Why is it easy to invest ridiculous amounts of time and energy leveling video game characters. Grinding to acquire rare legendary items & defeat the final boss.
It is fun and it is much easier. Games bring you dopamine and makes you addicted. You do not need to physically do anything but type in your keyboard and sit in front of your computer all day.
While being so hard for people to invest the same time and energy, leveling up themselves in the real world.
It's hard and we are improving different things. In video games, you are improving their skills by playing more and more. You are buying them skins etc. In real life, say you want to lose weight you will actually need to physically exercise and eat healthily. It takes a lot more time in real life.