Time to Stop — ADD Tip o the Day 339

This is really about mindfulness and awareness – good for anyone, especially for those of us with ADD or ADHD.

I am giving up playing Freecell. There is nothing wrong with playing Freecell.   I’ve been playing  two, maybe three games a day, on my wife’s computer, since I had to take all the games off mine because of addictions.  That’s not a lot and it doesn’t take much time.  I enjoy it (when I win); it’s relaxing, and I need some breaks. But it was becoming a habit, although not an addiction (yet).   And I figured there were some better things I could do with my break time.  So a new rule – anytime I feel called to play Freecell, I will go play the guitar instead.  It’s working pretty well so far.

Only after deciding this did I become aware:  it had started as once a day; going to two or three is the path to addiction.  Freecell only takes about ten minute though.  And after all, two a day is only twenty minutes.

Twenty minutes a day, 2.33 hours a week,  9.33 hours a month, that’s over a day.  That’s 112 hours a year, about 14 days.  Do I want to spend 14 days of my life playing Freecell?

And of course, it was starting to be 3 times a day, sometimes.

I could also practice just sitting, which I haven’t been doing so well at since it got cold, or exercising, or reading something enjoyable.  Will stick with guitar for right now.  Mindfulness and awareness.

doug

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