How I Became Aware of the Magic of a Small, Effortless Step
Of all self-motivational games I designed and played so far, the 5 Minute Perseverance Game is one of my favorite.
First of all, the rules are utterly simple. You take a project or activity in the game. You have to pursue the project for at least five minutes a day. If you do it, you earn a point. If you don’t, then you lose the point to your procrastinating self. And if you persevere for less than five minutes, you got half a point with the other half going to the procrastinating part of yourself.
Second, it was the first one I “designed” after being inspired to turn my favorite activity into games, writing.
After seeing how much it helped others to melt their procrastination, I even wrote and published a little book with the same title and an explicit subtitle, 5 Minute Perseverance Game: Play Daily for a Month and Become the Ultimate Procrastination Breaker.
