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Your post comes across as extremely condescending and, honestly, misinformed. You clearly believe that playing video games is a complete waste of time; whereas

Your post comes across as extremely condescending and, honestly, misinformed. You clearly believe that playing video games is a complete waste of time; whereas things like meditation and working on your own project are not. And then you try to layer on things like eating healthy, sleeping, and working out; which are good things in their own right, but serve different purposes that playing a video game does. I agree that things like WoW and Factorio are not going to help you avoid procrastination. However, they are not, themselves, procrastination any more than working on your own project is, or getting together with friends. WoW has a strong component of problem solving and working together with friends. Factorio is almost all about problem solving. Taking the time away from "responsibilities" to let your mind do other things is also very good for you (see also, meditation). Taking time to "play" is an important path of a healthy life , and Video Games are almost a canonical example of doing that.

Wxc2jjJmST9XWWL 6y ago
I tried to make a point, you might call it condescending, I think it's poignant. But I see what you mean. And that probably explains some people's misgivings with my comment. Computer games are fine. I'm not playing these days, but I've played my fair share (by which I mean _a lot_). It's a perfectly valid use of one's time (not that I try to judge in any way, shape or form), but not as a supposed "virtue" for an individual that is struggling with procrastination. If you are someone with a day job, active social life, and spend time playing computer games, there are certain games that will give you value, ideas, fun, intellectual stimulation. I'm not arguing against gaming, and for reading. Neither is a "fix" for procrastination. "Start reading a chapter a day in a book to fix procrastination", calling that nonsense is not arguing against the virtues of reading. If you are someone procrastinating, not doing important tasks and not fulfilling your responsibilities, saying "play this game", as it will teach you to "overcome procrastination" and "how to be productive in real life", all of which is either directly stated or at least strongly implied in the article, then I strongly disagree, and even go so far as to consider the advise dangerous, and laughable. For someone suffering from severe procrastination, to the point at where it has a strong negative impact on one's life, I think stress management, introspection, reaching out to people, meditation, forming healthy habits, in some cases even therapy, all of that is far better advise than "Play Factorio".
CodeGlitch 6y ago
At nearly 40 I really struggle to justify the time to play games. The really good games, the kind that offer amazing experiences, require so many hours to get to that point that you start to compare it against other activities that are far more fulfilling. Looking at some people's Steam play times, they are in the 100's of hours on a single game, which is the time needed to, for example learn a new language. (0) Now we all need to switch off sometimes, but games require a real commitment, whilst other activities such as watching TV, I can walk away and come back months or years later to carry on with a series. Or do exercise - which has real benefits in a short period of time. In my 20s I spent several hours each day playing games. Time I'll never get back and I have nothing to show for it :( (0) https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-a-language/ https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-le...

Wxc2jjJmST9XWWL 6y ago

I tried to make a point, you might call it condescending, I think it's poignant. But I see what you mean. And that probably explains some people's misgivings with my comment. Computer games are fine. I'm not playing these days, but I've played my fair share (by which I mean _a lot_). It's a perfectly valid use of one's time (not that I try to judge in any way, shape or form), but not as a supposed "virtue" for an individual that is struggling with procrastination. If you are someone with a day job, active social life, and spend time playing computer games, there are certain games that will give you value, ideas, fun, intellectual stimulation. I'm not arguing against gaming, and for reading. Neither is a "fix" for procrastination. "Start reading a chapter a day in a book to fix procrastination", calling that nonsense is not arguing against the virtues of reading. If you are someone procrastinating, not doing important tasks and not fulfilling your responsibilities, saying "play this game", as it will teach you to "overcome procrastination" and "how to be productive in real life", all of which is either directly stated or at least strongly implied in the article, then I strongly disagree, and even go so far as to consider the advise dangerous, and laughable. For someone suffering from severe procrastination, to the point at where it has a strong negative impact on one's life, I think stress management, introspection, reaching out to people, meditation, forming healthy habits, in some cases even therapy, all of that is far better advise than "Play Factorio".

CodeGlitch 6y ago

At nearly 40 I really struggle to justify the time to play games. The really good games, the kind that offer amazing experiences, require so many hours to get to that point that you start to compare it against other activities that are far more fulfilling. Looking at some people's Steam play times, they are in the 100's of hours on a single game, which is the time needed to, for example learn a new language. (0) Now we all need to switch off sometimes, but games require a real commitment, whilst other activities such as watching TV, I can walk away and come back months or years later to carry on with a series. Or do exercise - which has real benefits in a short period of time. In my 20s I spent several hours each day playing games. Time I'll never get back and I have nothing to show for it :( (0) https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-a-language/ https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-le...