There is no why…

I am posting here today to discuss the why. The reason to play this game in the first place. I honestly believe I have addiction personality disorders of some type, but besides that I also enjoy being immersed in the WoW universe. The fact that I can recognize the issue is one thing, but actually taking steps to change behavior is another. It isn’t like life is put on hold for nothing more than a fix, put in the simplest of terms of couse. To me it is a replacement for watching television, and yes I know I am not alone when I say, I get excited when I think about logging in and when I ding it is an accomplishment only compared to receiving a paycheck at the end of a work week. At the same time as I am grinding away, finishing that next quest, slaying that ogre, mining that mineral, making gold on the auction house, I have this small voice in the back of my mind saying, hey! don’t you have anything better you could be doing right now? The much LOUDER voice says, shut your damn mouth! We are accomplishing great things today, taking life by the horns and riding it for all it is worth…
Then of course the real voices of life, i.e., your spouse, friends, people see what is happening, see that there is an unusual amount of energy and time being devoted to something they can’t understand.
But also, because I know what are priorities in life, I take care of things that need to be done. I don’t feel any regret for the time I spend immersed and I get a feeling of relaxation and peace. Now, isn’t that the whole reason for a game after all? Games give people a thing a to do to keep the mind busy, to have fun, but forgive me if I am getting too deep here with my thoughts. I think about the grand scheme of things and those people who dedicate all their weekends to watching sports, rooting on the home team, etc… It isn’t any different, to them that is what is important at the moment. Give it some time, maybe years, but eventually, watching a football game all day won’t be as important. It is the same thing right here, right now, there is something there that gives people happiness, sometimes people get taken over by that drive for more, but in reality there is no why, no matter how you look at it, we are all here just wasting time until it is all over with, why not enjoy it while we can?