How do you guys handle your work/college lives with your gaming life?

This is a question for all of us college students, and working life people that can't seem to find time to do the things we love while juggling the tasks we're required to do?

Are you guys happy with how much time you are able to spend on games? Or do you find that you are unable to do most of what you wish you would be able to accomplish? Do you sometimes feel that your gaming habits take away from your real-life productivity?

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timba

BCGiant wrote: »

When I was still going to school at certain times, I did not even go to class. And during other times I dropped games because I had to study. But the Raid always came first.

I was never in that struggle

Amist

Gaeleath wrote: »

I have no problem combining Work with Gaming. I even got time left to spend on my wife.

The only thing i had to forfeit was having irl friends. :'(

Gaaaaaaeelll

GrinningJack

Timba wrote: »

BCGiant wrote: »

When I was still going to school at certain times, I did not even go to class. And during other times I dropped games because I had to study. But the Raid always came first.

I was never in that struggle .

why because u didnt go to school ? ziiiiinnnggggggg

cotuk

I combine university + self-study + part-time work + gaming\watching something.
Result is 5-7 hours of gaming + 1-4 hours for watching something. Im fine with my schedule so far. Having no gf and irl friends (all my friends in other countries) really helps

timba

BCGiant wrote: »

Timba wrote: »

BCGiant wrote: »

When I was still going to school at certain times, I did not even go to class. And during other times I dropped games because I had to study. But the Raid always came first.

I was never in that struggle .

why because u didnt go to school ? ziiiiinnnggggggg

I was but i have very strict parents lol xD, and when i sart studying there was no game which made me addicted ^^

Faeri Pinkett

@CoTuK Used to live that life, can't say I miss it. (The lack of IRL) but games are a good replacement.
@Timba I kind of wished I had the structure of strict parents. I feel like I suffer in life from not knowing how to manage myself efficiently.

timba

@Fairypinkett Well my partents told me: You want to play, so you have to work for it xD, cleaning dishes for 30 mins = playing for 30 mins ;D.

Faeri Pinkett

Sadly I wish it held up, if I cleaned for 10 hours I get to play for 10 hours.

timba

, first school then work then play time

Wiplasher

I usually only have the availability now to play games 3 months out of the year. Really stinks but part of being an adult.

Nagash

I try to set at least 2 hours a day for MMOs but depending on the time of year my work does come first

MattTheMom

Heyo,
got a pretty normal job over here in germany. working 37h/ week and usually i can spend like 7-8 hours a day without totally getting wasted but dont do this unless there is a new Path of Exile league or something like Ashes is getting realeased. (talking working days here)
Also if you dont mind spending your Holiday for Gaming i usually do that twice a year for 1 week each. and in this week i just game the living hell out of social life.
so yeah i think i can manage it pretty well but i guess ill never be the best of the best in anything but rather top 5. Haha jk
And i do my "workout" on the way home or to work, i live 10km away from the laboratory and i almost always go by bike.

Hope i was able to help.

Ceivent

I've had to change a few things to make my gaming like work out. I have a son and am about to open a Bake Shop with my wife, it's going to take some time to get used to these changes. So i've had to limit on how much i game and the only real changes i've made are to my playstyle. i used to just go from one area to the next and complete everything. Now i'm more efficient and I take a look at what I can chain together or skip all together so that I can keep up with friends. Unless that game is New World / Atlas, because those games throw me off with having no quest. =|

Fhin

Fortunately I'm in a pretty high semester right now, which means I only spend 6-10h per week at university.
That leaves me with enough time to work part time and play my games as well.
A couple of years ago it was quite stressful, though^^

easy

>interacting with normies

Azathoth

I can play for 4-5 hours Friday nights and on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Sometimes if my D&D group cancels a session it frees up a solid 8 hours, sometimes a little more.
The wife tends to have things she enjoys doing so when she is out and about I play. When she is home rarely does she care what's on the tele due to her mostly using it for background noise.
We're one of those couples that chose not to have kids, so as an adult with an actual profession I have plenty of time to game. It's just mostly with friends playing D&D.

Zara

Get all your work/irl shit out of the way right away and you’ll be fine!

FulltimeWife

working 4 hours a day, 7 days a week. like this i just have to get the priority's out of the way and after that got the rest of the day for myselve. this is perfect for gaming ! but have to say that after some years the sence of having 'weekend' is totally gone XD

Zara

@Easylife you live up to your forum name

poisonz

ditch school

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