Questify Your Life
Welcome to Questify Your Life!
Please note that this page is under construction as Sierra journeys to find the best way to express the ideas of this system to you while navigating her own quests and obstacles- including finishing two graduate degrees, being on two mental health councils, working at a law firm, speaking and consulting services, and learning how to actually build a website and business.
If you want more of this type of content and cannot wait for me to build out this website with content, do not fret, Sierra has a Substack newsletter! Check it out here.
Additionally, check Sierra out at NAMICon2024 on June 5, 2024.
Sierra uses gamification techniques, positive psychology research, and neurodiversity principles to make life more fun and doable. After years of doing this, Sierra has created a multi-tiered system where she creates quests in her life to focus on the goals that follows her values. The goal of this system is to encourage goal completion in a form that is fun, with an emphasis on the importance of play and creativity.
This system is roughly split up into three parts, Character, Quests, and Journey, which a brief overview of the system is below.
(Sierra is on a quest to build this website into a place where people can find resources and inspiration related to Questifying their own life. If you have questions or suggestions on topics of content that she should prioritize please fill out this Google Form.)
Journey
Life is about the journey, not the destination. This system is built to reflect that.
The journey incorporates principles like “change is inevitable” and “failure is a part of the process”,” among many others.
The journey also includes physical documentation and the day-to-day execution of quests. This includes game boards, badges, reward systems, and how to level up.
Character
Character focuses on who you are as you travel around this realm.
This includes, in no particular order:
1. Aesthetics: What you look like to the outside world.
2. Simple But Not Easy: There are some quests in life that are simple, but not easy. Like going to sleep at a regular time every evening, getting exercise regularly, meditating, etc.
3. Acceptance: There are some things that we just cannot change about ourselves. Working on self-compassion and self-acceptance are important quests.
4. Personas: A fun way to intentionally focus your energy and actions in a way to further your quests. For example, you may choose to be a “Hobbit” when cleaning or a “Bard” when performing.
Quests
Quests are how you spend your time. What type of goals do you want to achieve? What do you want to learn? Everything can be a quest.
Sierra splits her quests into a couple of main quests, with sub-quests within those main quests. An example of a main quest is law school. Three years with a countless objective, obstacles, and opportunities for side-quests.
Sierra also use a system that she calls “Dragon Quests.” A Dragon is a social justice passion that you focus your energy on. If you choose one and
find a community to help fight that dragon you will, hopefully, be able to successfully fend off the feeling of burnout related to the terrifying amount
of social justice issues that plague the world. Sierra’s Dragon Quests almost always revolve around disability topics.
There are also various forms of side-quests, fetch quests, and dice games.
Contact Sierra
Sierra looks forward to building out these resources for you.
If you have a side-quest opportunity for Sierra or want to connect, please reach out at Sierra@QuestifyYourLife.com