A common questions seems to be "should I reset my town?" This is very similar to other very important questions in life like "should I drop out of school?" or "Should I quit my job?" And like all very important questions, it is rarely a question others can answer for you- people will have strong opinions, but the choice must be yours. You are the one that has to live with the consequences or reap the rewards.
"Quitters never win" is a bogus statement! Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is quit.
In economics there is a model for "quitting". You have to look at two things
1. How much you have put into an endeavor (time, money, heartache, etc.)
2. How much you will loose by staying in an endeavor (time, money, heartache, etc.)
If #1 is low and #2 is high: quitting is easy. If #1 is high and #2 is low: it is easy to see that the best thing would be to stick with it. What gets hard is when #1 is high and and #2 is also high. In that case, it is good to think of goals: what is your goal? Are you okay letting go of that goal? Do you think you will better be able to reach it by quitting?
The thing with Animal Crossing is that if you quit and reset your town, you will have to repeat step #1. You are back to ground zero. And this complicates things.
So here are some questions to ask yourself:
1. Are you willing to re-do all of the beginning hoopla of animal crossing? If you are after a certain layout or villager, this could be a positive instead of a negative.
2. Why do you want to quit? Do you think the reason is likely to re-occur in your new town? Or have you learned a lesson from the old town that you will be able to correct/ avoid in the new one?
And that folks! Is my advice! If you think you will be happier quitting, and are willing to re-do things- quit! If you are not sure, sleep on it. Stop playing for a few days and see if what was bothering you is still bothersome after the break. It could just be burnout that is making you want to reset- and you may regret having to start over again- or feel rushed to get back to your current level and time travel (which for some, can lead to burnout.)
"Quitters never win" is a bogus statement! Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is quit.
In economics there is a model for "quitting". You have to look at two things
1. How much you have put into an endeavor (time, money, heartache, etc.)
2. How much you will loose by staying in an endeavor (time, money, heartache, etc.)
If #1 is low and #2 is high: quitting is easy. If #1 is high and #2 is low: it is easy to see that the best thing would be to stick with it. What gets hard is when #1 is high and and #2 is also high. In that case, it is good to think of goals: what is your goal? Are you okay letting go of that goal? Do you think you will better be able to reach it by quitting?
The thing with Animal Crossing is that if you quit and reset your town, you will have to repeat step #1. You are back to ground zero. And this complicates things.
So here are some questions to ask yourself:
1. Are you willing to re-do all of the beginning hoopla of animal crossing? If you are after a certain layout or villager, this could be a positive instead of a negative.
2. Why do you want to quit? Do you think the reason is likely to re-occur in your new town? Or have you learned a lesson from the old town that you will be able to correct/ avoid in the new one?
And that folks! Is my advice! If you think you will be happier quitting, and are willing to re-do things- quit! If you are not sure, sleep on it. Stop playing for a few days and see if what was bothering you is still bothersome after the break. It could just be burnout that is making you want to reset- and you may regret having to start over again- or feel rushed to get back to your current level and time travel (which for some, can lead to burnout.)
