Here's a post I read a while back on likening life to a video game. It's pretty funny looking at it like that, life....one big game. But it's kinda right. This is a game. There's choices and moves and decisions to unlock new 'worlds' and new levels to get to once you've mastered the current one. If we looked at life more that way, maybe we'd all be better at it.
The thing is, the game of life can be tough. It can be dull and it can be a bit of a downer at times. We haven't got much time on this planet, but we can certainly make some good decisions to make the most of the time we've got. We can improve our bodies, change our routines, remove our bad habits, enhance our minds and make better decisions to improve the game and enjoy playing it for the most part. We just need to understand the rules.
Make Everything A Game
My partner and I make fun times of everything we do - every mundane task has a little game attached to it. Like food shopping for example, where we split off separately and race around the store getting the ingredients; seeing who has the best memory and who's first back to the till. Cooking becomes an efficiency test; playing up against the clock for the best use of time making a new recipe - always with a bit of kitchen tango thrown in. And there's always some treats set aside to reward any cost and time savings.
We also take pleasure in sharing all the chores and mundane tasks. It often pays dividends to volunteer, because extra 'brownie points' are awarded – which can be redeemed at a later date. Where there's 'specialist' jobs like driving (my partner likes to be chauffeured), there's other jobs which can be 'owned' – she's therefore become the master in charge of all journey refreshments and takes pleasure in having the right refreshments on hand. We're both tested on our respective jobs - and we'll pull out all the stops to ensure the journey has been properly planned; the vehicle prepped, maps sorted (with pit-stops) and the right snacks/drinks ready along with all eating/drinking apparatus organised. The trip is optimised to be the best possible journey. This may sound a bit obsessive to the outside observer, but we make everything involved with a trip more enjoyable and collaboratively, it soon becomes second nature ensuring all the bases have been covered. Consequently, we love a traffic jam and there's rarely any arguments on a journey, because contingency plans have been factored-in, plus having reserves on hand, means our blood sugar levels are always primed to keep us happy in any unforeseen travel circumstances.
The principles for making life a game, can be applied to a whole array of live situations – both good and bad. If something really isn't going as planned, when there's options available, the plan B can be just as fun anyway. And if things are really not going well....then, just like a game, it can be packaged away/switched off or rebooted and played again some other time.
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