Skill Up to Level Up

Video games got it so right: if you want to get bigger, stronger, and faster, you need to gain experience, improve your skills, and then you level up.

Isn't it the same in real life? If we want to improve, grow, and get promoted or up our game, we do so by gaining more experience, learning additional skills, and rising to new standards.

And just like in gaming, the more we push, the more time we invest, and the more we practice, the faster we level up and gain the capabilities to play at higher levels, with better rewards waiting.

If we're just going through the motions, we will still improve and get better, but not at the same rate as when we truly invest in our character, the game, and the goal, which keeps changing as we level up.

Now it isn't always easy, cause life gets in the way, time is scarce, and sometimes we don't even know which direction to go. But we still need to skill up: all the time, every day, in one form or another. Just to make sure we don't forget the skills we've already learned, or stunt our growth, and that we keep working toward a higher level.

While life is hectic, we can still skill up through small daily activities: reading, writing, watching, asking questions, finding mentors, and making sure we're always learning, so we keep accumulating experience points.

Even if it's only a few XP at a time, as long as it's ongoing, they add up. Just like small marginal gains, they increase our experience, raise our skills, and bring us to a higher level we haven't reached before.

And just like in the game, it isn't always fun. But it does contribute, even if just slightly.

We just gotta make sure we keep going.