Month: August 2018

How to balance video games and school work

Many teenagers love playing video games. It brings thrill and excitement after a day of exhausting school work. Video games can be relaxing and challenging at the same time. There are two types of video games in terms of investment. The first one is perhaps mobile games which require less investment and are more of a relaxing agent during periods of homework, they take short amounts of time and brings pleasure. The second type are more time consuming and more of a personal commitment to the game. They are way more time consuming and heavily “addicting” as players are concentrating extremely hard on their progress and may lost track of time. Thus spending an incredible amount of time on these games, and resulting in an imbalanced lifestyle that will harm them socially and physically. By balancing your video games time, you should treat video games as a self reward for a day’s hardworking. Always plan your schoolwork ahead of time as to when you would be finishing one and when you should adding some gaming to help you relax. Be sure to set an alarm that would help you notice when you should be stopping to go exercise or read. If you can’t do that yet, just complete all your homework for tomorrow together, and play video games at the end. That way you can give yourself a bit more time without worrying about schoolwork not being finished. It is all about arranging the time periods for which you play video games and enjoy yourselves and the time you spend hardworking. The arrangement should present a reward to you that would motivate you to be more efficient. By balancing gaming and other relaxation time, you would have a better mood, and a healthier lifestyle.