Erm, I have a little problem. I spend way too much time (like now) just surfing the Lusternia boards and playing lusternia... And now I have no life. I need a new hobby. Any Ideas?

The only other thing I do is stuff that has to do with music, so dont suggest.

Maintain a Lusternia orientated website.

Also, according to the words of wisdom of my friend Chrissie, Real Life actually qualifies as "outside the arena." Useful to remember that.

Belly dancing
Reading
Getting a paid job
Studiying
Writting
Doing some kind of sport, people say it's fun
Cooking (you'll have suddenly a lot of friends)

Watch out how much you play. Before I had a real job, and had time to play, I was in college. I said, pah, screw my classes. I can get to work a minute late! My girlfriend can wait for two hours till I get off.

Well... let's see... I'm no longer in college due to grades, they loved me at that job, but it was a college job, so I didn't have another for four months after. And yeah, I lost the girl I loved, -partially- because of neglecting her.

You coming over?

Oh, there's this event on Aetolia, gotta finish it!

*mutter*

Let's just say that I had mentor by 19.

Just wait until you quarrel with your girlfriend (boyfriend in my case) because you both want to play at the same time and there's only one computer at his place, and is his computer *sniff*

I suggest reading, writing, going to movies/sporting events, playing paintball, fishing, and drinking beer,

Not going to happen, I bought a second computer.

*ponders reevaluating priorities*

On-topic: any chance you have to get out of the house take it. Just hang out with friends if nothing else, or join a sporting club.

Paintball!!!!! Its even more fun when you play in the snow, and you are the only one shooting compressed air... *inno* (For those of you who have never played paintball, CO2 is used most often, and when it freezes, your ball does weird things... I have actually seen them hook around and hit people next to the one shooting....)

I spend a lot of time with friends, much to the point were I have maybe an hour at most to spend here... unless I am sick, or some kind of holiday is in place and all of my friends (most of which attend UCR) go home, and I am waiting for the week in which all of my friends from CSUMB come home to end...

Also, languages, and my studies take up the rest of my time... My advice, don't be some stupid ass bum who doesn't appricate what people do for him, used to live with one of them, and these games can turn you into one. Also, don't do what Richter did, and me to an extent. Don't let the computer and the social life here take over your real life. A internet social life is not REAL. You need the human contact, and not having it will ruin you in the end. Make good decisions, choose school before Lusternia, choose work before Lusternia, choose relationships before Lusternia, and once you have all those in order, play away.

DDR.

I'll agree that work is more important than Lusternia, as is any real relationships you might have, but I'll have to respectfully disagree with that point there. It's very subjective as to whether an internet social life's real or not. About 99% of the people I hold dear to me are nowhere near to where I live, and my two closest friends live in America, and I've never met 'em. I guess you might call that unstable, some do, but all the same, don't be so quick to condemn an internet social life.

Having had an internet social life, I know what it feels like... and I used to beleive that I had a best friend through the internet... but when I started to socialize more, and when I finally met this friend, I realized one thing. The people you talk to online, are NOT the people they are when you meet them.

They may be friends, but alone, an internet social life can not even compare to real life. The Human Being needs contact, with out it, bad things happen.

All the people I've talked to online and met were the same people I knew and loved. I understand if you had a bad experience or whatever, but please don't tar so many people with the same brush. I'm the same online as offline, as well. The only real difference is that you can't see me here (thank heavens) and I don't speak with an accent unless I strictly intend to. Some people have difficulty with a face-to-face social life, too, for whatever reasons they have. I prefer to talk to people I know from somewhere else than to people I don't from around here. I call that contact.

Shiri, While you make a valid point, I'm trying to get off the computer so much as well, so it's not an option for me...
As for paintball, I've wanted to try it for a while, but I don't know anyone else who plays, plus my parents don't want me to.
Erm, I just decided I am going to join a few clubs at school... and start doing my homework (I know I should, I just really never want to )

Edit: Forgot to say thanks to everyone. Thanks for replying!

Actually, I hated homework... until I started to do it. What happened when I started is I would put some good music on (Like right now I have Air 1 going, which is a US Nation Wide Christan Rock station.) And start to do my homework, occasional I would make a reference to my text book, see something interesting, and spend an hour reading it, then go back to homework, and be done 15 minutes later, (Having just read what it covered.)

Of course this only works if you love to learn

Quilting (its fun, I swear! Well least til ya prick your fingers repeatedly...)
Read
Listen to music
Get a paid job and send me to culinary school...(just kidding...well, sorta)
Become a couch potato!
Play a sport
Learn a foreign language
etc....

Yeah, I'll just stop there...

Go out with friends
see a movie
read a book in the sun
get a job
go for a walk
swim
etc

Never studied in school, really. I think I spent a full day studying for a Physics final, and aced it, only to find out I needed a D on the final to get an A in the class due to a curve... bleh. I think I spent three hours cramming Calc II before the final, given I hadn't touched a book in a month... but that was me a few years ago, before the whole brain slowing down gig.

However, my priorities: 1: Girlfriend. 2: School (FINALLY going back in January, after two years away - I had an Associate of Science degree at 18, and have since done away with my head start). 3: Work (hate it, but I need the money). 4: rest of my Family (going back home for a week and a half starting Saturday, so my gaming time is going to be severely limited). 5: Lusternia

If anyone has noticed, I get most of my time on Lusternia during the day or at night. I'm rarely on during the time my girlfriend is off work and awake (5-10 pm, weekends), and am basically on when off work, before/after work, or after g/f goes to bed (before I go to bed, usually 3-4 hours later - I sometimes work evenings).

It works for me.

Yeah, I was joking about the Lusternia related website, but as for replying to Nementh I was just kinda hurt and felt I should respond to that. I know it was off topic, but I wanted to reply anyway.

I went out on a date last week.....whole time I couldn't stop thinking about how I was wasting mudding time....ohwell.

As for who ever said most of thier trusted friends are online, I agree. I went through a hard time maybe 3 months ago, and didn't want to be around anybody, but needed friends to talk to. How convient that I can be alone at home, and talk to my friends online....

It can be tough. I have an addictive personality anyway, and when I first started playing Achaea, I really went all out. I'm older than most people here, I'm a teacher and a well published writer. I probably didn't write more than one short story and a few poems my first year in Achaea. I used all my creative energy for that. But I finally got to the point where I said, "you know, it's better for me than TV or going out to the bar as long as I don't spend anymore time on it than I would those activities." So, Lusternia has cured my alchoholism! "Paste that in your Broadway Show!"--Jack Kerouac.