Do I have time for my favorite game
By winterose
@winterose (39887)
Canada
November 23, 2011 11:12am CST
I love to play scrabble, it is how I whine down from a hard day of writing. Writing when you do it for a living can be very exhausting. I am not as fit as I used to be and I tired easily now.
One thing I like to do for pleasure is to play scrabble. I am a member of a site that has teams and we play games all the time.
It is coming toward the end of the year and the site has a big scrabble tournament that starts in December and runs the entire month. It is huge and there are lots of games to play.
I love it.
However, I don't even know if I have the time this year to play the big tournament, I have so much writing to do and I will be taken on a managerial job as well. But will I have time for the tournament that I love so much. I just don't know and I have only a few more days to decide.
Have you had to drop something that you love to do because you don't have the time anymore?
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13 responses
@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Nov 11
I remember playing alot of Scrabble with my mother. She and I had that in common. And my ex and I did some also. Both enjoyed words. Sounds like you are going to be busy. I like to play Farkle on Facebook or the hidden picture games. I play some word games on Pogo sometimes.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
23 Nov 11
I still haven't decided though If I have the time to play in the big tournament
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@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Nov 11
It's the holidays. You deserve it!
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@hestylim (1209)
• Indonesia
24 Nov 11
I do drop something that I love to do because I don't have time. Hmm, however it is risk that we should face. But, I think you should spend some time for yourself. To do what you like to do. What I mean to say is.. you should have a lazy day...
I want to do writing for a living. :P I write for some websites like Helium, Wikinut.. and my own blog.. But it doesn't earn me a living yet.. :)
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
24 Nov 11
I do take a lazy day but when you have contract work, you then have to make the deadlines, you have no choice.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
23 Nov 11
in my case this is a big committment so I have to think hard if I can do it or not
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
23 Nov 11
I love to play scrabble too. That was one of my favorite games before, pretty much addicted. But, I had to leave it for the very same reason you are saying, that is just too busy with so many things in the course of each day. I miss those years, and wish I would have the chance to relax playing scrabble again as much as I like to.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
23 Nov 11
yes I have to decide If I can really spare the time for this tournament
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@whatrow (792)
• United States
23 Nov 11
I also love Scrabble. But, I prefer to play by myself. I have a regular routine that starts after the news at night. I start off with Mahjong. This is my favorite game. I have several versions. When I get tired of it, I play Bookworm. This is a long game. If I have enough time after this, I can play either solitaire or spider solitaire. But no matter how late it is, I always end up with Free Cell.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
23 Nov 11
Just about everyone who depends on their own efforts to make a living has to make sacrifices. For a long time I had to give up my favorite thing in the world...reading. It took me about 8 months to read one book when I stayed so busy writing. I have more time due to illness so I'm reading regularly now. I'm happy about that. I'm not happy about having back problems but I'm glad to not be killing myself writing.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
23 Nov 11
I know I have a month to complete the games but there are like 50 games, I want to do both I just have to sit down and think if I can do both.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
1 Dec 11
Sorry to hear that winterose, You work way to hard. Maybe you should schedule in this scrabble tournament just for you since it is something you enjoy so much..you so need a little you time. You need this,come on you know you want it..wow..ummm..so what did you decide? just noticed this was a discussion from a week ago..sure you have came to a decision by now?
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
1 Dec 11
I would not have been able to do it if I still had my managerial job because that job was very demanding but because my computer is not working I lost that job no more managerial job,
so the decision is easy I have time to play in the tournament because I do not have any really demanding deadlines for writing to meet.
@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
24 Nov 11
I love playing scrabble, and I'm getting better at it. I have a really fun scrabble app on my iPhone, and play with that quite often. It's really good practice for me, especially when I get together and play with my unbeatable mother. LOL
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
24 Nov 11
the league I play in allows search the dictionaries on line, that way there is no cheating on line because everyone can do it if they want to
@luanakent (793)
• Brazil
24 Nov 11
Play is good but you should not to spend so much time sitting in front og a computer or a game.
Have you walked today?
I walked, i noticed the trees in my street, i heard the birds singing..
Now, that's life.
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
Speaking of having no time for something we used to do, i am at that now.
Since, we had our compressed working hour at our office just the other month, to compensate for the 3 hours (half day) we are supposed to have on Saturdays, i always get to arrive at the house from work, at around 7:30. That left me with no more time to do some exercise, because in a few minutes it would be dinner time.
I miss exercising after office hours - from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Now, i just have the Saturday to do my exercise. Sundays would be full of household chores, but that for me is already an exercise.
I feel so sluggish and weak, now that i am not able to do my exercise.
As for your favorite game, you have to weigh things. But, i know one's priority is to earn money, my friend.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
24 Nov 11
of course I have to weigh things I am thinking it through now trying to see in my mind if I have the time to play the games or not. Yes exercise is very important.
@Robswife2006 (1208)
• United States
23 Nov 11
Life is too short not to take out some time for yourself. I know this first hand. I used to love playing some of the games on Facebook, but then I began to get caught up in trying to earn extra money online & also with my housework as well. Soon before I knew it months had gone by I had not taken any time to play any of the games I used to love to play. So I say no matter how busy you are make sure to take out some time for yourself, but time lately seems to just fly by & before you know it your one or two years older.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
23 Nov 11
I have to make the deadlines or I will lose my jobs, I cannot risk that, the tournament is huge and takes up a lot of time. I just don't know that I can do both
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@sreekutty (1051)
• India
24 Nov 11
Hi dear, I also write and find no time to play my loved games like scrabble and book worm and do other hobbies like crochet. I think money is important and deadlines are all the more important. So take a wise decision and go ahead. We do need a 'me' time for ourselves to de stress. playing games is a nice way to relax and many people are hooked on to face book. If it is going to take a lot of time, you can make a timetable for yourself and decide the schedule. best of luck.
@davaome (1826)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
I guess first thing you should do is to straighten up your priorities.
because in decision making, you put the most important thing for you first, then comes the the less important things to you.
if your top priority is your work, you would want to finish it first, and vice versa.
