Maybe give up the games entirely. Just as an exercise in learning to be you and be you with stuff you don't like and aren't fun. Sort of an exercise in discipline. There was a book I read once on "soft addictions" called "there must be more than this" about getting off the little addictions that sap time away.. though i got it for internet addiction so you see I failed.
Maybe the bigger thing to accept is that no matter what.. even if you get your house your going to have a lot of boring and uninspiring things you need to do. And it only gets worse with age. And so you might as well learn right now how to get all those stupid little things done and find a way to deal with doing things you don't care about. I like the suggestion above about just devoting 2 hours per day or something to these things... it doesn't have to be done all at once. Do 15 minutes of boring stuff, 1 hour of games... 15 minutes of boring stuff, something you are interested in.
I am sorry to say I do think you are going to have to get "a job" at some point just to save money. I just don't see any other way. But that doesn't mean it has to be forever.
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