Welcome to Optimist Writer!
My name is Victoria Ichizli-Bartels. I am an author of over 20 books, writer of over 300 articles on Medium.com, instructor of two online courses, and expert in the areas of Self-Gamification (= “life-gaming” = turning work and personal life into fun games) and S1000D (especially business rules).
I am also a life gamer, turning any challenge, project, task, or activity
into fun games for myself.
Here is my invitation and challenge to you:
Invest in becoming your life’s best designer and player.
Save yourself the costs of seriousness and drama.
Gain resourcefulness, mastery, and fun.
I can help you learn to do this effortlessly and with fun by applying Self-Gamification, the gameful self-help approach that brings together anthropology (awareness), kaizen (philosophy of small steps), and gamification (gamefulness and playfulness) into a powerful synergy and toolset.
The Latest — 2022 & 2021 — Releases:
Actual Real-Life Role-Playing Games
Out in December 2022!!!
A Gamefully Philosophical View on Life and How to Design and Play It
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Der Weg zur Wahrheit
German translation of The Truth About Family
Das Buch ist hier erhältlich:
⇒ Klicken Sie hier, um das E-Book bei Amazon zu kaufen ⇐
⇒ Klicken Sie hier, um das Taschenbuch bei Amazon zu kaufen ⇐
Book:
New in May 2022
Atlas of S1000D Issues 4.1, 4.2, and 5.0
Business Rules Decision Points Arranged into a Linear Topic Map
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Book:
Available since June 2021
Gameful Habits
How to Turn Your Daily Practices into Fun Games
Book 7 in Series “Gameful Life”
⇒ Click to buy ⇐
Book:
Available since May 2021
Gameful Blogging on Medium.com
Thirteen Levels in the Epic Adventure of a Top Writer and Super Creator on Medium
Book 6 in Series “Gameful Life”
⇒ Click to buy ⇐
Online Course:
Available since April 2021
Gameful Project Management
Self-Gamification Based Awareness Boosters for Your Project Management Success

⇒ Click to enroll ⇐
Book:
Available since March 2021
5 Minute Perseverance Game
2nd (5-Year) Edition
A Self-Motivational Game to Help You Melt Your Procrastination
⇒ Click to buy ⇐
Book:
Available since January 2021
Gameful Mind
Solve the Puzzle of Your Enigmatic Subconscious
Book 5 in Series “Gameful Life”