By: Colter Thompson
10/02/15 – I was reviewing some material for this class just now when my friend from home messages me on the computer, interrupting my train of thought. ******* has invited you to play Dota 2. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.
It’s Friday night and of course I would be playing with the team tonight. This is how I enjoy myself. I promised him I’d be on as soon as I’m done with this post. The team aspect of Dota 2 draws me in. The cooperation, cunning, and camaraderie of the game is fascinating to me. I find myself regularly considering if I could get a game in before I have to ___.
It seems sometimes that the things I am distracted by aren’t the best use of my time, frankly. And this leads to a concern. One struggle I have with the itch comparison is the issue of discipline. I understand the value of discipline mostly from my experience in the Marines and the community college I attended last year. This leads to a conflict between what I think I should be doing and what I’d like to itch. It’s difficult to not negatively view the natural distractions I experience. I feel not just that I get distracted but that I can’t stay focused on something, like incapable. Heh, reading this it seems to be a “half empty/half full” issue. Am I looking at the concept too subjectively?
Hmm… Now that I think about it, the distraction of his message really inspired this blog post. I was going to say similar things but remark about a distraction yesterday I had in class, but who knows if it would have come across as effectively otherwise. I acknowledge the… inevitability of a distraction.
*ahem* Good post. Game time.
I can definitely relate to the temptation of a ten to twenty minute distraction, especially when it’s on a screen. Since my roommates are active around the house I try to do most of my homework in my room, so I’m not caught up in whatever they’re doing. On the other end of that logic my room is where my xbox is and that definitely takes up more of my time than it should. Here I’ll get distracted playing a racing game, Forza, and it’s not hard for me to go from one lap to many.
Forza is something I can spend a lot of time playing, but that is because I like the game. I can customize and race cars that I cant afford in reality. Although the game brings me joy, you bring up a good point of the distraction not being the best use of time. I guess I try not to think of it as a negative distraction because I enjoy it so much, although I often put aside a task at hand for the simple satisfaction of the game.
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