The last year of college was both the toughest I had and the easiest oddly enough. Hardest, of course, because of the material I needed to learn, but also the extra part of ensuring I had everything straightened out to graduate. Easiest, because I'd finally gotten into the rhythm of balancing study and life outside school. It was quite tricky though, and I did have to cut down on some of the activities I'd previously had time for.

The stories, the metagaming, the worldbuilding, the technical aspects; there are lots parts of different parts of video games to discuss without actually playing the games, and that's not even touching any fan-works about the game or the game's characters. For video games that I don't have time to play, my preference is to read about the worldbuilding or the backstories behind the games' creation. The extras for movies are typically just as enjoyable as the movies themselves if not moreso, and some of my favorite shows are about how things are manufactured.

Getting help on campaigns, or really any project, is definitely a tricky balance. If you're not careful in how much assistance you receive, or what expectations the other person has been given, it can be easy to lose control of getting what outcome you're looking for in the end. That has happened to me a few times with projects at work where I've thought something should happen but ends up being changed about half way through because someone else started assisting and introducing unplanned changes when I'm not around to provide input. The end products might be all the better for it, but they were definitely irritating situations at the time.