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That’s what a couple of people have asked me lately. It’s a bad sign that my mind goes blank and I just blink, right? Um, fun? Ohhh, fuuun. And a friend just posted to Facebook: “X is tired of being so hard on herself. She would like to be responsible, organized, and still have fun. There hasn’t been nearly enough fun lately.” I am with her. And study after study and a new spate of books have come out about the healing power of play, spontaneous downtime, real joy, flow.
Presuming I’m not the only fun-stunted grown-up out there–it seems like fun is the first thing to go when people are stressed, especially about cash–I’ve made a list for you and me on how to have more fun. (Fun is obviously subjective, though–one woman’s puzzle is another woman’s nightmare–so these are just ideas to inspire.)
50 Ways to Have More Fun
1) Bounce on a trampoline
2) Watch 30 Rock on Hulu.com
3) Make a list of music you’d love to hear live. Get tickets.
4) Pull together your friends and/or family for a jamboree–of homemade and real instruments
5) Go dancing
6) Book a cheap flight
7) Relax in a hammock
Go swimming
9) Check off a few items on your life list
10) Make a life list
11) Go to the zoo
12) Find one un-fun thing you can NOT do and don’t do it
13) Read a juicy novel
14) Write a juicy novel
15) Go bowling
16) Do bumper cars
17) Draw
18) Fingerpaint
19) Invent a new dessert. Share.
20) Make a stuffed animal
21) Create an altar
22) Play ball–basket, base, tennis, dodge
23) Run
24) Take a froofy scented bath
25) Get on a boat
26) Adopt a goat
27) Visit a farm
28) Take a guided tour
29) Go to a museum you would never normally consider
30) Walk a dog (borrow if you need to)
31) Visit someone you love. Or invite them to visit you.
32) Paint a mural
33) Learn to stand on your head
34) Cuddle
35) Go for a picnic–on your living room floor if need be
36) Visit Cuteoverload.com
37) Have a progressive potluck with your neighbors
38) Make raw chocolate
39) Ride a bike
40) Play frisbee
41) Have an afternoon tea party where everyone has to wear a hat
42) Make your own ice cream sandwiches
43) Make your own ice cream with an ice cream ball
44) Hop on a train or a bus and go somewhere you’ve never been–within an hour of your home
45) Go to a make-your-own-pottery place
46) Buy a fruit or vegetable you’ve never had (like Buddha’s Hand)
47) Have a clothing swap with friends
48) Have a house swap with strangers
49) Make a music mix. Groove.
50) Have a poetry reading
What do you do for fun?
posted April 23, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Valerie,
I teared up at this, because one of the last things my dad said to me before he died was “Are you having enough fun?” I did a video on it. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. So thanks for the great post. I will link to this when I discuss the topic again on BB. t
posted April 23, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Dear Valerie, Mike Myers the comedian ( sat night live , Austen powers) said he got his comic mind set from his dad who worked in a hard factory job all day. At the nightly dinner table his Dad had a routine of asking the family what they did for fun today or to make up some funny joke or story. Therefore Mike said he spent part of every day focused on having fun or creating fun jokes or stories because Dad asked every night. Thus a giving comic genius was born. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER TO FOCUS!!! For fun I’m really enjoying learning the ways of the computer. It’s still all new for me. Joy to you.
posted April 23, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Go bowling or play mini-golf.
posted April 23, 2009 at 8:18 pm
What do I do for fun…… Well, I dance up a storm; listen to really beautiful music (Intermezzo Sinfonico from Cavalleria Rusticana, anyone?); email friends; experiment with photography; read my favourite blogs (Fresh Living! Beyond Blue! When You’re Going Through Hell Keep Going!); comb Flickr for really cool photos………..
posted April 24, 2009 at 9:08 am
every day even with hip replacement,shoulders both repaired,back repair,sleep apena,overweight,over still working and non smoking or druging thanks to GOD yes i am having FUN i hope it last at lease 30 more years. Never Give Up On GOD!!!!!!!!
posted April 24, 2009 at 9:52 am
Discovering somewhere new, cooking a meal from a country i’ve never been to…brings me closer to being there, planting seeds, cleaning beaches, draw cartoons, watch birds diving into water
and laughing, laughing until my belly hurts
thanks for the reminder of what i need to do today!
posted April 24, 2009 at 12:43 pm
I am evidently reading my email all the time,to me that’s my ultimate
fun.nothing more..promise!
posted April 24, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I laugh. I laugh with my husband all the time we laugh alot and often. My cheeks hurt; tears come down my face; I can’t breathe; we laugh in the morning; we laugh in the evening; all ways and always, we laugh so very much….. than we laugh some more!
I laugh and keep great company, that’s all… Peace
posted April 28, 2009 at 2:38 am
For fun I crochet, dance, listen to music, walk around the lake o the greenway, talk to friends and more.
These are the things that make me happy.
posted April 28, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Have a pie fight. I’ve been involved in two of them and laughed for days afterwards. Of course, this only works if you don’t sweat the organizing and the cleaning up. So don’t!!! 27zhft
Those things will take of themselves.
posted May 1, 2009 at 1:29 am
Joined a painting class at the Adult center in my town twice a week. On Saturday we are painting nature. Very relaxing and lots, lots of fun. Try it yourself.
posted May 3, 2009 at 9:24 am
Amusement parks!
posted May 6, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Music is the universal unspoken language. Everywhere it appears that
people respond and respect good decent music which uplifts them and
enables them to fly spiritually.
Music helps to lift people out of their mundaneness and into a new
awareness and universality.
Where would people be without the creative expression of music.
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