Every time I tell someone I work with computers, they light up. "That's so cool," they say. For a long time, I didn't get why.
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Honestly, start with gaming. It's the gateway to understanding free time. You're on your PC, doing something completely unrelated to work. Just being at your desk, doesnt mean you have to work, nor does it mean you dont relax. Then of course, touch grass. Pick a day and go outside, do something outside of chores and work. Then you'll understand where the invisible line is drawn for you and you know when and where to overstep it as necessary. It's a tough skill to learn, but once you do, it's instant switch off after work is done, because your mind immediately goes elsewhere. A really compelling game like Witcher 3 is perfect gateway!
Haha, that's actually a good point. I think the bigger challenge for me is finding something that doesn't involve another screen π I already spend enough of my day staring at one, so gaming as a way to switch off might just turn into more screen time for me. Still figuring out what works!
It sounds like it yes, but it's a gateway. It's not the end-goal. Gaming is as a way to teach your brain that screen time does not mean work time. So you break the habit of working every time you're at your desk. Whether you go touch grass, or take up pottery, doesnt really matter, that muscle memory of working at your computer everytime you sit at it is the habit to break.
Yeah, I think I get what you mean now. Itβs less about gaming itself and more about breaking that automatic association of βIβm at my computer, so I should be working.β I hadnβt really thought about it that way. Maybe having something completely unrelated to work at the desk is actually a good way to teach your brain that itβs okay to just be there without being productive. The βgatewayβ idea makes a lot more sense to me now.
exactly, the game isnt important, it's that pattern break that matters
Music, writing, drawing works for me!
hobbies that let you slow down and disconnect. sounds perfect
Aw man you should have kept the title "Everyone thinks im hacking the fbi. Im just debugging css" lol.
There are a lot of things you can do. Like @unitbuilds mentions, gaming. It can be any game really or even play good sports. I tend to play Tennis occasionally.
Funny you mentioned that β I actually ended up changing the title to this one because it felt like it would fit the post better.
I have another post with the previous title and will publish it soon.
And yeah, tennis is a good shout. Maybe I'll try it soon π
π HayDay, Minecraft and Stardew with my fiance for me. Other than that, walking dogs on the beach, helping her in the garden, origami, there's plenty to do, I picked up an old Rift S for like $60, so my favorite if I had a long week is to set up FNAF on it and watch her scream her ass off π€£
@unitbuilds Minecraft and Stardew with your fiancΓ©e sounds like a pretty solid way to spend a screen-free week. But setting up FNAF just to watch her get scared is diabolical π
What helped me daily to get away from the screen is to do my workouts. It's both healthy and gives me more energy throughout the day. I also have this issue that when I am on to something, I can't seem to stop and I think it is unhealthy. Sometimes I caught myself coding up until 4:00AM in the morning. Now, I'm trying to fix that with healthy distractions. I hope this helps!
I really like that perspective. Exercise as a way to physically step away from the screen probably makes that boundary a lot easier to maintain. And haha, the 4 AM coding sessions are definitely a dangerous rabbit hole π Hope you find the balance youβre looking for!
I think it's mostly the way it's perceived. π I'm still trying to figure it out, tbh. From the outside, it probably looks way cooler than it actually is.