/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I remember the days.
Staying up until the wee hours of the morning trying to change my party to fight off that last boss. Downing a pack of knock off brand soda in a weekend. Laughing at friends who studied hard to get good grades as I just wasted my time and played games.

Now I go to a university, TA for the department and am the vice president of the Astronomy Club. I'll graduate with a B.S. in Physics next year and go to Grad school and have even less time. Some days I go to campus at 9 a.m. and work until midnight or later, no time for those summer video game nights and late night walks around the paths of my youth any more.

But you know, it was fun while it lasted. And what I do now is fun too, learning and making myself a better person every day. Some weekends I get the chance to just sit and play a game and remember the old days where that was every day and I wonder... wouldn't it be monotonous? Mixing it up seems like the better option. Working hard and then on occasion having the old days back, if only for a small time.

Work hard, ex- NEETs of /jp/. Work hard but don't forget the old days. Reward yourself once in a while. It's not so bad. Current NEETs, rejoice. Enjoy the time you have, it's not forever. Use your free time to go out and see friends. Be social, even if it's only in a small friend group. Eventually you'll miss the chance and you don't want to spend your life wishing you hadn't missed your opportunities for small human happiness. Everyone lives a while. Everyone suffers. Everyone dies. It's how you use your time that matters.