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Fractals, Games, and Life
Fractals, Games, and Life
Their connection and relation is nothing short of magical.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Nov 26
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…
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Nov 16
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.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 25
My Reality Game Collection
My Reality Game Collection
And how I design, develop, and play my life.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 23
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.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 21
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.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 11
Sharing New Possibilities
Sharing New Possibilities
Gameful explorations of emotions and life
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 10
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.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 8
Navigate Your Emotions by Exploring Them Like Games
Navigate Your Emotions by Exploring Them Like Games
A new book in October 2024
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 7
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.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 4
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.
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Oct 2
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
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