Gaming

Short thought:
We like to play games because it is imminently clear what is required of us.

The rest of life is much more ambiguos. Even in most jobs, it's not 100% clear what we are supposed to do all the time. There are no DPS meters to read in real life. There is not "Win Senario" where we know that we have made it, we have gotten to the end, we have done what was required of us.

This feeling extends to sport, to racing else where man has created all the rules and has agreed on them together. In those moments, we are in control, masters of our destiny by in large. There is always the demon of chance, the rolling of the dice, the root on the path that you didn't see and cost you the race. But in the end, you know in broad strokes if you have beaten the final boss, if you have completed the race.

I think this is why the idea of gamification is becoming so popular. The more clearly we can reward people for specific things, the more they will know how to perform.

How are you making your life a game?