Time To Try Something New

[wantonhalo]

I've been playing Scrabble continuously for four years. Continuously. That is, I've hardly had a break from it for all that time. And I've sure changed through those years, too. It's hard to remember precisely how I thought about stuff back before I started playing Scrabble, and people in the Scrabble community have sure changed me a great deal--in

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[wallydraigle]

Cool! Just fwiw, December 11th is approximately finals, so that's not exactly the best point in time to pick Scrabble back up either.

[srockhop]

for now, i think school is more important. scrabble will be there in summer and after you graduate.

[crosstables]

Life-balance is a good thing.

[ftangredi]

Don't make any hard and fast rules for yourself, and then beat yourself up if you can't follow them. It IS possible to enjoy Scrabble without centering your life around it.

[axolotl8]

I totally agree Frank. It's much easier to enjoy and appreciate Scrabble when you realize that it doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing activity. I think the nature of competitive Scrabble makes it very hard for people not to pursue it as an all-or-nothing activity, and this can either consume people, or turn them away. That being said, I think breaks are good.

[synodalhaj]

Welcome to hiatus-land!

My unsolicited 2 cents worth:

If you're currently paying to be in school, you should either make it so you are getting your money's worth, and learn/gain qualifications as much as you can (take advantage of your money) from the environment you're in, OR you should stop paying to be in school. You don't have to be a hermit, but high level Scrabble study/analysis/play in general takes a lot of time and directed improvement effort. Directed improvement effort which is instead applied to a career path (rather than Scrabble), in my experience, pays off big dividends later in life.