Giving Up and Letting Go of Un-Fun Games
This seems like it might be straightforward, but it's not. If a game is un-fun should you keep playing it? The answer should obviously be "no" but often we keep playing games we're invested in. Or we put down a game and tell ourselves, "I'll come back to that soon." but we never do. I feel like these games have a mental weight. For me they definitely do. These type of games will be in the back of my mind in some sub-process of my thoughts until I explicitly tell myself that I'm done with a game and I let it go. But it's a hard thing to do. Sometimes it feels like failure. What if you've only played 30 minutes of a game? What if you've played 40 hours? What if you're right near the end? All of these are valid jumping-off points but they all carry different feelings and can lead to guilt. I know I feel it. One of the best ways I've found to let go of these games are to write about them. If I can get my thoughts ...