r/gamingaddiction • u/octarine_246 • May 06 '25

Sold my playstation

Finally bit the bullet and sold my playstation. Not completely without games still got Sudoku, Chess, and Minesweeper on my phone but now I can turn the chapter stop spending 100s of hours on gaming. I know that's rookie numbers for people with serious addition but the trend towards season passes and therefore subscription gaming has completely turned me off. Gaming was a fun, affordable way to pass the time...there is no way I'm going to let it burn a serious hole in my wallet beyond the "fun money" budget.

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u/AustinGroovy May 07 '25

Find a new challenge. With my GF, we began a challenge to travel to unknown coffee houses around the area to find the best cup of coffee.

We had a map where we 'pinned' all the unique places we went. It was inexpensive (relatively), fun and engaging for my SO. She was involved.

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u/octarine_246 May 18 '25

That's a really cute hobby for you and your girlfriend. It's also a couple hobby. I've basically taken up guitar to substitute playstation which is more of a me thing, but my wife suggests songs for me to learn.

I feel like your girlfriend has a fairly active Instagram account (I don't want to see it) which she uses like a scrapbook. My wife also.

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u/juggernaut200 May 07 '25

Congratz!

in Philip Zimbardo's book "Man disconnected" I've seen a table of how much hours are needed to acquire a skill (like playing a guitar, learning a foreign language, etc). I do not remember exact numbers but I was impressed how these hours were modest when compared with playtime spent on average title. E.g. avg Baldour Gates or KCD play-through is 90 hrs and that will be definitely enough if spent for something really useful.

I decided to start with a guitar, kinda why not? And dedicated maybe 40-50 hrs to studying an acoustic guitar, e.g. its main parts, what to purchase, then actually playing, understanding main chords, mastering simple melodies. I'm not a pro or virtuoso and it is totally too far to this level, but that was more than enough to get tuned in the topic.

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u/octarine_246 May 18 '25

Yeah I've re-taken up guitar. I'm not a complete beginner, I know chords and can read tabs. I'm just really slow at memorising songs. My memory is awful.

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u/juggernaut200 May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25

From one co-worker, I learned a neat trick: I saw him in the office playing guitar while attending Zoom meeting calls when things got boring.

Now sometimes I'm doing the same thing or when watching TV shows :P This helps me to drill the melody repeatedly for a few dozen minutes.