I don't consider grinding as nearly as valuable. Grinding is just games exploiting simple mental loopholes. Like getting that rat to press the button repeatedly in the hope that a trinket will come out. Art is not tedious, it's interesting and requires skill and concentration. Grinding is pure, mindless tedium that does nothing but suck hours out of your life that you could have spent more wisely. On painting or something.
I'm not saying you can't enjoy it - just that I don't personally consider it anything but a waste of time that I would never get back. Some years back, I decided to take the brevity of life very seriously. People act like I'm just "whining" with no just cause, but in fact I consider an hour a very valuable thing that I wouldn't want to sit down and knowingly squander. Not if I can help it. I still waste time, but I really try not to.
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