World of Lifecraft

This is my attempt to make a game out of my quest to improve myself. I played World of Warcraft for a long time and really enjoyed it. I always thought about mapping out some things I want to change in my life and putting "experience point" values on them. Then I'd track my progress and give myself recognition by gaining new levels.

So, this idea starts out as simple as that and I'll see where it goes. I am making this up as I go along - but that's what I'm using this blog for. I'm posting it publicly in case anyone happens by and gets something out of it, and there's the possibility that this may create more incentive for me to keep it going.

I'll call my current level level 1 - I could have come up with something arbitrary but I'll just use that as a starting point for this experiment. Rather than making it complicated with each level requiring more xp than the last, which would also mean I'd need to set my "quests" to give higher XP values as I go along - I'll just make it simple and make it a flat rate and consider all improvement work done to be equal in value. Let's just say 10,000 xp points per level and I'll try to keep XP values to something in the area of 1k per hour kinda thing - with some things not necessarily taking time (like breaking habits) but given comparable xp points according to their real value or...I'll think of something.

So what are some quests I could come up with. I have a long list of things I need to work on around the house, and these are simple time-taking, sometimes money-costing things and I'll just put a 1k per hour rate on them all. I'll make a list on another post and X things off it as I go.

There is a lot of discussion about how long it takes to make and break habits but I'll call them both at 3 weeks to keep it simple and hope for the best. I'll consider not doing something for 3 weeks a broken habit and doing something new for 3 weeks a new one formed. If it's something that's easy to forget and slip up with I'll allow myself up to 3 slips as long as for the most part I've changed my ways. This isn't for things like quitting smoking where you can't accidentally smoke a cigarette. This is for things like remembering to focus on what someone is saying to improve my listening skills.

So, it's looking like I'll have points for certain projects done (quests) and points for breaking/forming habits on a daily grind kinda basis - quests and grinding...hm. I have plenty of quests and habits to grind that all-together concern things like health (like eating better and exercising), some to do with projects around the house, some to do with things I'd like/need to do for friends and family. And that's about it - I'll try to keep it as simple as it can be - but this is pretty broad and who knows, it may not get any further than this. But if it does, I intend to see if people can really change or not - or at least whether I can.