Okay. Nothing earth-shattering here, but just a mini-vent.
My entire life, I've loved the _idea_ of strategy games. Particularly computer games (e.g., the original Civilization).
I am just ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE at them, and whenever I play, I consistently reach a point where I've either (a) made choices earlier in the game that will lead me to inevitable defeat or (b) can't keep track of what I need to do to keep moving forward. (Actually it's usually both.) This is happening with Civilization 6 for me right now, but it has happened whenever I've tried to play Stellaris too.
So I'm at the point where throwing up my hands and saying "I need to do something else with my time and give up on the idea that I'll ever enjoy these things" is feeling like the right thing to do. But I'm a little bit sad about that, too. So it goes - I guess that's something I should have done years ago.