I've spent approximately 3 hours a day on video games for a year now. What should I do to break this habit and what are the possible after-effects of this?

I've spent approximately 3 hours a day on video games for a year now. What should I do to break this habit and what are the possible after-effects of this?
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answer:Welcome to Fluther =D. I’ve been playing video games for years now and maybe I have more bad qualities than I’d like to admit to or than I’m realizing, but, I really dont see this as a bad hobby, in any way. That said, doing anything in excess isn’t good. I dont think 3 hours of video gaming a day is “excessive”, nor do I think you’re suffering any of the so-called “affects”. The question is, do you do anything else? The key is balance… why dont you grab yourself a bike and go for a bike ride? Go running? Go fishing?... Frisbee? There are lots of things you could do to get up off of the couch and outdoors, you really just have to push yourself to go do it. I didn’t start running on a weekly basis until I actually put on some running shoes, went out and started doing it. You could do all of these things and still play video games. As far as the motivational stuff goes, you kind of have to find your own internal motivator and turn it on when need be. Some like to find a “buddy” to go to the gym with, bike ride with, run with, etc. My problem with that is if my buddy doesn’t go, then I dont go.
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