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Re:A New Form of Social Withdrawal in Japan: A Review of ‘Hi... by taneq on Sunday April 30, 2017 @10:29PM (#14235214)
I did something similar for a few months (right down to becoming a nocturnal WoW troglodyte). It started when I quit my job to go traveling, and continued after I returned. For me, it was due to a bit of an existential crisis - my 'life script' had always been 'work hard in school, get good grades, get into uni, do well at uni, get a job'. I'd finished the script and was lost. What now, and why should I care?

What dragged me out of this state was the one-two punch of getting a job and meeting a girl. Neither ended up being particularly good for me but they got me started again.

Re:A New Form of Social Withdrawal in Japan: A Review of ‘Hi... by adrianN on Monday May 01, 2017 @05:24AM (#14236412)
How did you get a job and meet a girl when you played WoW all night and slept all day?
Re:A New Form of Social Withdrawal in Japan: A Review of ‘Hi... by djanatan on Monday May 01, 2017 @06:56PM (#14242511)
I survived like this by sleeping only 3 hours a night for years. It is possible.
Re:A New Form of Social Withdrawal in Japan: A Review of ‘Hi... by sudopluto on Monday May 01, 2017 @07:26AM (#14236798)
this guy asking the real questions
Re:A New Form of Social Withdrawal in Japan: A Review of ‘Hi... by aianus on Sunday April 30, 2017 @11:05PM (#14235333)
What comes next? I'm also completely lost at the end of the life script and I'm not interested in getting a wife, kids, or mortgage like my peers seem to be.
Re:A New Form of Social Withdrawal in Japan: A Review of ‘Hi... by taneq on Sunday April 30, 2017 @11:15PM (#14235373)
At that point I kind of dodged the question by getting a high-maintenance girlfriend who dragged me through continual crises. Which kept me occupied, at least. I'm not selling this 'get a wife' thing very well, am I? :P

Now, though, I've boiled it down to 'pick a new goal, work towards that goal, achieve (or abandon) goal, repeat'. I was stuck on the idea that there was no 'right' choice, I've now realised that means there's no 'wrong' choice either, so I just do what I find to be most rewarding, which is building useful things.