Play less games, play more life
Part of Player Mindset Collection
Approach life like a game to make growth more engaging and strategic.
I’ve been playing several masterpieces lately. After finishing them, I returned to reality and found myself not wanting to do anything.
Why?
Because games are “Overwhelmingly Positive.”
Life is “Mixed Reviews.”
Games have tutorials, progress bars, and rewards. Effort leads to success.
Life doesn’t. It’s full of unfairness, setbacks, boring waits, and effort with no guarantees.
After playing a masterpiece, you lose interest in mediocre games.
After experiencing a perfect system, of course you don’t want to return to chaotic reality.
This isn’t a willpower problem. It’s a contrast problem.
There are two ways to solve this.
- Make life more fun to play
- Reduce the contrast that games create
The first is what the Game Mindset series is trying to solve—using gaming frameworks to reunderstand life, making it more structured and more fun.
But mindset alone isn’t enough. I also need the second approach.
And the simplest way is to play fewer games.
Not because games are bad. But because they’re designed too well, too enticing, too addictive.
I need to make “Mixed Reviews” life bearable enough to have the motivation to improve it.
I’ll definitely lose some fun.
But opening up and playing the game of life matters more.