Putting an End to Wasted Hours of Life

Day 45 drawing every day. Being goofy with my drawing tonight!

Recently I was talking to someone about how many hours they spent playing video games. And I myself am a video game player, however I like to consider myself a recovering video game player. I play them still, but not like I used to and even then I am approaching not playing them at all anymore.

But what hit home in a new way this time was just how many hours of my life I spent… NOT doing the things I wanted because I gave my time to something else.

It wasn’t so much how many hours I put into the video games, instead it was how much of my time I didn’t spend on:

• The things God called me to
• The things that mattered most, like my family and friends
• My ambitions
• My skills to communicate
• My artistic skills

I’m upset that I lost those hours and can’t get them back.

BUT

I am not going to lay down and complain about it either. I am going to use that frustration to FUEL my time now. Time spent doing what I am supposed to do. It was my choice to lose those years of my life. But it’s also my choice to continue to lose more years of my life.

I just have to suck it up, chalk it up to Stupid Tax, live and learn. Draw the line in the sand, make the call, say the words, do the things. Regardless of whether I feel it, understand it, process it, or am ready for it. Have to say:

Never Again