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thenewgreen  ·  3529 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why I abandoned Ingress

Badged for your honesty. I wish I couldn't relate to what you write but I've certainly been there myself. I've never played "Ingress" before but I have certainly been guilty of not giving my wife, children, friends or others my complete attention because I'm on my phone, texting a friend, checking Hubski etc. I've gotten much better at it and of late I've been leaving my phone(s) in my car. There was a point when Hubski was new that I would check our analytics every 10 minutes. No joke. Now I tend to check a few times a day.

When my daughter asks me to play with her, these days the answer is always a "yes" even when I'm in the middle of a comment, a read or playing my guitar. I drop it and play. When I commit to that "playing" half-way and still sort of check my phone she knows and I feel annoyed because I'm not fully committed to either. If I put the phone away and commit 100% to her, I have a blast!

We built a bad-ass space ship out of Legos yesterday. Half way through playing I noticed she had two of the Lego guys holding hands. I asked, "what are those two up to?" She replied, "true loves first kiss." -My mom lets her watch Disney films.

Aside: I'm no longer on myfitnesspal but I need to get back. I started this thing called T25 -that and running should get me back where I need to be.