And how we can — There is a famous definition of games by Jane McGonigal. She says that: “When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation.” — Jane McGonigal, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better…

Actual Real-Life Role-Playing Games and Choose Your Own Adventure Games — Anything in our lives is a game and, above that, a role-playing game. And further, it is a Choose Your Own Adventure game. “Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children’s gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role…

The clue is to be aware. All. The. Time. And if I stop being aware, I become aware of that too and return to playing the Awareness Booster Game. — I rediscovered the wisdom of the following quote today: “Even small signs that you are resisting the small step — that you are having to push yourself to do the step — are an indication that the step is too big[.]” — Robert Maurer, One Small Step Can Change Your…

And how games can help us with that — “Life, she decided as she settled down to sketch a line of foxglove on the banks of the stream, was a wonderful thing. And now, finally, she was beginning to live it.” — Nora Roberts, Enchanted (The Donovan Legacy series) I discovered the quote above in a book by my…

The answer to this question is paradoxical. It is both limitless and exclusive. — So, where is the best place to turn your habits into fun games? Where should you be to have the most success at it? The answer to this question is paradoxical. It is both limitless and exclusive. Here’s how. On the one hand, since there is no “wrong” habit to…

Short answer: Always and now. — When is it time to turn habits into fun games? The answer to this question is similar to the one for the “What?” question. What Habits or Activities Can Be Turned into Fun Games? A very short but comprehensive answermedium.com You can always turn a habit or anything else into fun games. If you are in the flow, then you already turned the activity you are…

As with all paradoxical things in our lives, the answers to this two-fold question might seem both simple and complex. — Who is turning habits and life into fun games for? And who could we be looking up to in this regard? Here are some possible answers to these two questions. Who is turning habits and life into fun games for? This question can be answered as follows: Turning habits and life into games is for anyone who wants to make…

A very short but comprehensive answer — Any project or activity, and any habit representing or comprising it, can be turned into fun games. The best candidates are those you procrastinate about but want to pursue. You can also turn the behaviors you want to avoid or do less often into fun games by limiting the rewards…

Use these two simple practices — There is no game that someone plays 24/7 except perhaps the game of life. In the traditional sense, we play and enjoy games and then leave them at least temporarily to do something else. The same is bound to happen with the habits we maintain. What does leaving a game at will mean? Leaving a game or an…