>>288625>a lot of people regret not doing more with their lives. i regret not doing less.I am in a similar situation. In my early adult years I spent more time on trying to get my computer science degree. Also worked part time jobs. I hoarded a lot of games, movies, books and music I wanted to consume, but never did for most of them. My excuse was that I didn't have time for that and I would do it later. But when I did I felt guilty, like I didn't spend my time wisely, which promoted me to do it rarely. Only started to go trough my backlogs of media seriously now in my late 20s.
It hits different and I don't feel the same sense of joy from media like I used to when a was a teenager and young adult. I feel like I missed out.
Many people feel regret over enjoying themselves with gaming, traveling or partying too much and wasted away their youth without developing any skills.
I feel regret over not enjoying myself more, now I feel apathetic about most things. nothing is THAT fun anymore, I finally have the time and money to do what I want. Yet I can't get the same amount of joy from it anymore.
>enjoyed grinding in RPGs, seeing my characters getting stronger and richer, even if the stories were cliche I still enjoy them as a teenager.>grinding now feels repetitive and boring and the cliche stories feels cringe.Maybe it's just that a fully developed brain is harder to entertain, than a still developing one. Far cry 4, Witcher 3, Doom(2016) games my friends spoke about like the best thing ever, I only started to play now as someone almost 30, while they played these in their early 20s. While good, they don't feel amazing. Maybe I would have felt different had I played these games around or 1-2 years pass their release date while I was below 25. I even used to enjoy shows like simpsons, family guy and south park now I just feel cringe when I try to watch them.