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submitted 1 year ago by SamXavia@kbin.run to c/games@lemmy.world

I seem to have a problem with moderating myself when it comes to playtime on Video Games, How do you keep yourself from just endlessly playing games?

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[-] OmegaMouse@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I guess that's my take on 'gamifying things', but there's probably a few different ways to do it. I've heard that in psychology, rewards are a lot more effective than punishments - so maybe frame it slightly differently. Personally I wouldn't base things on how well you do in the game, because that could get frustrating - in the worst scenario you'll already be annoyed at doing poorly in the game, and that's followed by having to do more work. Instead I'd spin it, so if you do all the tidying reward yourself with an hour of gaming. If you get all your chores done, you get 2 hours of gaming etc.

[-] SamXavia@kbin.run 2 points 1 year ago

@OmegaMouse I guess that could work, I would really just have to try which method would work for me in the end but I will hopefully get to the point I still get to enjoy the games I like as well as do the things I should / need to do.

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