Tetris truths

In the past few weeks i've taken up an addictive habit: Tetris. Yes, that old game so popular on Gameboys. And when you do something for so long, it consumes you. as i play, my mind becomes part of the game, and i see it as more than just a game. i see symbols, metaphors, examples and even advice. I'm not making this up, and i haven't gone crazy either, bear with me.

Tetris, in so many ways, resembles life decisions and overall turnout. When you make poor decisions in Tetris, like placing a block two spaces away from where you should have placed it, missing opportunities to create rows, and so on, you obstruct your overall score from increasing. Or sometimes you're concentrating and luck is slightly on your side and the blocks you keep getting fit well together and your score keeps getting higher and higher as rows keep vanishing and never accumulating.

Eventually, you end the game with a pretty low score, or at least much lower than it could have been: and that is exactly life as i see it. Decision we take, especially those early on, affect the outcome of your whole being.

My favorite example is education. From the type of school you attend to your university years, if you happen to go to school or university at all, but let's assume that everyone does. What you choose to study at university, how well you perform, how much passion you have for what you do, all of these are the factors that resemble Tetris blocks and how you place them. Those university years could push you forward or hold you back.

But it's not just limited to education, it's every single decision you take. From what to wear to an interview, to the friends you keep, to the life partner you choose, to even something as simple as how you drive. Everything you do, everything we do, is another block on our Tetris board. How we contribute to rows vanishing and scores increasing is defined by how we co-manage all of what we have and all of what we are.