I haven't played videogames (regularly) since 2016. I am 26 years old now. My attention span is short and my mental bandwidth is low. I can't bother spending hours learning some random game's mechanics, it's a colossal waste of time.I grew up with simpler 2000s games and now most of the games I actually enjoy are old, abandoned, and barely work on Win11.So in a nutshell gaming has become a hassle instead of a hobby but I still want something enjoyable, rewarding, and engaging to do on my laptop.When I come back home I feel extreme boredom since I have no one to talk to. I spend my time on my laptop doing literally nothing. Just scrolling not paying attention.I need something to keep myself busy with. Something grindable, and obviously, valuable. Stuff like coding (but I think I am too old now and the ship has sailed for that, right?) or language learning?What to do?
>>34779189>Read ebooks (calibre + anna's archive/libgen are your friends)>Learn to code (if not for a job at least as a hobby)>Learn a language>Draw (can be paper or digital art, drawing tablets are not too expensive)>Learn whatever topic you find interesting (maybe you liked it in school but now want to dive deeper)>Go outside and talk to people/do other shit
>>34779199Drawing = no.The rest are so great but I feel overwhelmed because I want to do them all. I can't obviously, because again my attention span is short and I start suffering mentally 30 minutes into anything, so I need only 1 of these things.I like cerebral stuff - learning, using Anki, taking notes, but obviously for stuff that aren't mandated (Uni). What do you suggest for me in particular?Thank you!
>>34779189If you can, do some physical activity, even if it's just walking alone in a park or something, or do word searches and crosswords. It's unironically one of the best things you can do for yourself to get your focus back.
>>34779247Knowing a second language is very helpful so that is probably the best one. What is your major for uni?
>>34779247they don't know you personally retard. go down each one and set a timer of 30 minutes and see if you enjoyed it or it held your attention span after the timer ends.its okay to be bored and it sounds like your life would improve if you just closed the laptop and stared at the sun for a bit or did something offline. in other words, it sounds like you got bigger problems than what you're describing.there's no point to learning a language if you're not going to use it and find others online to talk to about it. you can sign up to hellotalk or whatever to practice language with foreigners.go join a club or something where your time is dictated by others, cause you seem like you're a bit too in your head right now and could use and astronaut to pull you out of your personal orbit for a while.
>>34779271I walk for 2 hours (literally) everyday. Like 10,000+ steps (watch tracker).I am also doing a home dumbbell brosplit (6 days of the week).>>34779277Pharmacy>>34779278I actually love English and want to learn to teach it (it's not my first language) and then I would teach it on YouTube or something for free, without showing my face, but I am scared of people making fun of me or that my videos would suck or that it would be the wrong thing to do, etc.
>>34779278Also an idea I got floating in my head is that I would search for some humanities-related field (psychology? sociology? history? political science? etc.) and I would use AI to research and curate a full uni syllabus and then I would self-teach myself those things for fun.
>>34779308>>34779278For example, for political science I would see what's the best uni in the world that teaches it and find a way to know its full program and what textbooks are assigned and just read them and use Anki/Obsidian/whatever to master this topic as much as I can for leisure.What do you think?
>>34779301i posted shit on youtube in the past. use a made up name. and you can tell yourself you can delete everything if it flops.i find the shitty comments hilarious. i really dont give a shit and i dont know why you should either. if someone says your english sounds like you're talking with shrimp cocks in your mouth just laugh with it and move on.as long as you're being truthful and not trying to swindle people or create eceleb drama. just focus on the topic. 99% of people are either grateful or just click the next video if they're not interested.>>34779308cant help you there. that sounds pretty boring to me. if it makes you excited, go for it. i guess you could think about what you want to do with it in terms of teaching or practicing the knowledge.>>34779314like i said figure out what you want to do with it. if i learn something from a textbook and have nothing to apply it to it immediately exits ear left.
>>34779336Thanks! I think I found something to do.
