Leveling Up IRL: How Obsession Became My Secret Weapon

There’s a very specific feeling I get whenever I dive into a new game or fresh story content: pure, unfiltered obsession. You know the vibe — you log on "just for an hour" and next thing you know, you’re still farming reputation at 3AM with a half-eaten sandwich on your desk and an uncomfortable awareness that you might actually be part of the chair now.

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Buffet of Bad Habits: Why I Stopped Putting ‘Skip Work’ on the Menu

Every habit I wanted to break—snacking when I wasn’t hungry, doom-scrolling instead of sleeping, putting off that creative project “until I felt inspired”—all of them lived in this mental buffet of options, and I was out here loading my plate with stuff I didn’t even like.

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Leveling Up Life: How to Use Your Secret Superpowers (No Cheat Codes Needed)  

Welcome, fellow players, to the ultimate RPG called Life—where the difficulty settings are randomized, the NPCs sometimes give terrible advice, and the respawn points are… well, let’s not talk about those.  But fear not! Unlike your average loot box, we all spawn with some insane innate abilities. The trick? Most of us forget to equip them. So, let’s dive into the skill tree and unlock the hidden OP (overpowered) traits that make this game way more fun: empathy, resilience, creativity, positivity, kindness, and altruism.

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