The reason I am here writing this blog right now is because I'm hoping others can learn from my mistakes. Up until about two month ago all I did was Minecraft. At school I had a small group of friends and basically, that was all we did. I had just graduated 8th grade in 2011. 8th grade was easily the best time of my life. I played 3 sports, and hung out with my friends a lot. But then, my friend told me about MC, so I gave it a shot and became addicted. I was more than addicted, I was obsessed with it. I forgot all about my friends and sports and dedicated myself to Minecraft. In August of 2011 I started High School. But all day all I thought about was Minecraft, and what I could build. While everyone was meeting each other and making new friends I was acting like an outcast. This all changed two months ago. I was at the mall when I stumbled upon one of my old friends. He went to a different high school than me and we hadn't seen each other in a few months. We talked a lot and exchanged stories.
Then I thought to myself, before I started playing Minecraft my life was great. But when I started to play it I removed myself from society and just played MInecraft all day. I began to feel sort of depressed, wishing I could be back in eight grade with all my friends. But then I realized, why not just slowly cut down my time on Minecraft and become more involved in my school and community. So I decided to try it. I began to cut down on MC and began to take back my interest in sports. Later in the month I made the JV Baseball team as a Freshman, and then while playing basketball after school, the Varsity basketball coach came up to me and said that he liked that way I played. He told me I had a spot on the JV team for next year, and possibly varsity. My life began to slowly improve until I was on cloud nine.
I still play Minecraft, and I still love it. But I don't play it nearly as much. My life is at the highest it's ever been. I'm writing this post because if there is anyone out there in this same position I know how you feel. But you can't be like me and just sit there and be sorry for yourself. You need to get active and start moving your life in the direction you want it. I'm not saying to quit Minecraft, it's the best game ever made, just sometimes we play too much and just don't notice it. Anyways, I don't care if this doesn't make the popular reel, I just hope this will help someone out there that felt the same way I did. The moral of this story is to get active in your school and/or community, but still continue to play minecraft, just not as much. Watch how nicely it works out ;).