Game On!

Me, you and everyone on the planet is playing a game - not just from time to time - but ALL the time!

That's according to Eric Berne in his classic bestselling book 'Games People Play'.

The more I look around the more I have to agree with Berne's argument because it seems likely to be the aweful truth. We ARE playing games.

Berne suggested that the games are gender biased, and females play different games than males. For example females tend to play beauty, fashion, home beautiful, shopping, babies, happy family.

Males play other games - sillier games I think - however that's just me - I am biased as female. They play games like I am a red hot lover, joker boy, fit guy, fast car guy,  I've go more money, Sports lover - and silly pointless games like that!

I have to admit that males would also suggest the games females play are pointless too.

The questions I am asking myself is this:  What game am I playing?  And is this a game worthy of my time give it - given that this life is all the time I have.

Time. Aha - 'Where does the time go time game?!' 

60 seconds in a minute x 60 minutes in an hour x 24 hours in a day x 365 days in a year = 31 million seconds.

How many seconds in a lifetime of say 70 years??  Quick calculation = 2,207,520,000!  Is that 2 billion?

OK so given I have already had 1,156,320,000 or 1.15 billion seconds of conscious awake hours to play the game of life how am I am i doing?? What's my score?

I think I am doing OK - some games I am playing better than others?

I'd give myself a score of 80% overall. That's not olympic standard I know but heck - I have only become serious at the game for a little while now.

At least now I am aware of how little time I have left. And that makes me want to learn to be a better player.  So I'm learning to be a better lifelong learner - because I've heard it from good sources that at least lifelong learning help people preserve their minds and stay young. 

I am now playing a game called 'Use it or Lose it!' - an increasingly difficult age to play over 55 years of age. I'm learning how to do that and getting a great result.

But so far so good. I'll keep you posted on how that goes and may even write a few articles or a little e-Book on my research findings.

What game are you playing?

Games People Play

Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships is a 1964 bestselling book by psychiatrist Eric Berne. Since its publication it has sold more than 5 million copies. The book describes both functional and dysfunctional social interactions.