How to balance interests

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here is a problem that i've been having for such a long time.I have always been interested off and on in video games and computers. Its so weird because i can't be interested in both of them at the same time...its a very very difficult thing for me because its starting to affect my life,even alot of my memories remind me of one or the other interest. I really want balance and be interested in those two things at the same time,but i end up becoming obsessed with one or the other one.Do you guys know what i'm talking about,should i chooose one,and how do i do this?

Mix them up. Play computer games. Design games on the computer. Participate on gaming forums. I guess it kind of depends on which aspect of computers interests you.

Yes I know what you are talking about. For me there are very clear connections between my interests. My interests appear to be numerous whereas in fact they are one interest connected in my mind to one underlying logic. However, the logic and the associated connections are extensive such that I can't progress on all fronts and must choose one or other front of progress at any one time. The choice of fronts and the focus on that front is what others would regard as my 'current obsession'. I don't think it can really be changed much because this is just what Aspergers/ASD is like and its not going to change. The key issue is to have that single underlying logic to make sense of it all for yourself. Others don't have to understand the underlying logic; as long as you do. There is a book (that I think deals with this whole issue very well) called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mechanics: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig.

In all of this I find that the moments of greatest joy (maybe enlightnment) are when progress on one area of interest uncovers a logical connection to those other areas of interest. Such connections are really important structural supports to the overall logic and personal sanity.