WoW Rookie: How to balance life vs. WoW {WoW}

Jun 9th 2011 9:40PM I really love this article AND the comments people have made. It has restored my faith in the WoW gaming community. i recently left WoW after 6+ years to play RIFT because I had been feeling bored, pressured and just plain awful over the last few months. I'm a Mum of 2 with a fulltime job & busy RL, and I always felt cheated because I could never "keep up with the cool kids". So I started doing other things like achievements, exploring, levelling professions etc..and i was enjoying it. But "the cool kids" kept bringing me down, making me feel like I wasn't a REAL WoW player because I didn't farm Heroics or raid, and my entire gaming focus wasn't on gearing up and being leet. So I left. But you guys who have commented so far have made me feel alot better about how I play the game. It's nice to know I'm not the only one out there, so thankyou :)