Self Improving Game Supporting tagline
Started this a few weeks ago, but haven’t been working hard enough to keep it going.
The Game of Getting Better
I’ve decided that making my own self-improvement a game will help potentially keep me motivated.
They’re very simple ideas at this point (more point-ification than an actual game), but it’s a start anyway :)
Here are some of the ideas for my game
- Give points for certain activities
- Smaller amounts of points for little wins, like doing anything at all on a given day
- Larger amounts of points for big milestone accomplishments, like finishing a set-about project
- Streak bonuses for doing things repeatedly or on consecutive days
- Other special bonuses as I see fit (Weekly Quests perhaps?)
- Exchange those points for little 'treats' for myself
- Make each point worth X dollars into an account
- Use that money to buy toys
- Give myself a discount / multiplier if I spend the 'toy money' on things that benefit my self-improvement (e.g. Home Server, Wacom Tab)
- Continually use this blog to change the rules as I learn what works for me and what doesn't
I think this will make for a good activity to help me set goals and stay motivated.
Points ideas for the last bit of January here (these are my goals)
- 2 points - Making styling commits / improvements to the blog
- 5 points - Writing a new blog post
- 20 points - Building the foundation of an HTML resume
- 25 points - Finishing a game at the Global Game Jam
BONUS
- 1 point per consecutive day making progress
- 5 points if every weekday charts progress
I will keep score in a Google Doc here
I will likely bleed these into February as well, since I’ve gotten such a late start; Mostly I want to try and not be too hard on myself, and just incremental progress.