Level up.
I’m not sure when I started doing this, but a couple of years ago I started gamifying my life.
Every task, every problem, and every new thing I learned I saw as a chance to “level up”, to get better.
Arguments
used to terrify me. They gave me so much anxiety because I was afraid
of destroying that relationship. But now, I think “If I can have this
argument successfully, I’ll level up and be able to have my next
argument even more productively.” It made it not so scary, it made my
conflict a challenge for improvement instead of a mistake not to be
made.
When I went
scuba diving and embarrassingly floated to the top because I got caught
in an upward current and panicked too much to let my air out, I did not
feel embarrassed. Rather, I thought, “Now I leveled up and I’ll know how
to handle that situation next time, unlike everyone who didn’t make
that mistake.”
If I
have to work with or spend time with someone I dislike, I think about
how I’ll level up if I can learn how to not let my emotions get the
better of me. In the future perhaps those around me won’t be able to
persuade my mood.
Everything
in my life is a challenge. I’m working towards this future, mystical me
with incredible conflict resolution skills, knowledge, and awesome life
experiences. That’s at level 1,000. I’m maybe at level 73 right now.
So I’ll just keep leveling up.
-Charissa Enget
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