I'm deleting all my computer games..

By the time I checked the clock, 4 hours had passed and I realize I'd wasted another day that I can't get back. I haven't helped clean up the kitchen or tidy up after my son has gone to bed and my missus is exhausted from a full day of Anthony-fueled hyperactivity.

Today I came to the sudden realization that computer games have taken up a large amount of my adult life, and I could be doing so much more worthwhile things than playing them. It's not enough for me to just 'stop playing', it's so easy to launch Teamspeak (voice chat like Skype) and speak with your friends that you've known for years and all start playing some games together in a relaxed and fun way. 

So, much to the dismay of my close online friends from www.icugaming.co.uk, I've started the process of deleting every single computer game on my PC. 

I'm not even safe from games such as Frontier Elite 2, released in 1993. I remember when this game arrived in the house when my father bought it very soon after it came out. He was a fan of the original game, Elite, whereas I got more into this.

I am telling you now, it takes up 20% of my monitor space but I could play this right now for 9 hours in a row if I was left to my own devices. 9 hours of staring at a square no bigger than my hand contributing ultimately to absolutely nothing other than to my increasingly bad metabolism.

I'm planning to start posting regular blogs to chart my progress, as I firmly believe I have a deep-set addiction that goes back to childhood and it needs sorting out. I have a day off tomorrow, 18+ hours awake without firing a laser or killing a fellow internet gaming person on my screen in this room. I don't know how it's going to work out..