I have all the time in the world. No kids, no wife/gf, practically zero responsibilities in my mid 30s. But I still have a hard time finishing games. Some of it is because I don't like the fun to be over, but the other part of it is something else entirely. Staying consistent has always been exceedingly difficult for me.
This is the same kind of advice I used to help me with some crippling mental health problems I suffered from earlier this year. By letting my approach to life take over, where I thought about nothing but getting whatever current step in life I am over with, I let everything crumble the moment I face some kind of mental health issue that kept me in the moment for ever excruciating second. Forcing myself, no matter what, to spend a minimum amount of time doing things has helped me get over this and turned into a hobby I love doing. If you ever see me in a kitchen, I'm there for hours making everything from scratch. Breads, sauces, pastries, you name it. Having something I can do that's a mix of time consuming but also something you CAN'T rush has been a new joy in my life.
As someone who works in a field where the root of behavior is the core, while this video doesn't quite understand the root cause of behavior trends the advice in the end holds true without that understanding. Learning how to set reasonable goals for yourself is a incredibly strong skill to work on, and is not as easy as it sounds.
As ive gotten older ive significantly changed the way i game. In may i was prepping to graduate with my bachelor's and the satisfaction of completing mt degree which was a long term project transferred into my gaming. I used to play a lot of fast pace instant reward games. Around the day i graduated i got really into slow pace games that build up to big rewards. SWGOH is the game im playing daily for 7 months. I work on mini projects that eventually get ne to bigger and bigger projects. The small goals make me feel complete when they add up to the big end kf road project. I spent 7 months grinding the teams and resources for a single ship. Man did it feel great when i unlocked it.
When I played video games the only thing that mattered to me was to complete the story mode than go to next game nowadays I try to play a game as long as I want rather than going to the story right away and lately it’s been more efficient than trying to complete the story as quick as possible.
Makes sense. I love to learn and love to plan. I HATE following metas and guides unless I feel I have exhausted all of my capabilities. I will grind for 100s of hours in a game learning what works and doesn't instead of looking up what's good and strong builds, even multiplayer games. The second I feel I ain't learning anymore, I lose interest.
Based Splatoon music in OP's video, wish Flats would give it a shot instead of just being stuck in his boomer ways going "gyro bad" because motion controls have come so far in recent years.
He won’t play it because of console exclusivity. As a massive Splatoon fan who has 3000 in the franchise I would love for more people to play the game. But Splatoon 3 sadly is a game only released on a console that mostly appeals to casuals despite Splatoon being a competitive shooter. The primary audience who would enjoy this game mainly plays on pc and the other 2 current big consoles. I don‘t think that gyro is the main issue here. Most shooter players just don‘t wanna deal with the shitty performance of the switch or don‘t wanna afford to buy one for a singular game. (+ Nintendo Switch Online membership payments. Being a Splatoon fan is expensive. Being a Nintendo fan generally is expensive.) The switch definitely wasn’t made for online shooters. And the hardware is very outdated. In fact, the hardware of the Switch‘s successor might be old by the time it even releases. Even though an upgrade is an upgrade and as a Splatoon player who can afford a few things I’ll definitely be buying it on release to play Splatoon 3 Salmon Run with better performance. Or maybe I’ll wait a little bit in case something bad happens. I remember the Switch being very glitchy on release.
I found that everything in my life got way more comfortable after I accepted that being comfortable and content was the goal all along. Everyone else, especially in hyper developed countries will always tell you to want more, that what you have is never enough, what you are is never good enough, be more make more do more. Realizing that I was happy where I was in life and not caring about perceived successes or failures from other people is when I actually started enjoying things in my life. But then again I'm just a random 20 something, don't mind me, do whatever you want to make yourself feel like you can find contentment.
1:20 I love Cyberpunk 2077 and this is my main issue with the game, the driving never felt good. The handling on most vehicles was horrible, the slightest turn would have you slipping and sliding all over the place.
I have all the time in the world. No kids, no wife/gf, practically zero responsibilities in my mid 30s. But I still have a hard time finishing games. Some of it is because I don't like the fun to be over, but the other part of it is something else entirely. Staying consistent has always been exceedingly difficult for me.
Im exactly like this, minus 14 years.
This is the same kind of advice I used to help me with some crippling mental health problems I suffered from earlier this year. By letting my approach to life take over, where I thought about nothing but getting whatever current step in life I am over with, I let everything crumble the moment I face some kind of mental health issue that kept me in the moment for ever excruciating second.
Forcing myself, no matter what, to spend a minimum amount of time doing things has helped me get over this and turned into a hobby I love doing. If you ever see me in a kitchen, I'm there for hours making everything from scratch. Breads, sauces, pastries, you name it. Having something I can do that's a mix of time consuming but also something you CAN'T rush has been a new joy in my life.
As someone who works in a field where the root of behavior is the core, while this video doesn't quite understand the root cause of behavior trends the advice in the end holds true without that understanding. Learning how to set reasonable goals for yourself is a incredibly strong skill to work on, and is not as easy as it sounds.
As ive gotten older ive significantly changed the way i game. In may i was prepping to graduate with my bachelor's and the satisfaction of completing mt degree which was a long term project transferred into my gaming. I used to play a lot of fast pace instant reward games. Around the day i graduated i got really into slow pace games that build up to big rewards. SWGOH is the game im playing daily for 7 months. I work on mini projects that eventually get ne to bigger and bigger projects. The small goals make me feel complete when they add up to the big end kf road project. I spent 7 months grinding the teams and resources for a single ship. Man did it feel great when i unlocked it.
When I played video games the only thing that mattered to me was to complete the story mode than go to next game nowadays I try to play a game as long as I want rather than going to the story right away and lately it’s been more efficient than trying to complete the story as quick as possible.
same, when i was younger I basically speedran games.
ME1 took 8hrs, 5 years later,
2nd try took 40+ hours
Makes sense. I love to learn and love to plan. I HATE following metas and guides unless I feel I have exhausted all of my capabilities. I will grind for 100s of hours in a game learning what works and doesn't instead of looking up what's good and strong builds, even multiplayer games. The second I feel I ain't learning anymore, I lose interest.
Based Splatoon music in OP's video, wish Flats would give it a shot instead of just being stuck in his boomer ways going "gyro bad" because motion controls have come so far in recent years.
not to mention gyro can be disabled 🙌
@@torrtoise yeah but splatoon feels terrible to play without gyro
Ppl also don't realize that splatoon gyro is mostly on one axis and that it supplements the use of the joystick for aim
He won’t play it because of console exclusivity. As a massive Splatoon fan who has 3000 in the franchise I would love for more people to play the game. But Splatoon 3 sadly is a game only released on a console that mostly appeals to casuals despite Splatoon being a competitive shooter. The primary audience who would enjoy this game mainly plays on pc and the other 2 current big consoles. I don‘t think that gyro is the main issue here. Most shooter players just don‘t wanna deal with the shitty performance of the switch or don‘t wanna afford to buy one for a singular game. (+ Nintendo Switch Online membership payments. Being a Splatoon fan is expensive. Being a Nintendo fan generally is expensive.) The switch definitely wasn’t made for online shooters. And the hardware is very outdated. In fact, the hardware of the Switch‘s successor might be old by the time it even releases. Even though an upgrade is an upgrade and as a Splatoon player who can afford a few things I’ll definitely be buying it on release to play Splatoon 3 Salmon Run with better performance. Or maybe I’ll wait a little bit in case something bad happens. I remember the Switch being very glitchy on release.
Cyberpunk hands down is one of my top 3 games I love every aspect of it
I feel called out..i can't finish any single player games..same shit irl..
I remember watching this video awhile ago and its one of those videos that hit me like a freight train-
I found that everything in my life got way more comfortable after I accepted that being comfortable and content was the goal all along. Everyone else, especially in hyper developed countries will always tell you to want more, that what you have is never enough, what you are is never good enough, be more make more do more.
Realizing that I was happy where I was in life and not caring about perceived successes or failures from other people is when I actually started enjoying things in my life.
But then again I'm just a random 20 something, don't mind me, do whatever you want to make yourself feel like you can find contentment.
1:20 I love Cyberpunk 2077 and this is my main issue with the game, the driving never felt good. The handling on most vehicles was horrible, the slightest turn would have you slipping and sliding all over the place.
the last game to hook me FULLY for hours on end. was Monster hunter world, i havent had a game like that since
I never play rank in games I really like and get pretty good at, translates into my lack of confidence in general.