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Anyone ever take a break from Computers/Video Games?
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Banning my self from select fourms has not really help curve my bad habbits of spending too much time on the internet. I quit one thing on the internet and I just replace it with something else, like BF2142 and this is a problem for me since it is keeping me from getting my homework done. I can't sit down and not waste hours on a video game or youtube. I tried the whole getting up early and doing my homework at school but that just made me stressed out. So I am thinking about just pulling the plug on my computer completly. I will still have internet acess on my ibook, G4 but clearly since I have self banned my self on other forums and I won't be able to play video games on an ibook, I should not have much to do on my mac.
I just don't know what I will do because I grew up on video games and it is my main hobby. Now it doesn't consume me, I have social life and I am active on the weekends but durning the weekdays I always come home and get on the computer right after school. I say I am going to get off after an hour but some how I never do. It is dumb, I say I am going to get off at like 7pm but then when 7pm comes around I just say to my self I am tired. Then I end up getting up in the morning and doing my homework then.
Anyone ever ban themself from the computer before?
I just don't know what I will do because I grew up on video games and it is my main hobby. Now it doesn't consume me, I have social life and I am active on the weekends but durning the weekdays I always come home and get on the computer right after school. I say I am going to get off after an hour but some how I never do. It is dumb, I say I am going to get off at like 7pm but then when 7pm comes around I just say to my self I am tired. Then I end up getting up in the morning and doing my homework then.
Anyone ever ban themself from the computer before?
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Or is this problem specifically you wanting to have the motivation to do homework right away?
In which case, I am damn tired, but will get back to you tomorrow (although someone else will be sure to come along before then and give much better advice than what I probably can.)
If you cant get it done with the distractions there - go to the library. A change of scene can change your mindset.
next thing you need to decide is whether you have an addiction to it or if you are lazy.
the former might need some additional help, the latter requires discipline.
If discipline is the problem then it's really down to finding something that works for you and putting the effort.
putting the computer in a different room, forcing yourself to do homework, chores etc. BEFORE playing can all help you change your pattern of behaviour.
You could also try associating bad things with the PC, for example, make yourself play barbies dream paradise.
this is how I do it. I take my ass straight to the gym then errands after work before I get home. It's just so easy to slip into video games until bed.
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Im there now, I carry a computer with me.
You are right, that is what I need to do everyday from now on. Does the gym get you out of that crappy, I am tired mood and I just wanna watch some tv or play video mood? All I want to do is get my mind off of being at school once I get out for the day.
The second biggest problem this term is that all of my classes have no homework, it is just a matter of studying for the 3 tests I have the entire term. So I can't just be like, Oh I am done with my paper everything looks good, time to play some video games.
Now I sometimes go a month or more between gaming sessions. I rarely miss it, and I often look at games now and realize how bad and overrated the whole industry has become. There are so many great things in this world that have real value, so many things to accomplish that matter. I don’t save many princesses now, I don’t turn in bandages or orc parts to save the horde, I don’t win or lose deathmatches, and it doesn’t matter, because none of that stuff is relevant outside of games, which aren only relevant when they’re being actively played.
For example, I have a gym membership that I use 4-5 times a week. However, if I go home first, it's very rare I leave the house again. So I stop at the gym on the way home to avoid potential distractions.
In your case, you shuold find a library, school or pubilc, that you cuold use to do your homework with. What also helps is building a study group with classmates. Ask a few people if they want to go over the homework together for even 30 minutes after class or sometime in the evening. It helps you meet people, potentially do better on your homework and tests and it gets your stuff done before you can go home and make excuses like what many people end up doing.
Very much so. A good workout is very rewarding mentally and physically. The key however is to not give yourself an option and do it before you get near your video games.
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absolutely
But if you do homework, when does it end? It ends when you finish the last problem. What about making food for yourself? It ends when you eat it (arguably you could clean the dishes up afterwards, too). Going to the gym, you set some goals and you just do those goals -- run for an hour, whatever. Going to the gym and getting exercise will give you more energy and motivation, since you actually used your body for something during the day. You're not just a brain in a jar, after all.
But the key to good time management is to do the things that have to be done first, and then pace your other things out so that the things that have more set times or more open-ended, or even just more fun, are a reward for what you want to get done.
I tend to oscillate between breaks and playing games, for instance. I'll pick up a game when I've got some free time ahead of me, and I'll play for a month or so, a few hours a night or every other night. Then I'll go without playing anything for months. You get pickier about what you do play, and you also save a lot of money
Unplug your consoles and your video card. Hell, sell em on ebay. in 6 months, you can get the same systems $50 cheaper, and the same video card at 1/10th the price.
I think this is the best solution. If you are having trouble scheduling work around gaming, then you should flip your priorities and just do your work first. Then you can do whatever you want without having to worry about doing homework. I enjoy playing computer games too, and I think it's a valid hobby/pastime as long as it doesn't interfere with your real-life responsibilities. In short, I don't see any reason you should ban yourself from the computer unless you actually have no willpower to make yourself get real work done first.