@peteycoco: Regarding GB content, I find that I like listening to the video content more than watching it sometimes. That sounds weird; I'm not trying to justify my behavior, just admitting to it!
There are video features that have a lot of "down time." I don't mean that as a criticism. To use a handful of examples: I don't care about looting in PUBG. So I'll have a video running in the background, and alt-tab out of the game I'm playing (in this context, usually a game like Destiny 2 or Diablo) when I hear the shooting start. Meanwhile, I'm still listening to the banter and conversation of the crew. On a personality-driven site, that's why I'm here to begin with.
Take 13 Deadly Sims. I just really don't want to watch hours of Sims gameplay. But you can tell when something is about to go down. Pull up the video. Again, in the meantime, I DO want to listen to Abby, Vinny, Dan, and Alex!
Some of the videos that I do just sit and watch are QLs of games I'm interested in. Also stuff like UPF, where I'm likely to see a game the site might not otherwise cover.
Setting limits is a great idea, by the way.
And one more suggestion: if you feel that you aren't reading as much as you'd like, try audiobooks. I frequently get bored halfway through a book, or I skip ahead and don't want to finish it, or I read in bed and fall asleep before I make any progress. I started listening to audiobooks a year or so ago, and it's great! I can listen on my commute, and I also like to listen in bed. Go to bed, set the sleep timer on the book, and don't look at any screens. You'll get through a book quicker than you might think.
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