Currently I’m playing a game where they have in-game currency – Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes. As I’m completely free to play I don’t have unending amount of crystals to buy stuff that I need. So, no big deal you’ll say and I totally agree, but my point here is that you must manage your crystals if you wish to keep up with all other players who pay. There is nothing wrong with paying, but I love the challenge to make it without it.
Here is what happened. Once I realized I don’t have an infinite amount of resources I decided to focus them on several heroes (10 to be precise). Then I made an excel sheet and started calculating what I’m spending and what I’m earning for each day. In other words, I created a cash-flow diagram of some sort. Why is this important? You know exactly how much you can spend and you can easily predict how much time you need to grind for a gear. Also, you can control your spending. For example, I calculated that I can make 2 refreshes of my energy per day to help with our guild activities and I can still keep some crystals at the end of the week. Just for clarity – more energy means I can farm more equipment for my heroes. Then I started farming and I got to a roadblock and I needed a lot of raid gears. Then I reduced the number of refreshes and increased my amount of crystals so that I can buy this raid gear faster. In the end, I managed to quickly bypass this problem by adjusting the cash-flow.
You can definitely use this approach in your daily life and honestly, I strongly vote for it. For reference, you can check Robert Kiyosaki’s books.
Let me know if this tip for managing your crystals, money or whatever the game or life throws at you sounds reasonable in the comments below!
Keep learning and may the Force be with you!
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