Not in the Mood…

Is it wrong to not want to play Mahjong everyday?

I’ve been taking a bit of a break from mahjong recently. Partly I’ve been super busy with my house move. Partly I’ve been a bit too excited by Jedward on X-Factor (search for Jedward on Youtube if you want to find out). And partly I’ve just not been in the mood…

I think about playing sometimes and then I just sort of drift off and find something else to do. I’m not sure if anyone else experiences this, but sometimes mahjong can be a chore. It’s not that I don’t love mahjong. it’s just we’ve been together a long time now.

We’ve lost the excitement of discovering new things about each other. The strategy lessons are getting complicated and I need commitment if I’m really going to progress. But I’m starting to wonder if this is what I want. Maybe there are other games out there that I’d like even more… I just haven’t met them yet. Do I want to devote myself to mahjong and find I missed the game that I’d excel at because I’d not been playing around?

The analogy is ridiculous… I know… But I guess what I’m saying is that at the moment mahjong has lost the thrill for me. Maybe it’s because there aren’t any more tournaments to look forward to in the near future. Or maybe it’s healthy…

I do tend to go off things and come back to them later realizing what I was missing. (World of Warcraft is an infamous cycle of cancelling my subscription to only reinstate it a few months later.) I didn’t play mahjong for a stretch of a couple of months, but when I came back I played much, much better. I’d forgotten all the bad habits of my past. I came back to the game with a fresh mind. Perhaps we all need a break sometimes.

Anyway, I need to train at monopoly so I can beat my brother in the annual game my family have every Christmas! 😉