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Play This Life

Personal progress tracking

You did more
than you think.

The workout. The project you moved forward. The small things you kept showing up for. See it all add up in Play This Life.

See how it works
Your effort, made visiblePlayer · Example data
Example Player screen showing Sam’s Life XP and skills including strength training, web design, and copywriting, with separate ratings and earned XP.
Different parts of your life. One player. You.

Do the work. See the growth.

Your effort has somewhere to go.

Complete a task or record your work. Play This Life uses its context to award XP and recognize the skills and traits you put into practice. No points to assign before you start.

Life XP

One place for the effort you put into work, home, health, and everything in between.

Skills

See which abilities your work exercises, from strength training to writing and web design.

Traits

Recognize Agency, Clarity, Consistency, Discipline, Resilience, and People Sense across different kinds of work.

Your wins stay with you

Look back.
There’s a lot there.

A busy week can feel like you got nowhere. Your wins keep the actual work in view, with its context and earned XP.

Build a done list from your recorded day

Review a day, a week, a month, or all time.

The everyday wins count, too.
  • Write the about page

    Launch portfolio site

  • Paint the walls

    Spare room makeover

  • Book flights

    Lisbon trip

Example work from a Play This Life demo account.

A conversation with Ginger

“I feel like I’m not making any progress.”

That’s a place to start a conversation, too.

Talk it through.
Find your next step.

Ask Ginger to look back at your recorded wins, think through what’s getting in the way, or turn an idea into a plan. You can talk about what’s on your mind without turning every conversation into a task.

Meet Ginger

A few useful details

How does personal progress tracking work?

Plan your tasks, projects, habits, routines, and workouts in Play This Life. Record the work you do. It appears in your wins, and an assessment connects that work to Life XP and relevant skills and traits.

Do I need to assign points to every task?

No. XP is assessed from the context of recorded work, including its effort, difficulty, and learning. You can focus on doing the work instead of maintaining a points system.

Is earned XP the same as my skill or trait rating?

They’re separate. XP records recognized effort. Ratings are your editable assessment of your skills and traits; earning XP does not automatically change those ratings.

When does XP appear?

Your work is saved first. XP is assessed afterward, so an entry can show as pending while that assessment runs.

Make today part of your progress.

Bring a project, a workout, or one small thing you want to do. Ginger can help you get started.