A Disordered Life
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Disorganized is a broad term.
I often leave used clothes, lying around in my apartement. Then again, I live alone and am a grown up person. If the clothes bother me, I will remove them. If not, they will stay on the floor, till laundry day. I don't have a mother or a partner, waging their finger at me.
On the other hand, I am never late and never miss out on any duties that actually matter, like dates for exams.
So am I disorganized?
There is a difference between gross neglegance of orginization and simply not bother with things that other fancy important.
I often leave used clothes, lying around in my apartement. Then again, I live alone and am a grown up person. If the clothes bother me, I will remove them. If not, they will stay on the floor, till laundry day. I don't have a mother or a partner, waging their finger at me.
On the other hand, I am never late and never miss out on any duties that actually matter, like dates for exams.
So am I disorganized?
There is a difference between gross neglegance of orginization and simply not bother with things that other fancy important.
Nice article. Great question.
As you mentioned, I think there are a lot of games out there that actually are good tests for thought organization, like strategy games and role-playing games--games with a lot of parameters, a lot of pathways to reach a successful outcome but also ways to fail.
It becomes a question of where one chooses to devote their organizational energy: is is conquering a fantasy planet from a magical flying castle, or solving a complex puzzle game, or devising the next great Terran build, or is it washing the dishes or doing laundry?
Which has the greatest payoff?
As you mentioned, I think there are a lot of games out there that actually are good tests for thought organization, like strategy games and role-playing games--games with a lot of parameters, a lot of pathways to reach a successful outcome but also ways to fail.
It becomes a question of where one chooses to devote their organizational energy: is is conquering a fantasy planet from a magical flying castle, or solving a complex puzzle game, or devising the next great Terran build, or is it washing the dishes or doing laundry?
Which has the greatest payoff?
When I get home from school, I prepare dinner, tidy the house, cook and eat my prepared food, walk the dog and do my homework. then I play videogames until a reasonable hour (eg. 9-10 o'clock) and go to sleep. That's still 3-4 hours of solid gaming everyday in an organised lifestyle. Do I win?
I find that I swing between disorder and tidiness on a very precise timetable, namely video game development cycles. Whenever a new game comes out that I've been waiting for, I'm going to spend a lot more time gaming than usual. Similarly when it's a bit of a dry patch and I've burnt out on all my games I'll find I pick up the slack a bit. Kinda like right now, with all the games I care about being released either next year or the year after.
Eh, I'll admit that I'm not good with organization or keeping things super clean. But I've been like that since before I even started playing video games.
My room is somewhat tidy but my desk....well, that's an entirely different story. There's not a ton of 'trash'. But I have papers scattered all over because I tend to take note of some things and write them down. Most of it is video game related but some of them are also short stories
When it comes to my games though, I am extremely tidy.
With social interaction.... A lot of the people I actually WANT to interact with are over the internet. But, in real life I did discover that outside of my family I really am more of a loner and that I think romantic relationships are incredibly overrated (for me, at least).
Also, I've realized that I really don't need a lot to be able to function day to day. I have a low metabolism so I don't need to eat very often to be able to maintain a healthy weight, and ever since I was a toddler I've only been able to sleep 4-5 hours before I'll wake up and be unable to sleep again.
My room is somewhat tidy but my desk....well, that's an entirely different story. There's not a ton of 'trash'. But I have papers scattered all over because I tend to take note of some things and write them down. Most of it is video game related but some of them are also short stories
When it comes to my games though, I am extremely tidy.
With social interaction.... A lot of the people I actually WANT to interact with are over the internet. But, in real life I did discover that outside of my family I really am more of a loner and that I think romantic relationships are incredibly overrated (for me, at least).
Also, I've realized that I really don't need a lot to be able to function day to day. I have a low metabolism so I don't need to eat very often to be able to maintain a healthy weight, and ever since I was a toddler I've only been able to sleep 4-5 hours before I'll wake up and be unable to sleep again.