Category Archives: Self-Gamification

Self-gamification is the application of game design elements to one’s own life.
Self-gamification is a self-help approach showing you how to be playful and gameful.
In self-gamification, you are both the designer AND the player of your games.

One Minute Read from the Gameful Blogging on Medium.com

May 28, 2021Self-Gamification, Writing#blogging, #gamefullife, #gamefulwriting, #gamification, #gamifyingblogging, #gamifyinglife, #OptimistWriter, #selfgamificationvica

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Here is another blog post in a series featuring videos on YouTube, where I read from one of my motivational books for one minute.

In this video, I read from my new book Gameful Blogging on Medium.com: Thirteen Levels in the Epic Adventure of a Top Writer and Super Creator on Medium (Book 6 in the “Gameful Life” series).

I am reading the first section of the chapter “Level 11. Being Clear about the Goals.”

Here it is if you want to read along, prior, or afterward.

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Excerpt from the Gameful Blogging on Medium.com

What happened before

The previous article (chapter) I wrote about turning writing and publishing on Medium into fun games was about enjoying the breaks in publishing there, such as during the holiday season. I referred to those breaks as cooldown phases, well-known in sports and games.

In that story, I recommended not worrying if you notice yourself watching your stats and earnings. In fact, I even mentioned that it might be fun and enlightening, especially during a cooldown phase.

But at the end of the article, I also recommended looking less at the stats and earnings during an active phase, that is, while writing and publishing on Medium.

There is another important aspect to the stats and earnings:

If you connect your goals to the numbers in your stats and Medium Partner Program earnings, you will not really be turning your time on Medium into fun games. Instead, you will be chasing a fantasy, a Fata Morgana.

Here is why.

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The next step

If you want to find out more about gaining the feeling of success and fun while blogging on Medium and also how to persevere writing and publishing on Medium in fun and gameful ways, then I invite you to read Gameful Blogging on Medium.com. To look at the book and buy it on Amazon, click on its title above or this image below:

If you want to see where else you can buy it, then go to the book’s page on this website here.

I wish you a beautiful and gameful day!

Celebrating Gameful Blogging on Medium.com

May 12, 2021Self-Gamification#blogging, #ebook, #gamefullife, #medium, #newbook, #OptimistWriter, #paperback, #selfgamificationvica

3D image and cover design by Alice Jago

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This week I am celebrating the launch of my new book Gameful Blogging on Medium.com.

One article that served as the last chapter in the book was celebratory as well. It was article number 200 I published on Medium since starting writing and publishing there on April 30, 2020.

You can read it here (it is a free link, meaning that you don’t have to be a Medium subscriber to be able to read it):

“How You Can Create Your Own Reward System on Medium”

To read the book as the whole in a polished and revised shape, as well as to get access to all the original articles on which the book is based, check out on Amazon under Gameful Blogging on Medium.com: Thirteen Levels in the Epic Adventure of a Top Writer and Super Creator on Medium.

If you want to see where else you can find and buy it, check out this page here.

Free Speaking Game for the Cheerleading for Writers

May 4, 2021Cheerleading for writers, Self-Gamification#cheerleadingforwriters, #gamefullife, #games, #littlefungames, #OptimistWriter, #selfgamification, #selfmotivationalgames, #show, #showdonttell, #showvstell, #tell, #writing, #writinglifevica

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Here is the ninth blog post in a series featuring videos on YouTube, where I read a paragraph from one of my motivational books and use it as a prompt to speak freely.

This idea was inspired by the free-writing exercise well-known among writers. I used dice and timer to turn this free-speaking exercise into fun games. I hope you enjoy watching them and maybe trying out this gameful approach for yourself and tasks you want or need to tackle today.

In this video, I read from my book Cheerleading for Writers: Discover How Truly Talented You Are.

I am reading from the chapter titled “L – Life, Libel, and Liability.”

Here it is if you want to read along, prior, or afterward.

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Excerpt from the Cheerleading for Writers

Some questions for contemplation: What are your experiences with writing your truth and taking care of people so that no-one sees your writing as libel? What balancing acts have you done in your writing? And how did this creative discomfort feel for you?

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The next step

I hope you enjoyed watching this little creativity game.

Since we all need a little cheering up from time to time, I invite you to read Cheerleading for Writers and discover what it can do for you. To look at the book and buy it on Amazon, click on its title above or this image below:

If you want to see where else you can buy it, then go to the book’s page on this website here.

Alternatively, you can subscribe to my page, Optimist Writer, on ko-fi for $5 a month, and besides supporting what I do, you will also get access to all my motivational books, which I share there once a month or each time a book is out. Right now, you can get access to eight of my books there — one upon subscription or one-time support and seven in the posts solely for subscribers. Cheerleading for Writers will appear later this year or sooner upon explicit request from the subscribers.

I wish you a beautiful, creative, cheerful, and also gameful day!

Free Speaking Game for the Gameful Mind

April 26, 2021Self-Gamification#conscious, #gamefullife, #gamefulmind, #gamefulness, #mind, #OptimistWriter, #selfgamification, #subconsciousvica

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Here is the eighth blog post in a series featuring videos on YouTube, where I read a paragraph from one of my motivational books and use it as a prompt to speak freely.

In this video, I read from my book Gameful Mind: Solve the Puzzle of Your Enigmatic Subconscious (Book 5 in the “Gameful Life” series).

I am reading chapter (puzzle piece) 41, “Resistance.”

Here it is if you want to read along, prior, or afterward.

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Excerpt from the Gameful Mind

In this video, I read a quote:

“The chicken or the egg causality dilemma is commonly stated as the question, ‘which came first: the chicken or the egg?’ The dilemma stems from the observation that all chickens hatch from eggs and all chicken eggs are laid by chickens.” — Wikipedia

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The next step

I hope you enjoyed watching this little creativity game. If you want to find out more about the gameful nature of your mind and especially your subconscious, then I invite you to read Gameful Mind. To look at the book and buy it on Amazon, click on its title above or this image below:

If you want to see where else you can buy it, then go to the book’s page on this website here.

Alternatively, you can subscribe to my page, Optimist Writer, on ko-fi for $5 a month, and besides supporting what I do, you will also get access to all my motivational books, which I share there once a month or each time a book is out. Right now, you can get access to seven of my books there — one upon subscription or one-time support and six in the posts solely for subscribers. Gameful Mind will appear later this year or sooner upon explicit request from the subscribers.

I wish you a beautiful and gameful day!

How to Approach Project Management Gamefully

April 22, 2021Gameful Project Management, Self-Gamification#gamefullife, #gamefulprojectmanagement, #OptimistWriter, #projectmanagement, #selfawareness, #selfgamificationvica

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In early 2020, I published a book called Gameful Project Management that resonated positively with its readers. Here are some of the reactions to it:

This year, I created an online course with the same title, Gameful Project Management, with the following opening in its description, which mirrors well the reason why I created this course and the book it is based upon:

Projects are the building blocks of our professional and personal lives. So, to live joyfully, we need an enthusiastic approach to our projects. In other words, we need to enjoy working on our projects and the processes of their management.

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To celebrate the launch of this course, I have a special offer for you.

You can enroll for the current best price of $9.99 instead of its regular $199.99.

The offer stands only until April 24, 2021, 11:48 PM PDT.

Enroll today and see you there! 😀

Click on the image or link below to enroll:

Link: https://www.udemy.com/course/gameful-project-management/?couponCode=0F582870935BDA313322

Code for your coupon: 0F582870935BDA313322