Lockout

I used to play WoW a LOT in my teens and early 20s, but I had infinite energy and time and managed to have a great social life, too. I was still told bye some non-gaming friends and family that I spent too much time playing. I got a bit older, and WoW had to take a back seat as my free time became less and my career took off. It stayed that way for a long time. I was told I was "told old" for WoW and games when I played them during my free time. Cut to 3ish years ago, I developed long covid, lung damage, Asthma and Fibromyalgia and had to give up my career due to constant debilitating pain and fatigue, and my ability to socialise and be active diminished overnight. And guess what I was able to fall back on: WoW and the videogames I was 'too old' for or that were a 'waste of my time'. It sounds overexaggerated - but they literally saved my life during a time where my day to day life changed SO dramatically and I lost absolutely everything, and without that safety net of an indoorsy and low-energy hobby to fall back on, I'm not sure I would have survived it. I'm someone who believes all hobbies are valid and healthy but never more so than now, when I'm so limited in what I can do. There's no age-limit to what you enjoy, and it may very well be the thing you lean on to get you through the hardest times 💚 TLDR: videogames are super nice aren't they? 😁