Speaker 1: I'm always asking questions, and the reason why is because
it's fun to start researching for answers such as getting
through another day. How many people actually turn it into
a game and is that even healthy? Plus what are
the negatives of turning your daily tasks into a game?
My name is Errow. I'm a daily writer, a silent wolf.
That means I stand on the sidelines and do nothing
but watch, listen, study, than activate. I call it the
daily mess, a chronological walk through an everyday world. Yeah,
it's my morning pages. As a receiver of thoughts and ideas,
we as people tend to throw things to the side
because we think we're gonna deal with it later. Okay,
that ball is still on the ten yard line. We're
in a television two minute time out. I think they're
going to take another time out because they're just waiting
for something else to happen here. Oh my goodness sakes,
look at them. Just throw things away. They'll get around
to it one day. A yeah. Yeah, when a subject
arrives inside of me, I know it's time to dig in.
It's still keeping that daily journal, but by doing the research,
the picture becomes clearer. This is the daily mess. I
openly admit that I am very guilty of turning everything
into a game. A day of hard work, emotional changes,
challenges in health as well as finance. I don't know
why I do it, because it sets itself up to
be the next game. How normal is this? Are you
ready for this? Mental health experts are very open to
move more people into doing what I do. In their words,
it's a powerful way to stay motivated as well as resilient.
It actually has a name. It's called gamification. It's physically
using the mechanics of game planes such as goals, rewards,
fun as well as curiosity, the act of turning tough
tasks into something that feels more engaging. But but but
but but It can be both healthy as well as unhealthy. First,
the healthy, healthy mental game plane includes stain positive, and curious.
Put focus on your progress, not your perfectionism. No matter
what you have to celebrate, make sure you celebrate the
small stuff as well. Always learn from your mistakes. The
biggest rule in the department of turning things into a
game is to never take failure personal. Look at it
as being nothing more than ding ding round one. It's
a game. It's a game, right, it's a game. Hey,
coming up next, what are the negative effects of turning
everything into a game? Hey, welcome back to the daily mess.
Turning everything you do into a mental game sounds like
a child's thing, right. Adults do it all the time,
every single day. It's our way of staying inside the
daily expectation. Earlier we identified the healthy reasons why we
should learn and lean in on plane games. Now let's
put focus on the negative effects. Turning everything into a
game can turn into a hardcore competition that puts you
up against not only yourself but other people. It's the
win win win mode. And if you're not winning, ooh,
you're facing a wall of burnout. When playing games to
get through your day, your true feelings and emotions actually
come to a halt. It's a game. Play it like
a game, right, Well, where's your true emotions? You take chances,
you have to accept the consequences. More importantly, while game
playing your daily adventures, well, they set yourself up for
one hundred percent of vulnerability and responsibility. Turning your job,
your chores, your challenges, and awkwardness into a mental game
has two sides of play. More than anything, it is
seen as being a creative survival strategy by Marrow, and
that's the daily mess.