Recently, I was on a bus going somewhere I wasn’t super excited to be going. I tried telling myself stuff like “it won’t be that bad,” “I won’t be there long,” etc.
Then I said to myself “Parker, you should just have fun.” Somehow this really worked. I think I even smiled a little bit to myself.
Some people are just always fun to hang out with. Seeing a bad movie with friends can be a great time. And if you’re in a good mood and just decide to have fun, you can have a great time watching a bad movie all by yourself.
So this is my new year’s resolution: be more purposeful about having fun.
I’ll do stuff like this:
Smile more. Smile Bigger.
Listen to music really loud.
Start every new activity energetically. Enter social interactions with high energy. And a smile.
Fun isn’t a scarce resource–we’re literally swimming in fun right now. Our cup overfloweth with fun. We been had fun.
So there really isn’t much reason for me to ever not be having fun. Please remind me to have fun if I appear to have forgotten.
