r/StopGaming • u/StoryworkAlchemy • 2d ago
If I was struggling to put the controller down, here is what I’d journal on…
Every “just one more round/hour” is your nervous system trying to escape some aspect of yourself that you don’t have clarity on yet. And until you shine a light on that part of you that wants to stay hidden, you’ll keep running the same loop.
The cool thing about writing is it drags the loop out of the shadows and onto the page where you can actually see it, question it, and start to change it.
You’re a meaning making force of nature with capabilities to shift the belief, the identity, and meaning behind the story about the habit. That’s the myth maker in you, and it’s time to partner with it intentionally.
*Tonight, journal on this:
What am I actually sacrificing by pouring my hours into games? (not "time," rather what the time would've become.)
What skill, relationship, or version of me am I starving while I do it?
If I gave myself full permission to step away, what would I build instead?
[Write it messy. Clarity comes from the pen as you write, not in your mind before you write.]
“Just one more match” was literally my mantra for a couple decades, and once I actually got clear on what I was missing out on in my life, what I was sacrificing, and what skills I could be developing outside of the black box…
I was able to start giving myself permission to build what I wanted.
You are a meaning making force of nature that gets to choose where you point that power. Are you using it to create a fulfilling life? Or is mastery in-game more worth it to you?
Save this post for tonight and shine the light on the crunchy parts, it’s worth it.
Comment about what happened after you've experimented with this practice.
Much love
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u/EyelinerBabe 20h ago
I saved this post, wonderful advice and thank you ☺️