Always Have Fun

What is Fun?

Fun is doing the things that we enjoy and make us happy.

Without fun what is the point in life. Fun brings happiness and in turn peace. It’s a difficult thing to quantify and like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We all feel better, more relaxed and more peaceful when we’ve been having fun.

Everything feels great when we’re in a good mood and enjoying ourselves. Smile and the world smiles with you.

Child blowing bubbles - What is fun?
"It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave."
Tupac Shakur

12 Reasons Why We Should have fun in life

Why have fun? Some people find it difficult to unwind and relax to have fun. Fun is equally as important as the serious moments in life (if not more so)

  1. A lot of our life can involve mundane things, fun is our counter balance
  2. Fun releases endorphins which make us happy and calm
  3. Decreases overall stress levels
  4. If we can joke or even just smile about certain situations our anxiety levels decrease almost immediately
  5. Being happy makes us more productive
  6. It improves our relationships both at work and at home
  7. Gives us positive energy
  8. Makes life enjoyable
  9. Keeps us youthful
  10. Helps develop our social and communication skills
  11. We remember the real fun times, it creates memories
  12. We only have very limited time, enjoy it 
"When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things."
Joe Namath

50 Ways To Have Fun

Music Gig - Fun Things To Do

Everyone is different and everyone enjoys different things. No one knows how you like to have fun like you do. 

Look at the things you like doing, the people you enjoy being around and the places you like to go to. Then do more of it. Simple.

If you’re needing some suggestions, few ideas below and in the articles.

  1. Listen to music that makes you dance
  2. Sing and dance like no one is watching
  3. See friends
  4. See family
  5. Go to a gig 
  6. Have a dinner party
  7. Be childish
  8. Fly a kite
  9. Laugh at silly things
  10. Learn something (try here)
  11. Try new experiences (try here)
  12. Watch a film
  13. Play a game
  14. Go to a theme park
  15. Watch your favourite television show
  16. Paint or draw
  17. Go for a picnic
  18. Get out in nature
  19. Go to the zoo
  20. Laugh at silly things
  21. Watch some comedy
  22. Go for a bike ride
  23. Play computer games
  24. Have a water fight
  25. Go out into nature and take some pictures
  26. Write a story
  27. Play chess
  28. Go to a museum
  29. Fly a kite
  30. Think of ways to inject some fun into your work
  31. Go swimming
  32. Cook a nice meal
  33. Find constellations in the stars
  34. Take your or the neighbour’s dog for a walk
  35. Go to the beach
  36. Watch a movie
  37. Have a campfire and toast some marshmallow
  38. Create a website or blog
  39. Go out for dinner
  40. Play a board game
  41. Learn to juggle
  42. Bake a cake
  43. People watch
  44. Go for a walk
  45. Pick some flowers and make bouquet
  46. Play sport
  47. Go to a festival
  48. Learn and tell some jokes
  49. Watch the sunset
  50. Or wake up early and watch the sunrise
 
Do whatever it is that puts a smile on your face (and don’t take life too seriously). 
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing"
George Bernard Shaw

Further Exploration - Articles & Media

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Article: Family Fun Suggestions

Realsimple.com have put together 11 suggestions for getting out and having fun with your family.

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Book: How to Have More Fun

Book by Mandy Arioto about how to have more fun by being remarkable, stopping feeling stuck, and starting enjoying life
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Article: 53 Fun Things You Can Do This Weekend

Lifehack brings us 53 fun activities that we can do this weekend

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Jokes: 75 Short Jokes Anyone Can Remember

Some great short jokes from the folks at Reader's digest. Little cheesy but will put a smile on your face

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Article: 8 Ways to Make Your Life More Fun

Psychology Today takes a look at ways to have more fun in life and what may be holding us back

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Article: 29 Fun Things To Do At Home

Fun things to do at home from live, bold and bloom

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Video: BBC Comedy

The BBC have a number of comedies that you can watch via BBC iPlayer. With a number of boxsets, streams and panel shows they have something for to make nearly anyone laugh.

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Article: Why you need to have Fun to be Successful: Top 25 Reasons

Wisestep recruitment takes a slightly more serious look at fun and the 25 reasons how it can make you more succesful

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Article: Do You Need More Fun in Your Life?

An article by Martha Beck on the Oprah.com Winfrey explaining why we should have real over faux fun and ways we can go about it

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Article: How to Have Fun

Wikihow comes in with a more direct approach, telling us how to have fun. Some good suggestion within

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Article: 100 Ways to Have Fun with Your Kids for Free or Cheap

Fun things to do with the kids from Zen Habits ranging from creating a fort to going to a playground

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Article: Do You Remember How To Have Fun?

12 ways to reconnect with your carefree side from Prevention

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Article: 43 fun activities to do for under £20

43 cheap activities from Save the Student including going to an escape room, go-karting and hitting the beach

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Forum: What do you do for fun?

Thread on Quora with over 40 responses discussing what people do to have fun. Some suggestions include going to concerts, improving yourself and going shopping

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