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  • Self-Anthropology — A Special Game of Introspection

    Self-Anthropology — A Special Game of Introspection

    Anything in life can be approached as a game, including self-awareness.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Mar 20
    Emotions, Feelings, and Experiences

    Emotions, Feelings, and Experiences

    What They Mean, How They Differ, the Complexity of Understanding Them, Why Controlling Them is Impossible, but Navigation is Vital, and How…
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Feb 12
    Fractals, Games, and Life

    Fractals, Games, and Life

    Their connection and relation is nothing short of magical.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Nov 26, 2024
    The Essense of Leading, Coaching, Parenting, and Partnering Ourselves

    The Essense of Leading, Coaching, Parenting, and Partnering Ourselves

    And why is self-help simultaneously a too-broad and too-narrow term to embrace self-leadership, self-coaching, self-parenting, and…
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Nov 16, 2024
    10 Reasons Why It Makes Sense to Explore Our Emotions Like Games

    10 Reasons Why It Makes Sense to Explore Our Emotions Like Games

    There can be more, but these are the most prominent ones.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 25, 2024
    My Reality Game Collection

    My Reality Game Collection

    And how I design, develop, and play my life.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 23, 2024
    Why Your Life Is a Collection of Role-Playing Games

    Why Your Life Is a Collection of Role-Playing Games

    And why that is a great fact.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 21, 2024
    A Gameful Book Review of Reality Is Broken by Jane McGonigal

    A Gameful Book Review of Reality Is Broken by Jane McGonigal

    The very book that inspired me to view anything in life as if it were a game.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 11, 2024
    Sharing New Possibilities

    Sharing New Possibilities

    Gameful explorations of emotions and life
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 10, 2024
    Voluntary Participation in Games and Life, and How Everything in Life is a Game, Too.

    Voluntary Participation in Games and Life, and How Everything in Life is a Game, Too.

    Including play.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 8, 2024
    Navigate Your Emotions by Exploring Them Like Games

    Navigate Your Emotions by Exploring Them Like Games

    A new book in October 2024
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 7, 2024
    Feedback Systems in Games and Life: How to Measure Progress Toward Our Goals

    Feedback Systems in Games and Life: How to Measure Progress Toward Our Goals

    We need scores, points, and many more to show our progress towards our goals.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 4, 2024
    Rules in Games and Life: Are They Really That Different?

    Rules in Games and Life: Are They Really That Different?

    No. Recognizing that can help us stop resenting them outside of games.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 2, 2024
    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.
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Jun 28, 2024
    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
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Feb 20, 2024
    The Gameful Philosophy of Life

    The Gameful Philosophy of Life

    … And How We Are All Experimental Philosophers
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    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
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    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…
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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
    Oct 17, 2022
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