I have been stagnant too long. I have not put in enough effort and time for self growth. I was hardly reading any books, let alone spending time to improve myself.
I asked myself why that it was possible for me to spend hours a day previously, in front of my PC, farming* while I can’t spend any effort to improve myself? That was when I realised a change in mindset was necessary. I need to think of life as a game. Hours spent farming* basically means hours spent reading a book, going for a self improvement course, or getting some certification in life. The only way to see if this new view of life was going to work for me was to put it to the test.
I decided to get my driving license.
Now, most people around my age will have obtained their driving license long before me. The thing was that I didn’t have the money to go for my driving lessons last time, and when I did, I really didn’t have the time. Of course, the fact that it was a chore going for the driving lessons didn’t really motivate me. So putting this new view of life to the test, I went for my driving lessons. It was really no difference between game farming* and going for driving lessons. I went to the driving centre for my driving lesson once a week, during the weekend. It was a 2 hours to and fro journey, for a 100 minutes lesson, for 6 months. Doing the same activity each weekend was really a chore, but by treating it as a real life farming*, I held on.
After spending 2500+ minutes on driving lessons over a period of around 6 months, I went for the driving test, which only lasted 30 minutes, and I passed. Driving license obtained. Achievement obtained.
Viewing it like a real life farming* really makes it easier. On those days when I just want to skip the lesson, I just told myself that if I can spend hours in a game doing the same task again and again, then I am sure I can do it in real life. It helped me to stay motivated. I am definitely going to use the apply the same mindset from now on. I will take a little break, before deciding what to go for next. The Project Management Professional certifications looks tempting.
*farming in games means repeatedly doing a boring mundane task to gain a certain object over and over again.
