Always Have Fun
What would life be without 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.
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)
- A lot of our life can involve mundane things, fun is our counter balance
- Fun releases endorphins which make us happy and calm
- Decreases overall stress levels
- If we can joke or even just smile about certain situations our anxiety levels decrease almost immediately
- Being happy makes us more productive
- It improves our relationships both at work and at home
- Gives us positive energy
- Makes life enjoyable
- Keeps us youthful
- Helps develop our social and communication skills
- We remember the real fun times, it creates memories
- We only have very limited time, enjoy it
50 Ways To Have Fun
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.
- Listen to music that makes you dance
- Sing and dance like no one is watching
- See friends
- See family
- Go to a gig
- Have a dinner party
- Be childish
- Fly a kite
- Laugh at silly things
- Learn something (try here)
- Try new experiences (try here)
- Watch a film
- Play a game
- Go to a theme park
- Watch your favourite television show
- Paint or draw
- Go for a picnic
- Get out in nature
- Go to the zoo
- Laugh at silly things
- Watch some comedy
- Go for a bike ride
- Play computer games
- Have a water fight
- Go out into nature and take some pictures
- Write a story
- Play chess
- Go to a museum
- Fly a kite
- Think of ways to inject some fun into your work
- Go swimming
- Cook a nice meal
- Find constellations in the stars
- Take your or the neighbour’s dog for a walk
- Go to the beach
- Watch a movie
- Have a campfire and toast some marshmallow
- Create a website or blog
- Go out for dinner
- Play a board game
- Learn to juggle
- Bake a cake
- People watch
- Go for a walk
- Pick some flowers and make bouquet
- Play sport
- Go to a festival
- Learn and tell some jokes
- Watch the sunset
- Or wake up early and watch the sunrise
Further Exploration - Articles & Media
Article: Family Fun Suggestions
Realsimple.com have put together 11 suggestions for getting out and having fun with your family.
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
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
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
Article: 29 Fun Things To Do At Home
Fun things to do at home from live, bold and bloom
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.
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
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
Article: How to Have Fun
Wikihow comes in with a more direct approach, telling us how to have fun. Some good suggestion within
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
Article: Do You Remember How To Have Fun?
12 ways to reconnect with your carefree side from Prevention
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
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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