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Feeling restless? Level up your life by starting a side quest

Feeling restless in life? Level up your main quest with an activity that has no other purpose than to add whimsy to your life. Play experts share tips on how to find the perfect side quest.

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Feeling restless in life? Level up your main quest with an activity that has no other purpose than to add whimsy to your life. Play experts share tips on how to find the perfect side quest. In other words, when was the last time you took a side quest? But in real life, it's an activity that doesn't serve any other purpose than bringing more whimsy and exploration into your day-to-day. And it's a great way of practicing play and opening up new possibilities, especially if you're feeling stuck, tense or restless. "Just like in the gaming world, it makes the main quest stronger. It gives it more nuance or new dimension or brings out a facet of you that you convinced yourself you couldn't [be]," says Kyra Gaunt, an ethnomusicologist. And the author of The Games Black Girls Play.

ประโยคและวลีที่ใช้ได้จริงจากเรื่องนี้

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Feeling restless in lifeCollocation

ความรู้สึกไม่สงบในชีวิต.

From the storyFeeling restless in life?

has no other purpose thanCollocation

ไม่มีจุดประสงค์อื่นใดนอกจาก.

From the storyLevel up your main quest with an activity that has no other purpose than to add whimsy to your life.

was the last time youCollocation

เป็นครั้งสุดท้ายที่คุณ.

From the storyIn other words, when was the last time you took a side quest?

bringing more whimsy and explorationCollocation

ส่งผลให้เกิดความกระตือรือร้นและการสํารวจมากขึ้น.

From the storyBut in real life, it's an activity that doesn't serve any other purpose than bringing more whimsy and exploration into your day-to-day.

practicing play and opening upCollocation

การฝึกเล่นและเปิดตัว.

From the storyAnd it's a great way of practicing play and opening up new possibilities, especially if you're feeling stuck, tense or restless.

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