I first wrote about life being a game way back in Jan 2008, and it seems recently the world is buzzing with this now. It is called ‘gamification‘, “where it is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in a non-game context in order to engage users and solve problems.”
Since the beginning of this year, I have started to add a little gamification to my life, starting with my finances. Based on my years as a gamer, games programmer and knowing exactly what motivates and drives me, I have devised a gamification tool for my finances. The ultimate goal (or end game, in the terminology of games), of course, is to achieve financial freedom so I can quit this worst game ever called ‘LIFE’.
And so far, it is going pretty well.
