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I made a decision in middle school: I would stop going outside and I would experiment in the computer lab instead. Eventually two friends started to join me.

I never really learned how to play. It's a significant challenge to get myself off the computer and out relaxing, exploring, and enjoying free time.

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For you, that is play. It's something you enjoy, socially. You explored computation instead of a park or creek.

Unless coding is stressful for you I don't see how that's different than kids playing games outside. Though, it seems you implied that being on a computer was not relaxing. In that case I'm straight wrong.

Not stressing nor relaxing.

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