One of my favourite games growing up was RuneScape. It’s a Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), meaning you control a character that can interact with other characters in the same, enormous world.

RuneScape was great because there was so much you could do. You could embark a story quest that gave you rewards, kill monsters to become stronger, or level other skills like woodcutting or fishing for quality-of-life.

If you play RuneScape, there is always something to be done. Your account isn’t one big pot boiling to a singular goal – there are always little pots bubbling in the background.

The impossible question

One of the most difficult questions to answer is “what do you do?” because it’s impossible for anyone to give a complete answer. Everyone does something; it could be as basic as brushing your teeth, or something unusual like running a marathon.

What people usually mean by “what do you do?” is “what’s the thing you write when a form asks you for your profession?” which is nowhere near the same thing.

Yet in a way, this question is helpful because it reminds us that we are not one-dimensional creatures.

We all have pots bubbling in the background; skills that we have started learning but yet to master. Ideas waiting to emerge and characteristics evolving into something new.

Do not neglect these pots.