Thinking about the meaning of life brought this on.
Why should I even play video games? I am not accomplishing or achiving anything, and I won't be rembered or admired for playing games. The best I can hope for is to be respected by other people who play games, and that isn't very impressive.
Instead of playing games, I could be exercising, which would garner much more repect due to my looks, and I would live significantly longer AND my quility of life would dramatically improve. I could read about proper posture, eating, (health in general) and then carefully imlement good health habits into my life so that I improve. Eventually they would become second nature and I wouldn't have to think about them. I could talk to people more, criticily analzyzing my own patterns of speech and other peoples behavior ect until I am a master conversationalist and have freinds and connection everywhere. I would probably become a master of influecing people too.
I could study more. My grades are excellent, but not perfect. If I truly knew all the material at a high level I could get a 4.0 GPA next year in college, and that would sat me up for future sucess at a graudate school. That combined with my good looks from exercise+ my great social skills and ability to win friends and influecne people, I would be set for life, even if I merely met new people and learned stuff for my job but coasted and didn't learn any more "life skills"
I know all these things and yet... I still play video games/ surf the internet for a combined 3-8 hours a day. What the Hell is wrong with me? Why can't I do what I know must be done and secure my own future? Why do I even bother playing video games?