Some Fun and Games with MagNext
All was well in my world until the dreaded words came pouring out of my partner’s mouth - we need to consolidate our storage units. Our goal is to go from having two units to one. It seems worthy of my “keep it simple” goal for this year (visit The Unwinding Path), yet to contemplate moving boxes of books, my collection of vintage clothing, old computers, and long forgotten relics of lives lived singly, it makes my head and stomach churn. It makes me tired. Just as I begin to get caught up from my long absences this past winter…
Oh for a vacation - a real vacation - one that includes no obligations to friends or family, no packing, moving or chauffeuring the family elders around to the cold and sterile realm of grocery stores, banks and post offices.
Sorry, I really do not mean to spill my negativity onto you. It is so much harder to live under the pressure of enlightenment when one is tired out.
Okay. There is no fun vacation insight. How do I make this into a positive thing? Well, more meditation, a little self-hypnosis and the world is oddly tolerable again. Add to it some fun and games and well - a relief from a bit of a pressure holiday.
There was a time when I played Stupid Monkey Ball (bet it was really called Super Monkey Ball). It was stressful at the time because I had never played it and I had a group of other people watching and well, you know, performance anxiety. But that experience did not diminish my love of games, granted my personal favorites are Zombie-based.
But today I was up for a little passive fun and joined the MagNext Virtual community. I have a been able to embrace my inner marble with this game for that is what your avatar resembles. What attracted me was the marketing for this community (yes, I am a sucker for good marketing). It talked of things that reminded me of the Law of Attraction. The premise is that the little marbles are like magnets, attracting others in a community experience (we are all One, don’t you know).
There I am, logged in (ellieblunt) with a cute little ball. There is some sort of gladiator community game you can play with others, but I admit it, I am not quite there (though I believe this community is touted for young people and is fairly simple, they are the ones with nimble fingers and spot-on dexterity). Yet, I did enjoy the car game - where the goal is to keep your car running on the track (it loses momentum the farther you drive) and to collect gold coins. Then there was the roller-coaster game where you are rolling along the track, but pieces are missing so you have to choose the right shape of track or your marble falls into oblivion.
It was fun diversion from my stress. MayNext is light and probably good for dexterity and keeping the mind sharp. Now back to life in the real world.
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