[arksingrad]

This was certainly the case for me over the last year and a half. Up until the start of this year when I switched to a new, challenging job, I dove deep into a competitive shooter hole. I played ranked modes when available and focused a lot of mental effort into self-critiquing my play to improve. Making progress was the driving factor to keep playing, and I did see a lot of progress!

In the last six months I switched jobs into one that's more demanding of my time and mental efforts, and my gaming volume dropped significantly. I haven't booted any of the multiple-hours-per-day games I got into for the last couple of months.