Am Addicted

I know I have always been a grade A Fifa addict but last time it really took me by surprise! I was playing career mode, it was midnight and I simply could not hit quit. There was the finals of the Champions league between FC Bayern and BVB scheduled to start at 12.15 my time. I knew I wanted to get off the game and go watch that match but still I couldn't! I was in a transfer window and I just couldn't stop. Eventually I had to pull myself off my seat :|

It is amazing how the mind works. We think we are in total control but that is not always the truth. The other day I read this bizarre thought, "what if our brain was the most successful parasite ever?". It really got me thinking, that statement does make some sense to me. I mean how many of us are not addicted to something? We all are guilty of being bound to something more than we should.

So back to Fifa, it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to not play this game. I mean one minute am watching a movie or an episode of a TV show and the next thing I know is that am starting this game with the movie paused! Yeah that's right, I currently am guilty of having no life :D. There is always this little voice at the back of my head calling, "Play me... FIFA..." lol.

Anyways, I wanted to do a bit of research on Addiction and how it works. As you know it is defined as impaired control over substances or behavior. Apparently my addiction is not an addiction at all. It is just a side effect of my extensive free time. God I have to find a better use for my time! I don't know why I made this post though... but I liked doing it. Btw FC Bayern won the Champions league ending their stream of big-match-choking, good for them!

Just a silly thought!

Today I met one of my close friends after what felt like ages. We hung out, chatting, joking and it was short to be honest, compared to how much time we used to spend together. It was fun, it always is when you get to meet old friends. Things change with time; people grow up. This has come to my realization now that am just after my schooling days. I've been trying to get into a university for a while now and it has left me with ample time to think about things that people do not have time to think over :p.

People change as time passes by, they have to in order to keep up with their lives. Sometimes we blame them for doing so, but what we seldom realize that change is inevitable. This friend of mine is doing two jobs while following a degree. He lives in another city, away from home. He used to be a lot more "available" to his friends back in our schooling days but now that his schedule of life has changed, he rarely has time to spend with us.

I've heard some of my other friends complain about him, like how much his new life has changed him. I think it is wrong of them for doing so. Like I said before, change is inevitable and without that it is difficult to keep up with life. However it is important to keep in touch with the people who matter to you whenever possible. Am really glad that I got to meet him today.