Main Character Energy

Message from Another World

I had a dream. 
It was a few days ago.
I wrote about it in this note. 

I spent a few days pondering the meaning of these words.

In the first place, it seems to be in direct opposition to those who are not the main characters in their lives. I can more or less see what it means, since there was a time when I lived my life as a NPC (non-playable character).

They watch others accomplish. 
They never try anything. 
They never enter the arena. 
They don’t take risks. 
Their days pile up in dreary monotony. 
They follow their script without breaking any rules.
They gave up on the idea of becoming the heroes of their lives.
They know that deep down, there’s something wrong.

But the comfort in which they live creates the illusion that it could be worse. They live their lives passively. Having given up any idea of accomplishing their great quest.

I was that soul without ambition. Letting life unfold, with the sole aim of watching the latest TV series, playing the latest video game, having a few of the latest gadgets… 

Anesthetizing myself with the best the world has to offer in artificial dopamine.

I used to play a lot of video games. 
A paradox, since I’ve spent hours developing virtual characters in RPG or PVP games while neglecting my main character.

Countless hours learning all kinds of skills, increasing my professions, my game level… with the aim of completing the content offered by the game or climbing to the highest rankings.

I guess in the game, I could be somebody. 

Being a gladiator on World of Warcraft in the early arena seasons seemed like something I could be proud of. Or having the Twilight Vanquisher title before anyone else. Or becoming a master on Starcraft or trying to climb the League of Legends rankings.

All were chimerical achievements in non-existent worlds.

All that wasted time when there’s something better to play for: the game of life.

If only I’d had the urge to develop my main character as much as a video game character.

If I had understood that

• Read 100 pages = +1 intellect point

• Reading an entire book = + 1 wisdom point

• Doing an hour of cardio = +1 endurance point 

• Doing an hour of muscle toning = +1 strength point

• Respect your diet = +1 health point

• Work for an hour on this side project =+ 1 point in secondary work

• Getting 8 hours of sleep = +1 constitution

…

But you can also carry a lot of malus

• Scroll for more than 1hr stupidly = -1 intellect

• Eating poorly = -1 health 

• Not getting enough sleep = -1 health

• Sleeping past midnight = +1 fatigue

…

If I hadn’t wasted all that time over the years on pointless activities, I’d probably already have beaten a lot of the bosses of real life and passed several levels.

Even if we don’t count it, in real life, our main character needs skill points and the necessary experience to pass the different levels and go higher.

It took me many years to get back on track. 
And I was starting from so far because I had wasted so much.

I had to lose almost everything to rekindle the dreams that were buried inside me. 

Today, the most important game is the game of life. And I try to pay attention to all the traps that surround me and that want to prevent me from accomplishing my main quest.

I don’t know what your life goal is.

But to have the main character energy is to become aware of your great quest. And making it a priority for you. That you know where you want to end up. That you’re no longer a spectator, but an actor in your life.

To accept that you’re going to have to work to acquire the skill points and experience you need to get there. And to do it so well that even the luck factor disappears.

Are you the main character in your life?