Hi! I'm Sydney Craig and I am a Communications major at BYU with a minor in Family Studies. This semester I am taking the time to look at how media affects me in my daily life. My hobbies include watching Netflix, archery, reading, traveling, playing spikeball with my boyfriend, and road-tripping with friends. I'm excited to see how this semester will help me to not only observe my media intake but also understand the effect it has on my life.
I have become obsessed with the game BitLife. It's a game where you are assigned a random life and you live it from birth to death. You make choices about school, career, dating, kids, etc. You can even murder people, get in fights, adopt children or pets, and so many other things.   When my friend first introduced me to this game I thought it sounded dumb. And then I started playing. And then my fiance started playing. And it's so addicting. You just live out different lives and can make decisions that have virtually "no consequence."   I know that many people don't believe in catharsis theory, but I make decisions in this game that I never would in real life. And that's exactly why. It's not real life. I can tell the difference.   I make sure to only play when I'm alone or if I'm with my fiance we play together. I don't want it to take away our time together. But honestly, it has been a lot of fun.     

Wow! You are so cool! I love spikeball too!
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