Decisions

There are many players that can grind a toon to 70 at the speed of light.

I am not one of them. I'm a 30something who has gone back to school to get my BA in History and my MA in Library Science and Information Resources. I also recieve SSI. Yes I'm on the government dole. The government pays for my healthcare and I get food stamps.

To show my gratitude for this I'm an honor student. I have a 3.75 GPA. I bust my ass when the semester is going. Some days I don't even log into WoW. My life nine months out of the year is school. Its my job, my life and the thing I pray about when I go to bed.

Reciently I felt bad because I didn't have a level 70 and EVERYONE I know does. I was feeling like I couldn't keep up and that I was a drain on peoples resources. So I had a talk to the higher ups in my guild. All of my issues I discussed with them. They pointed out that having 2 level 40somethings and 2 level 30somethings is an accomplishment. They also said that if I get hassled in game and a polite whisper doesn't get people to back off THEY will do something about it regardless of the guys status in the guild.

I decided to focus on my mage for the moment and work on leveling her. I rearrainged my spells and casting order and I'm hoping to see some improvement. I plan on reworking my paladin too as something to play when my mage is totally out of blue time.

This decision has taken a load off of my shoulders. Knowing I don't have to keep up and kill myself doing it is a great relief.