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Is Finding Balance Possible?

...and should you even want to?

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Sean
Jun 05, 2025
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We all have hobbies, don’t we? Well, we should. Gone are the days of needing to work nonstop on some project until you are cross-eyed and mistake-prone.

I bet the next thing you thought I would say is that we all must find a balance in life between work, hobbies, family, church, or any other myriad of things you believe make you a responsible person. Right?

Not quite.

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By day, I am a Project/Program Manager where I am keeping up with all the moving parts of multiple projects, and at night I play video games. Not just any video games either. I play action role-playing games, better known as ARPGs. What I love about these type games is the need to research, analyze data from other players, manage your timeline for getting to the next skill point, and evaluate resource availability so I can be as successful as possible and complete the hardest content I am able to.

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