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Adult gamers of Lemmy how do you find time to game without being exhausted of the screen? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I recently got a job after finishing university, all is good. However, after 5 full days of being behind desk job, I feel a bit exhausted of being behind desk.

Thus my desire to game on PC has soured immensely. Despite having a huge backlog and actually want to finish games.

I’m debating to purchase a Steam Deck OLED in the hope, I can actually play some decent games on there without getting fatigue of desk/ screens but that’s a big investment (€670-700).

So I was wondering; how do the adults of Lemmy with 5 full days of work still get the time and desire to play their games?

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[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I cannot upvote this enough.

Without Work-Life balance, you will be miserable and it won't matter what you plan to do outside of work you won't want to do it.

The fact that you've just left college and already have a job is a fantastic thing, but the ideal is to have a good work-life balance so that you can actually live life. It took me a long time, too long, to figure that out.

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How does one find work-life balance when the 40-hour work week feels like too much? Anything less than "full time" either doesn't pay benefits or doesn't pay enough to live off of. It feels like a trap

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, you've got me there, to be honest.

It is a trap. I guess you find work-life balance by eating the rich.

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Lol, no worries. I guess my question is kinda hard to answer.

Good thing I'm hungry, then I suppose :) Honestly, my plan is to one day try to inch my way to some kind of sustainable living situation where I can reduce my needed spending as much as possible and just live in a way that reduces all stress.

I'm not sure if it's practical yet or just a pipe dream, but it's keeping me moving forward, so good enough, I suppose lol