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How to Turn Work into Fun Games and Never Feel Like Hard Working Again
How to Turn Work into Fun Games and Never Feel Like Hard Working Again
Or how to approach your work-life as a brilliant designer and an eager player and have the time of your life.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Aug 8
My Reading Game and Why I Treat One of My All-Time Favorite Activities as a Game
My Reading Game and Why I Treat One of My All-Time Favorite Activities as a Game
And how I design and play it
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jul 28
A Month of 1001 Epiphanies
A Month of 1001 Epiphanies
June 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jun 22
Enjoying the JOMO
Enjoying the JOMO
Missing out and concentrating on what we really want
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jun 17
What Can You Do When Nothing Else Works?
What Can You Do When Nothing Else Works?
Why I started approaching a health challenge gamefully
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jun 16
Starting and Progressing Simple
Starting and Progressing Simple
May 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
May 24
Experience Points in Real Life
Experience Points in Real Life
How to bank, appreciate, and enjoy them.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
May 19
If You Struggle with the Word “Scope,” Think of a Telescope
If You Struggle with the Word “Scope,” Think of a Telescope
How gamefulness can help you understand complex concepts
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
May 12
5 Reasons Why the 5 Minute Perseverance Game Is One of My All-Time Favorite Self-Motivational Games
5 Reasons Why the 5 Minute Perseverance Game Is One of My All-Time Favorite Self-Motivational Games
And has the potential to become yours too
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
May 5
The Illusions and Truths about the Holidays
The Illusions and Truths about the Holidays
April 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Apr 26
No Smiles Allowed Game and Why You Both Lose and Win in It
No Smiles Allowed Game and Why You Both Lose and Win in It
And how it works both as a single and a multiplayer game
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Apr 5
Preparing for New Beginnings
Preparing for New Beginnings
March 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Mar 19
What Does Turning Life into Games Mean?
What Does Turning Life into Games Mean?
Adjusting the angle, we view life from blurry and unsatisfied to clear, engaged, and gameful.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Mar 18
How to Turn Exercising with Aching Joints into Fun and Joyful Games
How to Turn Exercising with Aching Joints into Fun and Joyful Games
It starts with being kind to oneself
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Mar 10
The Project Race — A Very Special Self-Motivational Game
The Project Race — A Very Special Self-Motivational Game
A paradoxical game with a stressful name and a balancing nature
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Mar 3
Short Games Are Sometimes the Most Exciting Ones
Short Games Are Sometimes the Most Exciting Ones
February 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Feb 21
Here Is Why Anything in Your Life Is a Role-Playing Game of Which You Are Both the Designer &…
Here Is Why Anything in Your Life Is a Role-Playing Game of Which You Are Both the Designer &…
And how you can add more role-playing games to make your life even crisper and more exciting
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Feb 16
How to Choose the Best Time Management Tools for Yourself?
How to Choose the Best Time Management Tools for Yourself?
Short answer: gamefully.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Feb 1
New Year, New Game. Even If We Don’t See It That Way. But Are Better Off If We Do.
New Year, New Game. Even If We Don’t See It That Way. But Are Better Off If We Do.
January 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jan 27
Win-Win: The Collaborative-Competitive Paradox of Turning Life into Fun Games
Win-Win: The Collaborative-Competitive Paradox of Turning Life into Fun Games
“Brainy Olympic games” and self-partnership. How these come into play when we turn our lives into fun games.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jan 20
How a Black Cat Won an Argument by Persevering and Getting What He Wanted
How a Black Cat Won an Argument by Persevering and Getting What He Wanted
A true story reminded by a writing prompt
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jan 14
How to Make the Morning Routine Entertaining and Fun as Games Are
How to Make the Morning Routine Entertaining and Fun as Games Are
Adding fun little games to the daily routines can make them feel gameful in their whole, and ourselves motivated, joyful, and well in…
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Dec 15, 2021
Happy, Safe, and Gameful Holidays!
Happy, Safe, and Gameful Holidays!
December 2021 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Dec 15, 2021
You Don’t Need to Record Points or Badges to Play a Habit Like a Fun Game.
You Don’t Need to Record Points or Badges to Play a Habit Like a Fun Game.
You just need to recall that what you are up to is a game.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Dec 2, 2021
There Are Still Many Colors Left
There Are Still Many Colors Left
November 2021 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Nov 23, 2021
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