Catherine Price: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
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Catherine Price: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
Play seems childish and even transgressive to most, and so they miss a major life trick. To be playful is to live true to who you are as a human.
Play is how we express our acceptance of uncertainty.
Life is uncertain. Play aligns our actions with this lack of knowing.
Play is how we express our acceptance of uncertainty.
Life is uncertain. Play aligns our actions with this lack of knowing.
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Play, which I would define as anything we do simply for the joy of doing rather than as a means to an end – whether it’s flying a kite or listening to music or kicking around a football – might seem like a non-essential activity. Often it is treated that way. But in fact play is essential in many ways. Stuart Brown, the founder of the National Inst
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Seriousness saddles the work with a burden. It misses the playful side of being human. The chaotic exuberance of being present in the world. The lightness of pure enjoyment for enjoyment’s sake. In play, there are no stakes. No boundaries. No right or wrong. No quotas for productivity. It’s an uninhibited state where your spirit can run free.