With the rise of hustle culture, often times, people (especially adults) demonize video games, saying that it's a waste of time. But, what if that's the beauty of it? Let’s explore how maybe videogames aren't the bad guy.

Gaming offers an outlet, a reprieve, and an escape from an often complicated, scary and stress inducing world. The world often tells us success is only deemed valuable if it makes you money or gives you prestige. As a recent graduate student who spent 7 years in higher education to enter the workforce unprepared and entry level, I felt so small and lonely and anything but successful despite my best efforts to prepare. So, how did gaming fix all of those feelings of inadequacy and loneliness? Well, it didn’t. But it helped me find a little bit of enjoyment in the day, it gave me a moment to smile, a little break. Gaming has been one of the most meaningful ways I have found balance in my life, and has overall been a positive impact that allowed me to meet new friends as an adult.

Life is uncomfortably unpredictable. You can’t control where in the world you’re born, what economic status you’re born into, or how many opportunities you’re born with. There are almost no situations in real life where I can say "If I make this choice, then a predictable outcome will happen without question". Life can, for the most part, be unpredictable, and doesn't follow any rules. But games always have rules, objectives and mostly comfortably predictable outcomes. If I want to be Poppy’s best friend in Animal Crossing, I just send her little letters, give her cute little gifts, and bam— we’re instant besties.

Not everything has to be so serious, life is about balance. In a way, gaming taught me how to be kind to myself. Because sometimes, the most seemingly mundane and silly things shape and mold us in the most unexpected and beautiful ways.

What We Discuss:
- Adulthood also comes with the responsibility of finding fulfilling hobbies.
-Not everything has to be so serious, life is about balance. Be kind to yourself.
-Sometimes in life, the most seemingly mundane and silly things shape and mold us in the most unexpected ways.
-I was originally motivated to succeed out of fear of inadequacy, and that’s not having it all together.

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