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Speaker 1: I'm always asking questions, and the reason why is because

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it's fun to start researching for answers such as getting

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through another day. How many people actually turn it into

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a game and is that even healthy? Plus what are

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the negatives of turning your daily tasks into a game?

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My name is Errow. I'm a daily writer, a silent wolf.

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That means I stand on the sidelines and do nothing

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but watch, listen, study, than activate. I call it the

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daily mess, a chronological walk through an everyday world. Yeah,

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it's my morning pages. As a receiver of thoughts and ideas,

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we as people tend to throw things to the side

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because we think we're gonna deal with it later. Okay,

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that ball is still on the ten yard line. We're

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in a television two minute time out. I think they're

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going to take another time out because they're just waiting

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for something else to happen here. Oh my goodness sakes,

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look at them. Just throw things away. They'll get around

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to it one day. A yeah. Yeah, when a subject

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arrives inside of me, I know it's time to dig in.

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It's still keeping that daily journal, but by doing the research,

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the picture becomes clearer. This is the daily mess. I

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openly admit that I am very guilty of turning everything

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into a game. A day of hard work, emotional changes,

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challenges in health as well as finance. I don't know

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why I do it, because it sets itself up to

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be the next game. How normal is this? Are you

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ready for this? Mental health experts are very open to

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move more people into doing what I do. In their words,

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it's a powerful way to stay motivated as well as resilient.

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It actually has a name. It's called gamification. It's physically

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using the mechanics of game planes such as goals, rewards,

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fun as well as curiosity, the act of turning tough

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tasks into something that feels more engaging. But but but

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but but It can be both healthy as well as unhealthy. First,

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the healthy, healthy mental game plane includes stain positive, and curious.

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Put focus on your progress, not your perfectionism. No matter

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what you have to celebrate, make sure you celebrate the

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small stuff as well. Always learn from your mistakes. The

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biggest rule in the department of turning things into a

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game is to never take failure personal. Look at it

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as being nothing more than ding ding round one. It's

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a game. It's a game, right, it's a game. Hey,

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coming up next, what are the negative effects of turning

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everything into a game? Hey, welcome back to the daily mess.

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Turning everything you do into a mental game sounds like

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a child's thing, right. Adults do it all the time,

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every single day. It's our way of staying inside the

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daily expectation. Earlier we identified the healthy reasons why we

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should learn and lean in on plane games. Now let's

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put focus on the negative effects. Turning everything into a

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game can turn into a hardcore competition that puts you

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up against not only yourself but other people. It's the

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win win win mode. And if you're not winning, ooh,

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you're facing a wall of burnout. When playing games to

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get through your day, your true feelings and emotions actually

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come to a halt. It's a game. Play it like

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a game, right, Well, where's your true emotions? You take chances,

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you have to accept the consequences. More importantly, while game

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playing your daily adventures, well, they set yourself up for

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one hundred percent of vulnerability and responsibility. Turning your job,

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your chores, your challenges, and awkwardness into a mental game

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has two sides of play. More than anything, it is

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seen as being a creative survival strategy by Marrow, and

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that's the daily mess.