Ever wish that your day-to-day activity mattered on what number you spun? That maybe if you got a 1 you’d win $10,000 for being a good citizen, or if you spun a 5 that you’d adopt twins, and only pay $5,000 for furniture? Or how about college only costing $50,000 (after the $10,000 interest) and you could be a doctor!
As a child I loved the game of life. I loved making an absurd amount of money, and watching it “grow” before my eyes. I loved adding multiple children to my car and collecting life tiles at various points across the board. I got giddy when I landed on the spot to trade salary cards, and felt an instant sense of relief when I could avoid unnecessary life cost, or speeding (The person who spins the number 10 must pay the police officer $5,000!!).
Since plan “A” fell through with the kids yesterday we decided to play life. It was quite comical and cute to watch them get excited at the very points I did as a child. They couldn’t wait to pick a career, they were excited to get married and grab a life tile, they thought it was funny each time someone else added a child to their car, and they made real world comments each time they picked a tile.
My two favorite quotes of our game were:
“ I want a wife, because wives always stay pretty and husbands get ugly.”
--- Interesting logic there!
“I only want to learn CPR if it is with Megan Fox.”
--- After landing on the spot that said, “ learn CPR”.
Even though we do not spin to move to the next spot of life, I think it’s important that we still walk through life with the same enthusiasm.
Caution: The actual game of life is similar to retiring at Millionaire Estates, your “life tiles” are not safe.
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