Do you try to gamify household chores?

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?
 
The closest I get to "gamifying" (I didn't even know that was a word) is that I listen to podcasts when I do housework.
 

ummm? maybe 'beat the clock' cuz if you don't get your laundry into the hamper by the preannounced time i'm running a particular type of load then WHA-WHA-WHA you lost the game. similarly-if you don't get your request in for the monthly grocery trip...WHA-WHA-WHA (and no consolation prize of a lifetime supply of rice-a-roni :laughing: ).


The closest I get to "gamifying" (I didn't even know that was a word) is that I listen to podcasts when I do housework.

I have some shows on my DVR that I call 'listen to's' that I turn on if I'm doing some chores that create no noise. I find the crazy court shows and true crime stuff is easily just listened to while I load/unload the dishwasher, fold laundry or dust.
 





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