Making some changes

I wanted to discuss something somewhat important to me here since recent events made me think about it.
You may remember if you've read my pastebins before that I made one in late December 2015 where I said I was taking things too seriously and it was greatly sapping from my enjoyment of gaming as a hobby,and to fix that,I would make a few changes that I pretty much promised people on.

Welp,here I am 6 months later,and almost nothing has changed. All of the things that I pretty much promised people I didn't keep my promise on. In general,I found out that I had/have a big problem with not keeping most promises that I make. What also didn't change was what I mentioned about taking things too seriously. What I pretty much failed to realize until just recently after a discussion with my parents(who are actually very helpful in these kinds of situations)was just how seriously I was taking it,to the point where gaming became more of an obssession for me rather than a hobby because of how seriously I was taking it. This also includes current irl events that I would get unnecessarily mad at(I won't name any). It would get to a point where,going back to the failing to keep promises situation,I would say that,for example,I would come out of my room to watch a movie and talk with them. I would go back to check on my internet friends really quick,which would quickly turn into me being glued to my computer and not getting off. I also for the past 3 years(and especially the past 1 1/2 years)(in most instances)would not come out of my room and would stay on the computer/gaming things for most of the day,not really talking with people other than family,or going into the pool with them since we have a pool.

This is bad because not only does it not help me needing to gain social skills because I have mild autism(btw FCK autism memes),but gaining these social skills is obviously important in life in order to be able to talk to people and do things like getting a job,conversing with friends face-to-face,learning to drive,etc. I find this especially pressing since I'm only 2 years off from leaving high school,and ofc thereafter going through 4 years of college+getting a job after,as well as SGDQ happening in 1 week as of writing this pastebin where I'll be meeting people face-to-face,all situations of which I would need social skills for otherwise I would be the shyest person on the planet and not talk to people.

I guess what made me think being inside all the time is ok(or at least why I used my internet friends as an excuse)was the people I know that speedrun+stream. Often times when I see them,it's when they're streaming/online obv. as that's my main way of contacting them,so I guess it created an image in my mind that being inside for a lot of the day for long periods(playing games almost the whole time ofc.)would be ok since they seemingly have no problem/no IRL stuff that really gets in the way. This obviously is incorrect,because of 2 things:
A. They're at least 20+ and can handle things on their own,and in fact in most cases have a job,but find spare time for gaming/streaming(unless streaming is said person's job/full time job). This is unlike me where I'm 16 atm(b-day in 2 1/2 months as of this pastebin)and am still under supervision but ofc. am learning how to take care of things on my own. Combine this with school(especially the last 2 years of HS looking to be somewhat tough in a sense),and I realistically end up not really having nearly as much time to do streaming or gaming as them minus the holiday breaks in winter and summer,and in fact ofc have several responsibilities that I need to take care of as an adult,and even then I plan on spacing out streaming time.
B. Since they're at least 20+ they're more mature than me and can therefore handle responsibilities better than me. This again goes back to the above stated point that they're adults and can handle things on their own.

So in the end,what does this mean for my time with gaming/streaming,as well as other things?

First things first,and this relates to the staying inside all day thing,I won't completely drop gaming. After sticking with it on-and-off for a bit over a decade almost(I started at 5 years old with a Game Boy Color),I have no real thoughts of dropping it anytime soon,and in fact started taking online classes for a possible future career in game development. What this does mean though for my gaming and streaming time,as well as my point about social skills?

Well with streaming what I've decided to do(and this time I mean it)is to stop learning so many speedruns at once,at least when it comes to the speedruns that are as long as the DS Pokemon games that I do. As fun as it is,just sucks more time out of the day,mainly with 4 hour runs like Platinum or X/Y. I'm not sure exactly what I'll do with those games but I think on my off days I'll give it a short-ish amount of time to get a run going,and if I can't,just call it day. This'll be a bit more annoying with Platinum(and B2W2 in the future if I happen to get it set up)because of the nature of those runs with RNG Manipulation,but I'm sure I can deal with it. With casual gaming I don't believe in making a set time limit but I will take breaks from here on out.

The social skills thing is pretty much obvious as most,if not,all people are taught these sorts of things since practically infancy. The obvious answer is talk with people!(namely my family) ;P Talking about this sort of thing in depth I'm betting would make me sound like a Captain Obvious II,but basically with this I'll be doing exactly what I said in the first paragraph that I haven't been doing along with other things in order to build those social skills.

The last thing I might as well touch on is competitive gaming. Back in Jan. 2015 going into today,seeing those 2 words would be my equivalent of hearing people saying the name of"He Who Shall Not Be Named"from Harry Potter. Basically,in my(overreactive)view,it had a very bad rap. But talking to a few of my internet buds(don't want to put out names)who happened to be into some form of competitive gaming pretty much opened me eyes to how good/fun it actually is. I haven't really decided what game I'd want to get competitive in/what game of the type I want to play(that isn't speedrunning),but I've set my sights so far on Overwatch(I main Pharah),SSBM once I learn the tech for it,and the possibility of playing League again,despite the main initial drawback for me being that the game seemed extremely complicated.

I know this was kinda a winded talk ;P,but I wanted to get my thoughts out there.