Habits and video games

[notcrazy_honest]

Stuff has been going better, and apparently I'm doing a lot of 'hard work', according to people I've been talking to in the real-life world. But this week has been tough and I'm tired. Maybe it's that letdown period that happens after you start a new routine, and you're just getting into it, and some lizard part of your brain finally realizes

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[qnorse]

"...and some lizard part of your brain finally realizes this is not just a fun new activity, but a habit you're trying to build, and you're going to keep doing this. So it clings to the bad habits as hard as it can.."
This is seriously exactly how it feels for me too.

[notcrazy_honest]

Yeah. Glad that made sense, at least. I've been working on training myself out of immediately backpedaling once my brain starts trying to cling to those bad habits. I do finally seem to be making progress, slow but (mostly) steady. It helps now that I'm not so hard on myself as I used to be...usually, anyway.

Hi from an Alphas fan

[doranwen]

So, uh, you don't know me (but hi?) I was browsing really old rec links the other day and came across msninatheroux's fic Regrets, and I saw your comment about maaaaaaaybe possibly writing Rachel's side of it. Did you ever do that? Because if you did, I would absolutely LOVE to read it. *sg*