy wrapped in a wool blanket sits in a rocking chair that's just a bit too big for him. His face illuminated by the space heater in front of him. 

His hair is greasy & his mother is about to force him to take a break from sitting in that chair, from being in front of his TV.

He was gifted xbox live points for Christmas & used it to purchase the Fallout 3 DLC, the extra points were spent on some Halo accessories for his Xbox Avatar. 

As he showers, his stomach growls & he thinks about how good some pizza pops with bell peppers would be while he explores Point Lookout. 

He has just shy of a week left before school starts again. Later that night he'll hop on Runescape to talk to his friends about what they got for Christmas. 

Life is simple. 

I havent thought of this since I lived it. Thanks for that :,)

[u/Test88Heavy]

It's rough. I wake up at 6:30am and don't sit down to play until 9:30pm so 15 hours of work, family, house, etc. I have to fight to stay awake some nights.

[u/DNxHD36 → u/Test88Heavy]

You should probably sleep instead. I've learned not to fight those tired moments -- I don't even enjoy the gaming much anyway at that point.

Is there a way you can work out pre-set game time? Like, I'll arrange with my wife to handle the kiddo for a fee hours on a Saturday afternoon so I can game (and of course I'll do the same for her when she wants to do something).

[u/Test88Heavy → u/DNxHD36]

That's the only time I get to myself M-F so I make it work. I've conditioned myself to function the same on less sleep and have been doing this for years.

[u/crocospect → u/Test88Heavy]

I have 9-5 job and have to wake up at 5:30 everyday.

The main gripe I have is the commute time, probably consumed like 3-4 hours of my day (Depends on the traffic that day) just to commute between going to work and go back home.

Living cost near my office is expensive as hell, so it's a big no for my current income, which is why I ended up renting an apartment quite far from where I work.

Shit like this that really tires me out honestly, but gotta stay strong I guess..

[u/Test88Heavy → u/crocospect]

I hear you, it's a grind and commuting is just lost/ dead time that could be used for something more productive. Are you able to WFH if that were an option or do you need to be in every day?

[u/crocospect → u/Test88Heavy]

Unfortunately no, other than some business trips, my job really requires me to be at office for five days.

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/Test88Heavy]

Most nights lately I try to get in an hour of reading and put it down when I literally cannot retain info after a paragraph.

[u/Schmaucher → u/Test88Heavy]

This is similar to me but 6:45 and about 10. I'm lucky that I'm playing on switch so I can take it to bed and play in 10 minute chunks until I'm ready for bed. It works for me but I'm certainly not making much progress in the games I play

[u/splinks66]

Maybe its because I don't have kids or I just never grew up but I don't feel like this at all. Infact this past year I have played a lot of amazing games that were so good I was thinking about them all day at work and when I got home I was just as excited as when I was a kid to get home and play.

[u/echoshatter → u/splinks66]

Not having kids is a major boon to your free time.

I don't have kids either and I play way too many video games. Stuff isn't getting done around the house that needs attention because I can just go up into my game room and ignore it. It is worse in the summer when it's 95°F outside.

[u/TM761152 → u/echoshatter]

bruh, I need to clean my gutters.

[u/lmnopqrs11 → u/splinks66]

Yup gaming after school I was always so anxious cause in the back of my head I knew there was some essay or project or something I was procrastinating. Gaming after work is stress free

[u/TM761152 → u/splinks66]

You're lucky, we die and leave nothing behind, except children as a living legacy. Some people just aren't meant to be parents and not everyone needs to have a child. It's better to live your life the way you would look back happy on your deathbed than be filled with regrets on your way out.

Life is short, play games.

[u/stronkzer]

It feels the opposite way for me. I deeply value the two hours of gaming time I've got per day, and cherish every second of it now that I have funds to buy the games I want. And school wasn't a very fun part of my life.

[u/Igyzone → u/stronkzer]

I think the joke is a combination of exhaustion and knowing you're going back to work pretty soon.

I used to game for 10hrs straight, now if I play 2hr after work, I'll fall asleep.

[u/Op3rat0rr]

Wait until you get married, have kids and a house + pets. You’ll feel lucky to have any game time

[u/Additional-Curve-4 → u/Op3rat0rr]

Bought kingdom come 2 last christmas on sale. It's still in the plastic as we speak. 3 kids lol.

[u/NordlandLapp → u/Additional-Curve-4]

Do yourself a favor and take a few days off work to get immersed, keep bringing the kids to daycare. Game is worth it.

[u/Traditional_Entry183 → u/Op3rat0rr]

49 years old. Happily married. Two teenage kids. And I consider myself a good, involved dad. There has never been a point where ive stopped gaming. (Always single player, offline)

I just watch less and less TV, and dont have other hobbies.

[u/dogearyourpages → u/Traditional_Entry183]

Yeah, I am a married woman with one kid but my husband and I both game. My husband has a game night with his brother every Wednesday (who also has two kids. We're also both in multiple dnd games that meet regularly.

It's totally possible to keep up hobbies once you have kids. Hell, my husband is currently teaching our daughter, who is six, how to play WoW.

[u/Traditional_Entry183 → u/dogearyourpages]

My guess is that the people who stop, or feel like they have to stop, either have jobs that absolutely control their lives more than the average person, or have extensive social lives that keep them busy with other stuff. Even when my kids were babies, Id stay up for a couple of hours after they went to bed to do my thing.

[u/Elendel19 → u/Traditional_Entry183]

Same. I played after my son went to bed when he was little (7pm) and now that he’s 12 he couldnt care less what I’m doing 90% of the time, he’s probably gaming with his friends anyways

[u/flyeaglesfly510 → u/Op3rat0rr]

I hope you're grateful for your family. At the end of the day, fuck video games if you have a loving family.

[u/Maxximillianaire → u/flyeaglesfly510]

Exactly. I've loved video games my whole life and will clear my schedule to play them right now while i'm single and without kids. But i would stop playing them without a second thought if i had a family to spend my time with instead

[u/elimac → u/Op3rat0rr]

nah you can keep it😃

[u/ProfessionalNo7946 → u/Op3rat0rr]

People in the game Wardogs, which im currently addicted to, call people “children less” if you’re a lot higher level than them

I am however completely lost on why this is a insult, as to me it seems that children are a thing for the rich, in time and money

And Im only rich in experience, so im very happy I don’t have a kid

[u/Soszai → u/Op3rat0rr]

Yep, with 2 young kids, I'm down to 1-2 major games per year. I'm really looking forward to playing with my kids though. The day one of them beats me at Mario Kart or Smash will be a glorious day.

[u/MrAngrySadHappyFace → u/Op3rat0rr]

Yea bro I get it.

Ive got a 4080/7800x3d PC, 45 inch oled monitor, and close to top of the line peripherals. Like a 5k set up when I did it all. Also have a steam library with hundreds of AAA games. However, I've been in bed since like 845. Literally gonna fall asleep right after this. Sometimes there's just no desire or want to play.

Being an adult sucks. Id so much rather be a 14 year old playing on shit hardware again while staying up past bedtime to raid in wow.

[u/jb08045 → u/Op3rat0rr]

Sounds like a good reason to do none of that 

[u/obi1kennoble → u/Op3rat0rr]

No thanks. I like being able to do things that I like

[u/Few-Improvement9978 → u/obi1kennoble]

Yea… I’m married and said nah to the kids.

I fuckin game all the time in my 30s. Also just bought a stupid expensive PC because why not

[u/hatesnack → u/Few-Improvement9978]

Hello fellow married, childless guy in his 30s. Its a glorious existence.

[u/azsnaz → u/obi1kennoble]

I still do things I like, I just include my son

[u/MantusTMD → u/obi1kennoble]

I have all of those things and still make it happen.

[u/Imprettystrong → u/obi1kennoble]

you only live once, better spend as much time on computer.

[u/obi1kennoble → u/Imprettystrong]

No see that's the point. Since I don't have to dedicate all my time and money to other people, I can afford to game more than your average parent and STILL have time for other hobbies and activities. I don't have to take my work home with me, and I have basically no obligations as long as my bills are paid, so I can do whatever I want all the time. I'm glad people can find fulfillment in raising children, but that's not for me, and I suspect a lot more parents regret it than are willing to admit it.

[u/This_Elk_1460]

I keep staring games then getting bored almost immediately. Wait is that a sign i have depression?

[u/Front_Tomatillo_8949 → u/This_Elk_1460]

Shortened attention span and fatigue from the daily requirements of life. Normal

[u/Gethixit → u/This_Elk_1460]

You just gotta find the ones that hit. For me that's Nintendo games lately. Big RPG slogs use to be my favorite but don't cut it anymore. Though Galactic Racer is freaking awesome and grabbing my attention.

[u/Dear_Captain_8932 → u/This_Elk_1460]

I got the same... I do not believe it's depression, for me it just feels like a waste of time unless the game is really extraordinary

[u/djkidna → u/This_Elk_1460]

Or ADHD

[u/Ode1st → u/This_Elk_1460]

Reddit likes to think if you don’t immediately love something you are burned out or are depressed. Could be, but it’s more likely that you just aren’t trying a game you like and/or aren’t in the mood at the moment.

Same way you might not enjoy a movie or might not be in the mood to read a book.

[u/Imprettystrong → u/This_Elk_1460]

Its a sign you want more than sitting in front of a computer or screen all the time. Go get outside of your comfort zone and do other things.

[u/english_european]

That’s why you should game before work.

[u/El-Drunko → u/english_european]

I used to work afternoons at an old job so I loved waking up a 7:30 or 8am and playing stuff for like two hours before I had to start getting ready to leave.

[u/zgillet → u/english_european]

I can't do anything before something. I don't know why, but if I have any appointment at all that day, I can't start anything I might want to not put down, so I just don't play at all.

[u/crocospect → u/english_european]

Or gaming during work, as long no one finds out lol.

We have our own room for our small division and it's thankfully not really close with other divisions, and everytime we don't have any work to do, we always locked the door and playing co-op games together..

[u/Kastamera → u/english_european]

Or game during work, that's what those boring meetings are for!

[u/Illustrious_Cod_5212]

Complete opposite, I have no homework or preparing for exams, I can just enjoy the game

[u/-Gumbercules]

Gaming with kids while married after work. The only time I can play video games anymore is when the kids are in bed. But then I'm giving up sleep and pissing off my wife.

[u/piedude67a → u/-Gumbercules]

Why am I actively working for this future is beyond me

[u/XMcChungusX → u/-Gumbercules]

Brother we are living the same life. “Do you mind if I play tonight?” “Fine. If you don’t wanna spend time with me then okay”

[u/cubecasts → u/XMcChungusX]

Your wife sounds awful. Mine just says "I want you to have a good time with your friends" because most nights I spend with her anyway

[u/LostCatz6271 → u/cubecasts]

Broski you have no idea how much or how little time he spends with his wife to get that response.

[u/DoLabsPro → u/LostCatz6271]

My wife and I have a thing. Bed together Sun-Thurs, personal hobbies Fri and Sat unless it's date night

[u/cotti1990]

im need a nap after work lol

[u/Hopeful-Addition-248]

Nah, i game a LOT. Work, kids and married. Just a matter of planning, not sitting scrolling or watch dumb crap on tv.

[u/MoldyLunchBoxxy → u/Hopeful-Addition-248]

This is me but some days I get home so tired I turn my computer on and login and open steam up and stare a thousand mile stare at my library for 30 minutes and I’ll just get up eat and sleep.

[u/Hopeful-Addition-248 → u/MoldyLunchBoxxy]

That sounds a bit like depression tbh

[u/Rather-Tasty → u/Hopeful-Addition-248]

This is me too, as well as going to school. you can still get shit done, it’s all about work-life balance

[u/Expensive-Raisin3173 → u/Hopeful-Addition-248]

This right here. 31, married with 2 kids and I LOVE coming back from a 10 hour shift to play on my console. Even more than when I was a kid, some days!

[u/Timmichanga01]

I usually don't game straight after work, I usually take a shower and then a nap.

[u/Remarkable_Range1511]

Back then, I only studied. Now that I'm working, I have to deal with all kinds of stress.

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

Exercise always fixed this for me. Working out after work shook that post work slog fatigue off and I still got in a hour or two of gaming a night. Staying productive was key for me.

[u/StephanClose]

It's like 10.000 games and all you need is the time. A little toooooo ironic.

[u/JellyfishPopular7648]

This is why I’m calling out sick tomorrow for the new Castlevania. Too obvious on November 19th lol.

[u/Gabriel_Angelus_]

That's why you should game during work.

[u/Deamane]

Have you considered first doing a post-work shower and nap, and then game when you wake up? if you nap awhile you can also just go to sleep later in the day, ezpz.

[u/MakeUpAnything]

I still love gaming after work. Dafuq? Been playing Star Wars: Jedi Survivor lately and having some fun with it.

[u/Shen_ishere]

Yall need to do some exercise or fix your diet or sth. A 10 hours shift shouldnt sap you of all energy for the day.

[u/Inevitable_Spray5922]

I can't really play open world games for this reason . Have few hours to play per week only and not every week

Ideal games now adventure ones . Any game with grind is big pass .

[u/Oleleplop]

lol speak for yourself, gaming after work is one of the little joy i have left

[u/CereBRO12121]

I love gaming after work just as much as I did after school.

Is it supposed to suddenly be less fun because I am an adult?

[u/shuozhe]

Pretty much stopped multiplayer games, except for aoe2 and some sc2 in phases. Singpleplayer games are fine after work. Megaaquarium for these days, VR on good days

[u/Rough_Wish_1299]

more like gaming after work =

[u/BubbleDupple]

that’s why you quit your job to play games

[u/DuckDodger03]

Sad truth b

[u/no_no_no_pls_no]

I'm having a hard time playing video games right now. Especially after work. I work long days and after work I badly want to actually start getting into Trails 2nd Chapter (barely into the first chapter) but I feel like I can't sit down without being overwhelmingly tired or feeling the need to accomplish something "real." I badly want to just play for 8 hours and leave the world behind for a bit but can't.

[u/lnTheGrimDarkness]

Gaming after work more like:

https://giphy.com/gifs/Nrm5Jv54ZgkwnekUeA

[u/bluejester12]

Gaming gives me something to look forward to after work

[u/foodrage]

For me, gaming has always been a form of escapism. But as I get older, what I need from it changes. When I was younger and had less experience with the world, games gave me things I wasn’t finding in everyday life.

Now that my life is fuller, with work, family, and little things I enjoy, I don’t feel the same need to escape. I still enjoy gaming, but it feels like one part of my life instead of the main thing I look forward to.

[u/Ken_Erdredy]

Next: Gaming after work, run chores, make dinner, kiss the kids good night, clean the flat.

[u/yamadath]

Just prioritize, less scrolling, less youtube, just do your adult things and straight to gaming.

You're burning 2-3 hours away on your phone for nothing eachday without realizing it. Everyone have time, it's just about priority.

[u/FarQuail2091]

That's why 12 hour shifts are the best, work 3 days rest of the 4 days free to enjoy

[u/OfferFit4884]

Não ironicamente hoje eu penso o contrário, quando eu jogava na época da escola eu me sentia culpado, sentia q deveria estar estudando até porque não tinha salário pra me garantir (mesmo sendo criança) e hoje com meu mínimo sustento me sinto mais livre pra poder jogar quando eu quero e sem se preocupar em coisas muito do futuro próximo como uma prova

[u/Hotdogisasandwich]

i work as a firefighter 24h shift 48h off duty let me tell you something i play video games more than before lol

[u/justified_egg]

WFH = gaming during work, I recommend it

[u/Front-Part-5714]

I feel this in my fucking bones

[u/dylanljmartin]

You should try "gaming after putting kids down for bedtime."

[u/PiccoloAwkward465]

I'm much more tired after a day of work than I ever was after a day at school. In class I was one of 30 students (ish), at work I'm actively engaged with meetings from 1-on-1 to maybe 5 people. Outside of meetings it's like I'm actively writing essays / doing homework the entire day.

[u/hypnohighzer]

Then you're doing it wrong. A fat doob, and I'm playing on easy street. Or just a coupe hits from the penjamin. The wind down is the important part.

[u/feswaq]

take a shower
after you get home, after you eat
helps me a lot.

[u/Independent_Salt_911]

To be honest it was exactly the opposite for me. School still to this day makes me spiral just thinking about it. Work is freedom.

[u/Due-Independence6692]

I have 3 kids from 6, 2, and I’m in the hospital currently with the newborn. I’ve never stopped gaming, I’ve added 3d printing to my list of hobbies and learned 3D design. All while having kids. Yeah things change, you lose some you gain some. The guys complaining their lives were ruined just married the wrong person and don’t know how to time manage.

[u/Imaginary_Dig_5014]

Not for me. Still enjoy playing games just as much if not more because I have less time to play them now. Still have plenty of online friends to sqaud up and talk shit with while we play. One of the best "escapes" of the usual push and pull struggles of life that I have and can always count on

[u/Autosticow]

Thankfully I love my job

[u/MoonWun_]

I’ve had some of my best and most cherished gaming sessions while employed. Especially when I got my puppy. I had very little time to game for like a month so when I got the odd hour here or there to play it was magic.

[u/commiedetector]

I've always been pretty hyper so even when I'm dead tired I'm able to game. It's helpful sometimes, but I also feel like I never got enough sleep the next day.

[u/Guilty-Log-9680]

Then you fall asleep in midgame session and wake up mid of the early morning like "wtf was i doing?". E.g. such games as Final Fantasy Rebirth, KCD 1 & 2, Baldurs Gate 3, Fallout 4, New Vegas, & 76, Warframe, Arc Raiders, Ark Survival ascended.

[u/Command0Dude]

The thing that I hate about growing up is more about how difficult I find it to finish games these days.

[u/Strong-Efficiency314]

Is the bottom one just me every night after 9-5 or is it that bad?

[u/NEEDZleKARMA]

That's why I game before and during work

[u/JustMyself96]

I don't understand.

After school i still had to finish my Homework, learn, worry about the next school day.

After work? I'm just chilling man.

Would not go back.

But I guess you may think other way around if Your school days were pleasant and Your job sucks.

[u/Huge-Juggernaut-7175]

we have so much stuff to do... besides hanging out with your closed one.

[u/Razor_NfS]

And what if it is your job to play video games?

https://giphy.com/gifs/a5viI92PAF89q

[u/Pandabirdy]

Nah, I enjoy my after work gaming just like before.

[u/External_Energy_5084]

I am in the exact opposit. After all these year of study i can finaly rest/game when the day is done. Thanks to my strict parents

[u/X8DF9]

And, it needs a Gaming after unemployment.

[u/Thugshaker70]

Nah Both Same for me

[u/SapphireRoseRR]

The best change I ever made was moving my sleep schedule so I'd have two hours before work. I make breakfast, have coffee, and play a game. My day feels so much more full.

[u/datadiisk_]

I played 2 matches of rocket league last night followed by “wtf am I doing?”

[u/No_Round_7601]

I only play on weekends because im to tired after work.

[u/SirePuns]

The only game I think I can play when I’m mentally exhausted is world of Warcraft Classic.

Log in, do brain dead but somehow meaningful activities, progress my character(s) somehow and then log off whenever.

[u/DrGonzoxX22]

I game before work now. I’ve been doing it since my daughter was born. My wife would give her breast before we were going to sleep, she would wake up around 4 in the morning so it was my turn (my daughter had a hard time with drinking from the breast so it was better to not wake everyone up and be all stressed because she wasn’t having any milk) so I would give her bottled breast milk around that time and she went right back to sleep until 8am. During that time I would watch a movie or play games and I would go back to sleep at 8am while my wife took the morning shift.

Since then I’ve changed shift at work so I’m day worker now and I wake up at 4am, drink a coffee or two while gaming and leave around 5:30 to work.

[u/okoyes_wig]

I’ve fallen asleep during competitive matches and cost my team games 😭

[u/Nilk-Noff]

Calling in and gaming on your "Sick-day"

[u/Electrical-Fix-8987]

“ Please body, endure just 30 more minutes, my sanity needs this”

[u/BraiCurvat]

When RDR 2 released I played it only on weekends, even if I had time during the week, I wanted to enjoy it fully with long sessions, I absolutely loved my first playthrough

[u/iHaveLotsofCats94]

Well yeah, i would only have like 6 hours of school a day tops. Little different when I've been working for 11 and have to cook dinner after lol

[u/Limp-Celebration-211]

I've gotten to a point in life where I barely game during the work week if at all. I play mostly my switch 2 now in my limited time and my PC is definitely a weekend luxury now.

I'd rather read a little in the 4 hours I'm actually at home to relax.

[u/Sufficient-Ferret-67]

I pad out my gaming by a couple days

I mainly play deadlock and Minecraft

On work days if I want to game I play Minecraft or ONE game of deadlock

On my long weekends I either play deadlock all day or Minecraft all day and it’s entirely vibe based. Luckily I got into deadlock early on so I’m in the top percentage of players so I really don’t have to grind to get better

[u/SimplyADesk]

Yup

[u/Lost-Soft-8913]

I get about 30 minutes of game time before the crushing weight of reality sets in and I have to hibernate for 13 hours

[u/patrickkingart]

I've been MASSIVELY excited about Ace Combat 8 since it was announced, and now I get maybe an hour in the evening to play it, and even then I've been too tired to a lot. Gotta love being in your 40s, having two small kids, and having a job where you have to be up around 6 to get ready.

[u/EvilYami]

My first gen PS5 is collecting dust. PC gets a lot of my time, but even then I’m either working on my brand or watching Youtube/sports while I eat.

[u/Leafusbee]

https://giphy.com/gifs/UTFiHeDL8cOSA
Gaming during work

[u/Tree_Dude]

Try gaming at midnight to 1:30am because it's the only tiny bit of time I get to just myself because I have 2 autistic kids that hate sleeping.

[u/mickydodle]

Tried to game after a 12 hour shift and being up for 16 hours yesterday. Made it 5mins in and logged off and laid in bed.

[u/tiagoroseta1]

I can't even play until morning anymore

[u/JackFisherBooks]

Been playing video games all my life, as a kid and as an adult.

Can confirm the accuracy of this.

[u/Thundercraft74]

Yeah. Especially when you buy a new game, wait all shify to play, only to be disappointed. (Yes I'm still furious about shogun 2 CE

[u/CharlieFaulkner]

Wish gaming after school felt this way lol

[u/Maxolution4]

If you never went to work you can play after school forever
https://giphy.com/gifs/d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY

[u/Waste-Bet-8480]

Sometimes work goes fine and I'll play but if work goes terrible I sleep.

[u/Bilbobaggins5177]

Game before work

[u/PastaVeggies]

Work eating away at me fellas. I believe this is why boomers are nuts. Decades of this shit and it changes you.

[u/xXGHaRdinGXx]

We get old Quick.

[u/superdupercereal2]

I occasionally play video games after work but it’s mostly a weekend thing. I could play a bunch after work but the wife and kid would probably have a problem with it lol.

[u/Unlucky-Impression-4]

This is why I now play at 8am on the weekends with fresh brew

[u/Bashship]

Nah, no kids. Life 2 good.

[u/dewittless]

The problem I have now is I only end up playing very bitty, easy to pick up and put down games. I don't have the time or patience for immersive experiences.

[u/Hot_Ad8921]

I think GTA 6 might be the last game I play

[u/Ixziga]

This was never the case for me. When I went to school, every waking moment I played games instead of studying or doing homework, I was screwing myself a little bit, and my backlog of homework/study was always in the back of my mind when I gamed. Once I entered the 9 to 5 world, I was free, FREE after my workday ended, and could game as much as I fucking wanted without any adverse consequences.

I had the most free time as an employed bachelor. It wasn't until I had kids that the free time greatly diminished.

Still better than having homework. I've done a couple grinds for certifications in my work life and I can't describe how vehemently my body rejects homework and studying after hours. I am never doing that shit again.

[u/Acegolfer04]

School is a waste of time and doesnt use energy

[u/Xeronic]

I've felt this was with multiplayer games. Sometime around 2013 i just completely stopped playing them. I didn't like the dedicated time commitment to doing something with friends or random people on a routine basis, and something within me just broke. I have no idea why.

my "gaming" spent time is now basically random. i'll go weeks/months without playing something, and then have some sessions. Sometimes i play for 1 hour or so and stop. sometimes it's 3 hours, and once and awhile i do a 5-6 hour session. Usually this happens on a day off and ill stay up to 4-5am so i can enjoy it. haha i did that recently with Onimusha and beat it within 2 weeks or so.

I plan to take some time off here within the next month to play some games finally. Castlevania and OOT are priority.

[u/Old-Natural-852]

Kinda opposite for me...once my shifts ends, I don't have any essays or homework to turn in, no exams to study for.

[u/Beneficial_Cash_8420]

Congratulations, you're old.

[u/coffee_ape]

Talk to me when you finally sit down, boot up your computer, and you fall asleep before you sign in.

[u/lakewood13]

I don’t get this meme at all. I work Monday through Friday every week, morning to night, and still play when I want to. Make time for it. And if you can’t play tonight, you will find time again soon. It’s honestly not the most difficult thing to achieve.

[u/F0R60773N801]

And here’s me who games at work

[u/Top-of_the-line]

I don’t really understand what this means, but I resonate with it

[u/maxnotcharles]

Too real 💔

[u/EleoHale77]

Was like that... 14 years ago

[u/SScorp5]

Can’t relate. All I think about at work is going back to gaming, then the adrenaline rush hits once I sit down to game. I’m not addicted I swear

[u/Brave_Maybe_2891]

Just game before work.

[u/JNorJT]

It fucking sucks 😭😭😭

[u/Useful-Initiative745]

On the contrary I’m happy to play games after work that I dislike. One of few things that keeps me sane.

[u/Prok99]

Okay in a fake what if world imagine we didn't grow up at all with gaming.. would we all still feel like a new game hit the same? Or would it just mean nothing because even if it was a magic new experience, we simply can't feel like something's truly new as adults ?

[u/INSANEBonF]

Boomer type shit

[u/Babylon_Fallz]

After work?

[u/fpsgamer89]

I might be able to schedule in half hour to an hour after work, depending on the day. I also recently started to game during my commute which helps a bit.

[u/PokemonProject]

Bro i didn’t game snes after school it was boring af i just watch judge judy