Gaming Addiction

          Gaming applications. I have a gaming addiction. There I said it, I am out and proud.

          I remember my dad bringing home the Nintendo that very first Christmas it came out. I have been hooked ever since. You may asking yourself what changes this has brought into the mix of my behavior. Well, it's rewired it. I am ashamed to admit it but the first thing I do after getting up in the morning (and yes before I even get dressed, eat or brush my teeth) is to jump onto my computer and get a quick gaming fix. Instead of staying on topic and completing a task online, I will bounce back and forth between topic and game play. If I feel overwhelmed in a research topic or balancing my check book I switch up my screens, get a game fix, then revert back to my original task.
         

          I use gaming technology to decompress, relax and for general enjoyment. However, there is a dark side to my gaming addiction. It has cost me valuable hours that can be best utilized elsewhere. I have used gaming as an escape and to block real life responsibilities.  Recently I have began curbing my addiction by forcing myself to focus my attention to the important things once again. People.

Conquering Rejection

   

          Life's challenges are always presenting themselves.  Old challenges raise themselves from the dead if you allow them and new challenges are just looking to jump into your path.  One of life's biggest challenges for me was dealing with rejection.  As a young person I felt rejected and as an emerging adult I wallowed in it.  It was only until recently did I bury the hatchet with rejection and kick it to the curb.  The challenge, I found, is not in the rejection itself, but rather in the root cause of not accepting of one's self.  When one rejects themselves first they are more perceptive of rejection that comes from others.  I found that by first loving myself  all rejection dissolves.  Being rejected by others no longer bears weight in your life when you have set your resolve to accept who you are.