In video games, there’s a very interesting gaming mechanic which can drive people to spend countless hours of effort: leveling up. This is a major feature to many Role Playing Games (the Final Fantasy series, World of Warcraft, Skyrim) and it consumes people until they’ve achieved their goal. In some games, “leveling up” will increase your characters skills or abilities , unlock new features or weapons, or move the story of along. Sometimes the only reward is a cosmetic effect for your character, and other times the reward comes in the form of a trophy, badge, or title that indicates you’ve accomplished something specific. These in-game achievements keep players coming back again and again as they strive to build the perfect in-game character.
What if we took this same approach with real life? What if we could level up our lives and our real-life character by taking advantage of these same mechanics? To that point, why aren’t we doing this more already?! It seems to make total sense. For today’s post, I’m going to talk about leveling up your life just like it was a video game.
