10 Ways I Would Live Life Differently if It Were a Video Game

I think most people who claim to have no regrets in life are either lying or lead very boring lives. Maybe you're an exception, but if I had the option to return to an earlier point in my life with some foresight of future events, I would absolutely take it. Just having some basic knowledge of general technological trends would be enough to make me very wealthy. I would know which tech stocks to invest in years or decades before they blow up in price.

You may argue that if you had lived your life differently, you would miss out on certain relationships which came from a certain set of circumstances that would be difficult or impossible to replicate. I would argue that if you were meant to meet these people, it would likely still happen but under different circumstances.

If life were a video game, you would also have access to your current score and statistics. I know that if my skills were represented as an easily quantifiable number, I would spend much more time trying to make those numbers go up.

If my attributes were quantifiable, then it would make sense not to spend too much time on side activities that didn't accomplish much. It would be much more meaningful to use my playtime to do whatever I had to do in order to tackle the next major quest in order to increase my stats and gain access to more of the story.

After working on increasing my attributes for a while, I would get a better idea of what I was strong or weak at. I would then optimize my time to increasing skills and traits that I progressed faster in and try to develop auxiliary skills to complement the main ones.

Very few games allow you to thrive by staying in the starting area. Growth only comes from moving past your comfort zone (both mental and geographical).

I've spent more than enough time playing "legit" and getting nowhere. If a strategy guide existed for life and I was certain that it had accurate information, I would read and reread its contents until I either memorized everything or the book disintegrated into dust.

They tend to hold the best loot and often give the best experience. In this case "boss" doesn't have to mean a person, but a worthy challenge to overcome.

It could be a "prince" if you prefer. Maybe you despise the concept of royalty and want to seek something else altogether. Perhaps "purpose" is a better term for this. Most games have some sort of final objective that you're working towards with the reward of a grand ending.

Sequels come along because the original was good or at least showed some promising concepts which could be further developed.

Conventional travel is such a drag.