Hey, so as the title says: How do you guys balance gaming and other hobbies in your freetime? :) Aside from Gaming i also like many other things like Reading, drawing, coding, … But usually when i get home from work I just turn on my PC and game until going to sleep. I really wanna read more books and so on but usually i cant motivate myself and then just game all the time.
Any tips how you guys keep the balance between hobbies? :)
I find different hobbies come in waves and it’s best not to fight it. I have a racing simulator that I haven’t used in months, but that’s totally ok, because one day I’m gonna have that urge to jump in and I’ll probably be obsessed with it for anywhere from a week to a couple months. I have a modular synthesiser that I haven’t touched in a while, but it’s there for when inspiration hits. I haven’t done any capture the flags since my last Linux install on my main PC, but the other day I had the urge so installed burpsuite and had a lot of fun with that for the evening. Go with the flow.
My advice is do what you want to do, don’t try to force a hobby because in my experience that will kill any enjoyment so fast.
Another option if you really want to do another hobby but you’re just not getting to it, is schedule time for it. Plan an evening where you have free time to do that thing. If you’re spending most of your nights gaming because it’s easy and convenient, but you want to read, plan a Friday night around reading, say from 7pm-10pm. Make sure all your chores are done by 7pm, you’ve had dinner and you have no responsibilities for that time, make sure you’ve got a book pre-selected and prepare for it, get excited for it.
Thanks for the kind words and suggestions! :))