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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.
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    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
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Jul 28
    A Month of 1001 Epiphanies

    A Month of 1001 Epiphanies

    June 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Jun 22
    Enjoying the JOMO

    Enjoying the JOMO

    Missing out and concentrating on what we really want
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    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
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Jun 16
    Starting and Progressing Simple

    Starting and Progressing Simple

    May 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    May 24
    Experience Points in Real Life

    Experience Points in Real Life

    How to bank, appreciate, and enjoy them.
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Apr 5
    Preparing for New Beginnings

    Preparing for New Beginnings

    March 2022 Newsletter by Gameful Life
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    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
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    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…
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Dec 15, 2021
    Happy, Safe, and Gameful Holidays!

    Happy, Safe, and Gameful Holidays!

    December 2021 Newsletter by Gameful Life
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    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.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Dec 2, 2021
    There Are Still Many Colors Left

    There Are Still Many Colors Left

    November 2021 Newsletter by Gameful Life
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Nov 23, 2021
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