To delete a game app I have been playing for months and try to spend the time reading instead?

[GlitteryShoes]

I have got into the habit of playing 'Cooking Dash' every night for an hour and have probably spent £25 on it .
I really enjoy it.
But today I saw my junior employee ( from 15 years ago) on the TV as the expert on 'baby brain'. I left that world to become a foster carer and spent my day washing vomit off a sheet and making lasagne for the freezer

Should I delete my game and spend the time doing something more intellectual? Or shall I just carry on and admit I am no longer a brainy person???

Oh you could be me.

I relish my evenings MNing, or reading Buzzfeed. I was once terribly addicted to HayDay and had to delete it...

I often think, if I spent as much time reading anything as I do on MN, I'd be 100 times more intelligent....

and yet, here I am..!

It'd probably do you good to have a break from the game. Maybe try reading for a week and give yourself a chance to see how you get on. I'm speaking as someone who gets very addicted to whatever my latest obsession is, and in the past that has included games on my phone.

Why not play a bit and read a bit too? Or do whichever you actually enjoy. Who's judging you?

p.s. What's Cooking Dash - is it any good?

Ooooh give diner dash a go - it's ace too!

I delete any game that gets me hooked like that as soon as I realise it's out of control. Haven't beaten the mumsnet bug yet, though.

you are talking about me and candy crush - level 550 - god knows how many hours i have wasted on that!!! but it is quite relaxing in a stress inducing sort of way!

farm heroes saga for me

SimCity Build It for me.

I never pay real money though.

I'm doing the 50 book challenge thing (thread on here somewhere) so that's making me read more. But I won't stop playing my game too!