Catherine Price: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life

fun is the distillation o

f life's energy 

how to have more fun: 

1. focus on the ingredients: playfulness, connection, and flow 

2. reduce distractions

3. increase connection by interacting more with others 

1. step by step by step 

4. find opportunities to rebel 

1. playful deviance: break rules of responsible adulthood

5. prioritize it: make it a priority 

1. carve

cannot have fun if you're not in flow: good for us 

fun is the

cause of human thriving 

energy same, details different (venn diagram)

1. playfulness: guard down, not protected, light-hearted

2. connection: shared experience, another person involved

3. flow: engaged and focused, lose track of time, in the zone 

Fun is a feeling, not an activity, there's an element of serendipity: easy to recognise (illuminated from within)

- visceral sense of lightne

ss and joy (radiant)