I didn't want to write

I have been feeling quite lazy to write these days and at first I was telling myself that I don't know why but I do know; it's because of my new phone.

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I have been so focused on the phone since I bought it and I have installed a couple of games, and that's the problem. You might be wondering; how is it a problem?

Due to the features of my previous phone, I can't freely play most games because they keep lagging and it makes the whole experience not worth it. But that's actually a blessing in disguise, coz I now have to channel my energy into other things that will make my life better.

I have finally changed my phone and it's very capable of running most games smoothly, so I installed some and started playing. Managing readcash and academics is stressful on its own, now I have brought in a third party.

The games I installed are the ones I have always wanted to play but my previous phone couldn't handle them. I actually refused to install one particular game called call of duty because it's a very addictive game and that would have been the end of my readcash journey 😆.

Now let's get into the main topic; I didn't want to write today, and that's because I was too tired for most of the day and I was feeling sleepy as well. I was up last night playing a mobile game called modern combat 5

I needed to complete a goal in the game and I said to myself that I wouldn't sleep if I haven't accomplished it. I ended up playing until 3am when I finally finished the task and I dozed off immediately.

I woke up late after about 5 hours of sleep, but my body needed more sleep. At about 2pm I started feeling the effects of staying awake last night, my eyes started getting heavy and I was very sleepy.

I couldn't sleep that afternoon because I haven't even done laundry yet and I will still need to clear out my notifications in readcash, I decided I will not be publishing any article today so I can sleep early.

While doing laundry, I reasoned that instead of just missing a day without publishing an article, I should write an article where I can rant about not being able to write, and that was what gave birth to this idea.

It's not like writing is really that difficult, but the brain will pick a more easier task in a bid to reduce the stress of carrying out something that requires more brain power.

It's like a computer trying to optimise itself and reducing power consumption by carrying out simple tasks while leaving the difficult ones for later.

And that's how distraction works; we end up focusing on something that the brain marks as simple, fun and less stressful while the main task we are supposed to do is pushed aside.

Conclusion

Mobile games might be a huge distraction for me, but it's not something I can't control. Even while focusing on games, I am still able to read more articles than before and do other things as at when due.

But I guess it affects me in a way, maybe by making me being too stressed out to read articles? As usual the brain is always looking for ways of reducing stress by using distractions, which includes sleep 😩

I was writing this article while at the same time battling with sleep (I actually dozed off for some minutes). I initially planned to publish this before midnight which signifies a new day, but I slept off 😪

Thanks for reading and a happy new month to you all 💖💖💖

Monday, November 1st, 2021