Life As A Game - Thinking Like This Changes Everything

Essentially, life is a game.

There are natural and man made laws that serve as rules.

There is a beginning and an end.

There is a game board we play on that we call planet Earth.

And there are decisions and moves that we make that determine where and how we move on the board.

Of course, we all want to win.

Some of us do, and some of us don't.

But that begs the question, how DOES one win?

Unlike a normal game, there is no time after life for us to bask in and enjoy a victory.

And so, if we wish to truly experience winning the game of life, we must frame our definition of how we win accordingly, so that we win while the game is still in play.

Winning the game of life is not predicated merely by the quantity of material successes that we have accumulated by the end of it.

Sure, it is enjoyable and important to acquire things within the game of life, but the accumulation of things like wealth, material excess, fame, or status tend to easily be confused as the ultimate endgame.

But they are not.

They are just parts of the game.

And furthermore, each win of this kind is generally short lived.

It is just like how winning a board game, video game, or sports game might feel good when it occurs and for a little while after, but the feeling soon fades and you return to your normal state.

And so it is important that the state that you return to in life is a victory in it of itself.

In the case of the game of life, not only is the sense of fulfillment from material wins short lived, but the accumulation of material points does not matter much at the end of it.

These points don't go anywhere with you when you are dead and gone.

Instead, it is about how much you enjoyed the game of pursuing the points in the first place.

Ironically, you truly win the game of life when you realize and embrace that it IS a game.

When you become aware that against all odds, you were somehow rendered into this existence and are now able to play and enjoy the most enthralling, sophisticated, and entertaining game ever to exist.

A game that is so complex and uncertain that you can never completely predict what's going to happen next.

A game that is always updating.

A game that you can come up with rules for, change existing ones, unlock new levels, and uncover hidden settings.

And the quality of your life experience truly maximizes when you realize that you have already won by being able to do any of this.