Stupidity Vs live forever!

[Asha]

Does anyone here think about their future more than what's happening in their life right now?
For instance do you plan on quitting smoking / alcohol / drugs becouse one day you'll want to have kids? Or did you never do them in the first place becouse of the possibility?

Which of us ( posters on the PC ) care nothing about tommorrow to the point they might play GS or whatever, drink ect ect and not work out?
Speak up!

[Asha]

GS may not be that bad it spells future death.
It's just I've seen and known so many become so addicted they got fat, got pissed and left their kids to eat a baby buscuit while they played.

[Ylena]

You won't live forever no matter what you do - or don't do.

I've got life insurance, saving for my retirement, go have my physicals at recommended intervals -- I don't eat right or exercise enough (duh) -- I'm way more focused on right now than I am on 10 or 20 years from now because recent events make it more clear to me than ever that you can only COUNT on right now. You can hope for tomorrow. You might get it. Maybe.

In my experience, the people who got completely immersed in GS (or any other game) to the point where it could be considered harmful were doing it as a substitute for things in their lives that weren't working. You can blame it for breaking up relationships, but if the relationship didn't have problems, you wouldn't be online flirting with strangers. Anyone who lacks balance to the point of ignoring their children would have done it without GS. Maybe it would have been Jerry Springer, or crossword puzzles, or church activities. And yeah, I'm speaking from experience. I had a year or two there (at least) where I totally lacked any perspective. My life was shitty and I was getting divorced. Ylena was successful and happy and cute and thin and bounced from engagement to engagement. Why wouldn't I want to spend all my time being her? It was easier and infinitely more pleasant. It took awhile to realize if I could be happy in a fantasy, there was no damn reason I couldn't be happy in reality.

It's liberating to not play anymore. I don't miss the feeling of having to play - or rather, preferring a play life to my real one. I've still got my Ylena license plate, but it's a reminder of how far I've come in the last decade.

[Edited on 11-18-2005 by Ylena]

[Bobmuhthol]

It should come of no surprise to anyone here that I like to live in the near future regarding my academic career, and make choices according to my ideal life that I refuse to believe will not happen.

As far as drugs, I don't do them because of the hassle that goes into it. Smoking has proven to be an absolutely masochistic activity; therefore, I keep my distance from it. Alcohol appeals to me and will likely continue to do so when I'm legally able to buy it.

Tomorrow is a good day.

[radamanthys]

I don't work out anymore, and i smoke.

Has nothing to do with GS, i'm just a lazy bastard.

[Soulpieced]

I just want my leg to heal properly, and double my salary. Both of which are looking pretty good right now.

[hectomaner]

i hope when you double your salary you never look back at PC

doesn't look so bright

[Soulpieced]

Ha. I'm sure I'll have to work a little harder, but them's the breaks.

[Asha]

I didn't mean for this to be all about GS.
Bobs thinking is about where I was at his age.
Don't enjoy the drink too much man, there's nothing more liberating than being able to get your hands on it before you're legally allowed. :D

[Back]

Have to say I am a man of the moment for the most part. Physical pursuits do occupy most of my present. But intellectually I am near future. Career has always been a series of goals achieved new ones made.

This isn’t about gaming, but to chime in on this point I used to be hard core. I was talking about it in chat last night and I want to stress that even though I don’t game anymore I have been there so I don’t want anyone to think that just because its not my thing today that I am in any way better than someone whose it is.

[Warriorbird]

I want to go back to school because I feel like I've wasted my brain for nigh unto 5 years.. I want some job that's amusing until I get there.

After that, either more school or a job I'm satisfied with.

[DeV]

I constantly think about my future and have planned for it accordingly. Goals have been met and there are more to be accomplished. I'm very happy with the place I'm currently at, but I'm always looking ahead. Probably always will.

[Asha]

I had the degree and so many other grades I worked up to until 1998.
After that I let the whole thing go on a break till now.

After this break I've changed my goals so much, that if I'd stayed in the practices I'd learned, I'd be exactly where I didn't want to be right now.
I'm glad I stepped back when it was all clouding me.
Just , heh. . I dont know what the fuck to do academicly.
I know I'll take it all up soon ( further education ) but still, the break tought me more than anything.

[Brattt8525]

Enjoy the present time but never neglect tomorrow. I have things planned for 5-10 years from now that I think about on a daily basis because if I don't then I can't get to where I need/want to be in that time frame.

Sometimes I think I dwell on it too much it has caused me alot of sleepless night and stress worrying about the future.

[HarmNone]

Having the responsibility of my mother and grandmother, I must look to the future to be sure I can provide for them, as well as myself. However, for the most part, I'm a person of the present. While I realize the future must be guarded, I don't tend to dwell on it. I do what I love and it provides for all of us. I consider myself blessed.

[Asha]

Originally posted by HarmNone
Having the responsibility of my mother and grandmother, I must look to the future to be sure I can provide for them, as well as myself. However, for the most part, I'm a person of the present. While I realize the future must be guarded, I don't tend to dwell on it. I do what I love and it provides for all of us. I consider myself blessed.

That's exactly what I would've posted in Wyndshadows thread.

Edited to correct spelling!

[Edited on 11-18-2005 by Drayal]

[Back]

This thread relates to my quote.

Are we really intellectual? Or do we drive our intellect towards satisfaction of the body?

[Czeska]

I believe there needs to be a balance between cherishing your present, and guarding your future.

My future is my child(ren). I'm a fairly selfish person, except where my daughter is concerned. I'd give up anything for her if I needed to.

I will do what it takes so that the future can happen, and we can be secure, but I won't put off happiness til some far away day, when I've seen enough people lose their todays far, far too soon.

Balance.

[ElanthianSiren]

I'm a bit of a mixture of both.

I'm hoping to go back to school shortly (fingers crossed, but it's definitely looking brighter). In preparation for that, I've been studying chemistry, physics, and advanced mathematics on my own.

I don't drink. I might smoke a clove or two every few months while I'm writing or working on something; it's more of a musing thing. I don't go to the doctor as much as I should (I detest doctors). I probably don't work out as much as I should, though I do get more activity than the average American, which isn't too hard. I definitely eat with an eye toward trying not to damage my body too terribly, and I take diabetes oriented vitamins everyday.

For as much as all that though, options trading is very much an occupation with a month or month and a half window, at least the way I prefer to practice it. I also spend a bit of time in GS sporadically or studying systems for other games, which I enjoy doing.

-M

[Viridian]

I definately like GS, and on occasion, events and such, I tend to play a little more than I should. My life is difficult, going out and spending time in social events is hard. I'm a single mom, I'm an NA who helps her Grandparents in their home, when work is done, it's hard to think about finding a sitting getting dressed up and going out for a night of fun, intellectual pursuits, ect. Gemstone kind of fills that gap for me.

Which it probably shouldn't but you know I'd rather be home, near my son. Then out on the town meeting some strange guy.

Dating for me has been bad, I really hate it.

[Janarth]

I don't work out, though I keep telling myself given the right motivation I will start running. Smoke butts, but it has nothing to do with GS. In reality, when i sit down and start playing is probably some of the longest intervals I go without nicotine. I'm 23, inbetween girlfriends but still have a social life. I go out at least twice a week, have great relationships with my coworkers, and some college buds nearby, as well as branch out friends. I do play a good amount of GS (on the order of...20 hours a week?) but...well, cheaper than other forms of entertainment. The day I tell my friends "sorry, can't go out with you guys saturday, got a big event in the game" is the day I quit. Similarly, I don't believe in any serious relationships in game. Have/had friends in game who I've known for a while, and talk to regularly, but nothing....wierd. I don't believe in cybering, and (no offense to any) I think the day I succumb to fulfill real world desires is also the day I quit.

[AnticorRifling]

I thought this was going to be a post about the book Ender's Shadow and I got all excited as it's one of my favorites. Since it's not I'll say this:

Enjoy your life if doing the physical fitness thing is an extreme burden that makes you feel miserable while you're doing it then maybe, just maybe, you were supposed to flare out at 40 so enjoy those 40 years.

I agree with Parkbandit's current sig line on this one.

[Vixen]

I used to not think about the future too much because there were a lot of things about it I didnt think I would like. But now everything I thought about my future has had to be reevaluated.

Iwas never supposed to be able to have children, so that was never part of the equation. Now that I have my son. I find certain things I wanted to do have changed.

I definitely wanted to finish my degree, but now its more urgent because I want to be able to provide for my son and be someone he'll be proud of. So its not so much that my goals have changed, but my perspective on them has.

As to GS, I played a lot, but when I was pregnant and subsequently went blind for a few months, and honestly couldn't play. I found I didnt miss it as much as I thought I would. I still play, but its definitely not the priority.

[Latrinsorm]

The future is more important, but the only way to shape the future is through the present. I've also found that as a person I am too dynamic/malleable for the goals and desires of the me of four years (months) ago to matter to the me of now. Take every day and do the best I can, and the Lord will do the rest.

As for PB's sig, seeing someone go through quad bypass surgery sort of put eating right into perspective for me. Certainly medicine will advance by the time I'm his age, but some risks are just too easily avoidable.