Unhealthy Addictions

I'm sure most people don't want to say any strange aspect of them is an addiction. But I think there is something to be gained by knowing and fully understanding any addiction you might have whether it be in the form of drugs, pain, collecting beanie babies, anime, manga, or something completely bizarre.

I am addicted to Solitaire.

Now I know this is something completely strange, and you're probably thinking, that's not an addiction, you just have too much time on your hands. That might sometimes be true, but in the past few months, I've cleared my statistic at least three times. And every time I did so, I played over 5,000 games. You might continue to think that I don't have a problem, and I may have to question your sanity. But occasionally, I am stricken by intense desires to play this game and continue playing for hours on end.

That's completely fine, right? I don't think so. I've gotten so attached to this stupid card game that I will actually play it while I attempt to do something else. For instance, I once tried to play Solitaire while watching subtitled anime. Do you see the problem there? The worse part would be that I stopped watching said anime merely for the purposes of completing the game. Who does that? Also, I will neglect doing homework only so I can continue playing sometimes. I admit, that I've been steadily improving and playing less Solitaire; but it can still a problem for me sometimes.

So, for the rest of the month (and hopefully, for the rest of my life), I am going to severely lessen the number of solitaire games I play. By doing this, I hope that I will waste less time that could be spent doing more productive things. What those will come to be I have no idea. (November will probably be taken up by novel-writing.)

So, here's to fewer games of Solitaire. And anything you might be trying to do.