I don’t know how ‘unique’ I am in this, but I think in stories.
When I make plans, I don’t go “I need to have a talk with that guy I know”. No, I ‘write’ the conversation in my head. Both side of it, as accurately as I can based on how well I know the person. Now, this isn’t predictive, or how I wish the conversation to go. It’s just a story. I know the conversation, when it happens, will go in a completely different direction. It doesn’t bother me; it’s how life is.
Another example, this post.
I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a few weeks (I procrastinate a lot), and it wasn’t “I need to write a post about how I think in story. No, it was me writing the post, in my head.
As I said, I don’t know if other people do this.
One side effect of this way of thinking will explain why I avoid playing video games.
When I make plans for things to do, the things come, they get done and I no longer thing about them. It’s ephemeral and doesn’t interfere with me creating stories, you know thinking in stories about stories.
Now, when it comes to video games, I don’t think “Oh, I want to play a Cities Skyline, or Minecraft, or Stardew Valley. No, I ‘play’ them in my mind. And if I play them for real, the desire I feel to continue playing the game means that I keep playing it in my head all day, instead of making stories.
Or just letting my mind wander so stories will happen.
Oh, and I’m not just seeing myself playing it, no, I’m building scenario where I’m actually streaming myself playing the game to an audience, talking about what I do, and why, just as I’d love to believe I’d do, if I were doing it for real (spoiler: I don’t do that when I stream games.)
If I stop playing the game in real life, it takes about two weeks for me to stop spending a lot of time thinking about playing the game, if I can stay away from watching Youtube videos of people playing the game. Those will fuel the desire to play and keep my mind going.
And Finally, I really hope nothing major happens this week, I wrote this on Wednesday.
And that’s it for now, so I’ll see you on the next one.
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