Why Can’t I Enjoy Anything Anymore - by John Kim
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is there something wrong with me?
I bought a video game last month that I’d been hyped about for weeks. I watched every trailer, read every review, and counted down the days until I could play it. Finally, on a Friday night after the kids were asleep and the house was quiet, I downloaded it, put on my headphones, and started playing. Thirty minutes later, I turned it off. The game wasn’t bad. I just couldn’t get into it. My hands were on the controller but my brain was somewhere else entirely, thinking about a work deadline, wondering if I’d remembered to sign that docusign for something I was buying, running through…
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