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The 60 Books I Have Read This Year So Far
The 60 Books I Have Read This Year So Far
Time will show if I manage another 60 in this year’s reading game.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jun 28
Goals in Games and Life: How Really Different Are They?
Goals in Games and Life: How Really Different Are They?
Not as much as we might believe
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Feb 20
The Gameful Philosophy of Life
The Gameful Philosophy of Life
… And How We Are All Experimental Philosophers
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Dec 13, 2023
Our Lives are Specific Types of Games
Our Lives are Specific Types of Games
Actual Real-Life Role-Playing Games and Choose Your Own Adventure Games
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Nov 12, 2023
I Am Not Jumping From One Task to Another. I Am Following My Fun Detecting Antenna.
I Am Not Jumping From One Task to Another. I Am Following My Fun Detecting Antenna.
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…
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Aug 17, 2023
Exploring the Definition of and Ways to Navigate Life
Exploring the Definition of and Ways to Navigate Life
And how games can help us with that
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Aug 4, 2023
Where Is the Best Place to Turn Your Habits into Fun Games?
Where Is the Best Place to Turn Your Habits into Fun Games?
The answer to this question is paradoxical. It is both limitless and exclusive.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jun 13, 2023
When Is The Best Point in Time to Turn Your Habits into Fun Games?
When Is The Best Point in Time to Turn Your Habits into Fun Games?
Short answer: Always and now.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Apr 27, 2023
Who Should Turn Their Habits and Life into Fun Games, and Who are They Best to Look up to?
Who Should Turn Their Habits and Life into Fun Games, and Who are They Best to Look up to?
As with all paradoxical things in our lives, the answers to this two-fold question might seem both simple and complex.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jan 20, 2023
What Habits or Activities Can Be Turned into Fun Games?
What Habits or Activities Can Be Turned into Fun Games?
A very short but comprehensive answer
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Dec 20, 2022
What Can You Do When There Is a Gap in Maintaining a Healthy Habit?
What Can You Do When There Is a Gap in Maintaining a Healthy Habit?
Use these two simple practices
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Nov 12, 2022
One Surprising Feature of Games That Might Radically Change Your Outlook on Life
One Surprising Feature of Games That Might Radically Change Your Outlook on Life
And this feature is boredom
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 17, 2022
The (Probably) Last Newsletter But Not the Last Article
The (Probably) Last Newsletter But Not the Last Article
September 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Sep 24, 2022
The Shiny Object Syndrome and Why It Is Not That Bad When Looked Through the Lense of Games
The Shiny Object Syndrome and Why It Is Not That Bad When Looked Through the Lense of Games
We can use our yearning for something new and shiny to spruce up what lost its shine in our perception.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Sep 21, 2022
We Can’t Educate Our Children. But We Can Help Them Grow.
We Can’t Educate Our Children. But We Can Help Them Grow.
And help ourselves to grow along with them.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Sep 8, 2022
Varying Rhythms
Varying Rhythms
August 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Aug 30, 2022
What Are Ambition Projects Games? And How Do They Add to Balance in Life?
What Are Ambition Projects Games? And How Do They Add to Balance in Life?
Ambition is not an antonym of balance. It is its component.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Aug 17, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
A Month of 1001 Epiphanies
A Month of 1001 Epiphanies
June 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jun 22, 2022
Enjoying the JOMO
Enjoying the JOMO
Missing out and concentrating on what we really want
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Jun 17, 2022
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, 2022
Starting and Progressing Simple
Starting and Progressing Simple
May 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
May 24, 2022
Experience Points in Real Life
Experience Points in Real Life
How to bank, appreciate, and enjoy them.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
May 19, 2022
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, 2022
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