all time favorite game and started playing, I literally played for 2 straight hours and

所有的時間最喜歡的遊戲，並開始玩，我真的玩了2個小時，連續和。

wanted to continue, but that was too much already.

想繼續說下去，但這已經是太多了。

Just to be clear, I am not a gamer, and I have never been one ever since I was a little

我只是想說明一下，我不是一個遊戲玩家，我從來沒有一個人，因為我是一個小。

kid because I have spent my childhood out there

因為我的童年是在外面度過的

in the streets, playing football and doing a lot of crazy stuff.

在街上，踢足球，做了很多瘋狂的事情。

The only game that I played besides counter-strike was GTA.

除了反擊戰，我唯一玩過的遊戲就是GTA。

back in the day when San Andreas was released, it was the best game of its time.

當年《聖安地列斯》發佈的時候，它是當時最好的遊戲。

But some people play way too much.

但有些人玩的太多了。

I mean playing every single day for 4 or 5 hours seems ridicules to me unless it's your

我是說每天玩4、5個小時對我來說很可笑，除非是你的...

job. and that all led me to the question, why on

這一切都讓我想到了一個問題，為什麼要在這裡？

earth video games are so addictive.

地球電子遊戲是如此的令人上癮。

If you take a look at the most successful games out there such as assassins creed, GTA,

如果你看看最成功的遊戲，如刺客信條，GTA。

the witcher, call of duty, they all have few things in common.

巫師，使命召喚，他們都有一些共同點。

They give you purpose!

他們給了你目標!

Each of these games has a specific mission that you should accomplish, whether it's saving

這些遊戲都有一個特定的任務，你應該完成，無論是拯救

the world or running away from cops when you have 5 stars.

世界或逃避警察時，你有5顆星。

( if you know what I mean) And that's exactly what our lives are missing.

(如果你明白我的意思)而這正是我們的生活所缺少的。

You wake up early, dress up nicely and spend your entire day working without knowing why.

你早早的起床，好好的打扮一番，整天都在工作，卻不知道為什麼。

Your life has pretty much everything except a purpose.

你的生活除了有目標之外，幾乎什麼都有。

You are not feeling like you are accomplishing a certain mission or pursuing a bigger goal.

你並沒有感覺到自己在完成某項任務或追求更大的目標。

That's why you are not motivated in the first place, you don't have a purpose that's worth

這就是為什麼你一開始就沒有動力，你沒有一個值得的目標

living for.

生活的目的。

you are just living, doing whatever crosses your way.

你只是在生活中，做任何交叉的方式。

And then suddenly you have a video game in front of you that gives you that purpose.

然後突然間你面前有一個電子遊戲，讓你有這個目的。

Regardless of what kind of purpose.

不管是什麼樣的目的。

Most importantly, its clear and you have a step by step plan to complete it.

最重要的是，它的清晰，你有一個逐步完成的計劃。

You know exactly what kind of resources you need and why you need them,

你很清楚自己需要什麼樣的資源，為什麼需要這些資源。

whereas in real life when you ask your history teacher back in school why do you need history

而在現實生活中，當你在學校裡問你的歷史老師為什麼要學歷史時

in your life at all, he just shuts your mouth.

在你的生活中，他只是關閉你的嘴。

In such an environment, it's really difficult not to be addictive to video games.

在這樣的環境下，想不對電子遊戲上癮真的很難。

In fact, the video games that failed miserably had the same things in common as our lives.

其實，那些慘敗的電子遊戲與我們的生活有著相同的地方。

The objective is not clear, the mission is too vague and it is quite difficult to figure

目標不明確，任務太模糊，相當難以琢磨。

out the purpose.

出目的。

One of the fascinating things I find about video games is that you often don't give up.

我發現電子遊戲的一個迷人之處在於，你往往不會放棄。

I mean if you fail to pass a mission, you always stand up and try again and you can't

我的意思是，如果你沒有通過一個任務，你總是站起來，再試一次，你不能。

calm down until you complete that mission.

冷靜下來，直到你完成那個任務。

And every time you fail, you learn something new and after a couple of a few attempts,

而每一次失敗，你都會學到新的東西，而且經過幾次嘗試。

you succeed and that gives a great feeling of accomplishment that drives you to move

你成功了，那會給你帶來巨大的成就感，促使你前進。

to the next mission, but somehow when it comes to real life, we give up after the first failure,

到下一個任務，但不知何故，當它涉及到現實生活中，我們放棄後，第一次失敗。

we don't see the point of trying again.

我們不明白再試一次的意義。

Perhaps if we treat our lives more like video games, we might be more successful.

也許如果我們把自己的生活更像電子遊戲，我們可能會更成功。

But the problem is that, in video games, the author already provides you with a purpose

但問題是，在電子遊戲中，筆者已經為你提供了一個目標

and a plan while in real life you have to create your own purpose.

和計劃，而在現實生活中，你必須創造自己的目的。

If someone else could come up with a fascinating purpose that inspired you, you definitely

如果別人能想出一個吸引人的目的，讓你受到啟發，你一定會。

can create one as well.

也可以創建一個。

Because no one knows you better than yourself.

因為沒有人比你自己更瞭解你。

But remember, your goal should be as clear as it is in these successful video games.

但請記住，你的目標應該和這些成功的電子遊戲一樣明確。

when you a complete a mission, you always get rewarded, you might be given some cash

當你完成一個任務，你總是得到獎勵，你可能會得到一些現金。

if you are playing GTA or bonuses if you are playing some other game.

如果你正在玩GTA或獎金，如果你正在玩一些其他遊戲。

In order to keep yourself motivated, reward yourself after each small accomplishment.

為了讓自己保持積極性，每完成一個小成就後，都要獎勵自己。

If you had a productive day and you completed the task you planned to.

如果你有一個高效的一天，你完成了你計劃的任務。

Go and watch a movie, grab some snacks or whatever that you enjoy doing.

去看場電影，拿些零食或任何你喜歡做的事情。

So instead of playing video games.

所以，而不是玩電子遊戲。

Start playing the game of life.

開始玩人生的遊戲。

Good Luck!

好運！