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Message: <blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 9520249" data-attributes="member: 6921294">I'll be 50 in about 6 months. In the last 5-6 years I have found it extremely hard to concentrate on reading RPG books and prep for sessions. I have a very hard time concentrating, I have to re-read things 2-3 times before it sinks in. Any spurts of inspiration and motivation for gaming that strikes me usually peters out quickly. I find it hard to keep a steady game together, people come and go except for a few mainstays, and I'm not particularly interested in making an effort to find new players. Scheduling is usually a PITA, and we only play once every few weeks, and sometimes take a few months break. Another thing is that we have been trying new games besides D&D but seem to move on before we give them a fair enough shot. We're supposed to start a D&D 2024 game this coming Monday to see if the revisions are enough to make the game worth playing 5E again. I haven't decided to quit the hobby yet, but it's hard to fight the urge and I'm leaning towards it more and more lately. I think I just don't enjoy it as much as I once did. The days of playing for 8-12 hours a few times a week and pick-up games are long gone. Just an FYI. I'm not a doctor but I was told by an optometrist that the reading glasses you get at Pound Town can actually make your vision worse because prescription glasses usually have different magnifications per lens as where the "cheaters" are the same in both.This actually happened to me literally overnight. When I turned 40, I had a job doing mechanical design, so I spent a lot of time reading and starring at a computer screen. I was at work one day and could see fine and the next day I could barely see anything. This past July after 10 years I finally got a pair of glasses I can actually see with for both distance and reading. Like you said I had trouble reading character sheets, books, dice, etc., even with glasses to the point I had to buy bunch of lights for my bedroom, game area to see, they both look like an operating room now. I went so far as to install a fluorescent shop light in the room I play and work on my guitars.You are absolutely right. I'm on permanent disability and haven't worked since January of 2019. Between that and the COVID pandemic my brain has definitely atrophied to some extent. I don't like crowds and prefer to stay home more often than not. That and my tolerance for people has gotten pretty thin. I don't have many responsibilities except taking care of my mother here and there, or the occasional appointment; no wife or kids, I live alone so I don't have a set schedule. It really makes it hard to keep active, that and that I have some physical limitations and just generally have become somewhat antisocial. Don't get me wrong, I can still get around and do what I need on a day-to-day basis it's just that things are different from a few years back and may be time for a change. A good friend of mine who I've known since 1985 said to me about 10 years ago, "I think you need a mindless task to occupy some of your time, doesn't really matter what, but just something instead of sitting around doing nothing." I think he is right.</blockquote>

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