Category: Life’s a Role-Playing Game
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Becoming Your True Self by Stepping Beyond Your Expected Self
Becoming your true self is about embracing who you truly are versus what society expects you to be. Unfortunately in growing up, most of us were taught to follow the expectations placed upon us by…
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Transforming Yourself Is Like Mapping an Unfamiliar Landscape
Transforming yourself isn’t a weekend retreat or a neat step by step plan. It feels like mapping an unfamiliar landscape shrouded in shifting fog. You move forward, backtrack, and revisit areas you thought you had…
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That Stuckness You Feel Is Actually an Opportunity
The key to understanding life at a deeper level is realizing that feeling stuck isn’t a punishment but an opportunity. By learning to leverage these constraints, one can transform them into portals for growth and development. This effectively embodies “the call to…
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When the Game Becomes Exhausting and a Grind
This is when you realize that the role and game you’ve playing…no longer feel like joyous play but instead feels like a hollow grind. It’s when you can finally see the game you’ve been playing…
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Stages Aren’t “Maps” in the Traditional Sense
While vertical development as a framework does map out stages of psychological development that people can progress through throughout their lives, realize that these stages are not “maps” in the traditional sense. “Knowing” about a stage only helps…
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Getting Tired of Your “Coding”, Be It Your Own or Someone Else’s
It’s interesting in that I’ve seen two people whose work is similar to my own. However, they do so by primarily focusing on the transition to self-authoring your own life by perceiving your previous societal-focused…
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The Most Important Boss Fight of Your Life
That’s exactly why your life may feel out of your control. You got to level 10 (childhood, school, job), but now you are stuck. The game isn’t fun anymore because the game makers don’t benefit…
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Explaining Only Makes Sense If You’ve Experienced It
Everyone is looking for a hack or a shortcut for life. But I don’t think you can grasp the insights of a growth and development journey unless you yourself go through the messy aspects of…
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How a Self-Transforming Mind Embodies a Game Engine for Life As a Role-Playing Game
A conversation with ChatGPT Plus to clarify what it meant with regards to the words “game engine.” Here’s the key takeaway. You’re no longer just in the story or playing the game — you’re shaping…
