kdonnel
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I try to run household chores into a game to make them a little less boring and chore like.
For example when doing laundry my wife likes her clothes to run in the dryer for 5 minutes and then be hung to dry the rest of the way. During that 5 minutes I try to see how much I can accomplish. Can I get the dishwasher unloaded and reloaded in that 5 minutes?
Most of what I gamify is based on setting a timer and seeing if I can get it done before it goes off.
So today I Googled gamify household chores to see what else I might be able to do.
I should have known it is not an original idea, are there really any new ideas?
It turns out there are a bunch of apps, some geared to adults, some to kids. Apparently there was also a web page, ChoreWars.com, that recently closed that also turned household chores into a game.
Does anyone else gamify their chores?
For example when doing laundry my wife likes her clothes to run in the dryer for 5 minutes and then be hung to dry the rest of the way. During that 5 minutes I try to see how much I can accomplish. Can I get the dishwasher unloaded and reloaded in that 5 minutes?
Most of what I gamify is based on setting a timer and seeing if I can get it done before it goes off.
So today I Googled gamify household chores to see what else I might be able to do.
I should have known it is not an original idea, are there really any new ideas?
It turns out there are a bunch of apps, some geared to adults, some to kids. Apparently there was also a web page, ChoreWars.com, that recently closed that also turned household chores into a game.
Does anyone else gamify their chores?