As an American… expect it to continue getting worse. There are so many batshit stupid people in this country. It’s depressing.

What is OSR?

As a Mac user, I’m fine with this tbh. I don’t game on my Mac and most people I know with one don’t either.

Clash of Clans? Progress is time gated, but can be skipped with gems.

Set a 10 minute timer, tell yourself to get started and you can take a break after.

Find ways to reward yourself for accomplishing things. Made dinner? Have a nice dessert or watch a new show.

Find alternative ways to achieve the same or similar goals. Struggling to find time to read? Try audiobooks. Want to learn to program? Find a YouTuber you like and follow along with their tutorial.

If you’re like me, then you need to find ways to work with yourself instead of trying to force it in ways that don’t mesh.

They put a lot of time into making sure the game would be accessible and fun for new players. Give it a go and I’d wager you’ll have a blast

You could try writing out a letter to give them or a script for yourself to read to them? I find writing things out gives me enough distance from the problem to be able to gather my thoughts.

At least to some degree, yeah. Each origin character has more to their background, different choices, etc that you can’t get through a play through where they are your companion

I haven’t noticed that in my games, but if I was your DM, then I’d rather know that I had a tell

Wow I kinda blacked it out but Fallout 3 & NV consumed a ton of my time

It must be RuneScape. Probably followed very distantly by Pokemon, Diablo II, Skyrim, and the original COD MW2 to name a few