Fun is not something you “have,” it’s something you generate. More fun and enjoyment in life are results of greater presence and intention to create fun and joy in all you do.
Here’s how to have more fun:
1. Tell Yourself, “It Is My Intention to Be Present and Have Fun in This Moment.”
Most great fun in life comes from an immersion in the moment. In immersion joy arises. In immersion humor can perpetuate. In immersion in the moment and presence in the Now you have access to a greater level of energy and awareness all around you that you can transform into fun.
2. Record the Moments of Joy and Happiness in Your Life
Many people can’t easily recall the top 10 times they’ve had fun in the last year. It’s not because they didn’t have fun, it’s because they never integrated that fun into their memory and being. They didn’t think about it, reflect on it, journal about it, and so it never stuck in their heads and hearts. If you want fun to be a part of you then you must feel it, recall it, integrate it into your identity.
3. Create a “This Brings Me Joy and Fun” List
Do you even know what exactly brings you joy, pleasure, passion, happiness, fulfillment? If you are aware of WHAT and WHO brings those things into your life, then you can have them on a target list to do or be around more often. Also, create a “these things do not bring me joy and fun” list, and immediately stop doing those things so often – delegate them, quit them, transition them, avoid them but do not do them with regular occurrence any longer. Take command of your life and rid it of passionless things.
4. Ask, “Am I Actually Doing My Best to Bring the Fun to All of Life’s Tasks and Activities?”
It’s the old Zen master tale: the only Zen that you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen that you carry up with you. Same with fun and joy and happiness in life.
5. Practice the Art of Friendship
We’ve lost the art of friendship in our modern distracted and digitized world. Let us never forget that friendship is the great source and wellspring of fun in our lives. Try to go out to breakfast or lunch or dinner or for a stroll with your friends at least once per week. What fun and mischievous things could you do with or to your friends this week? Can you hang out or tease or prank or create a unique experience with your friends this week that has everyone enjoying a good time?
6. Ask, “What Could I Do Today to Make Someone’s Day?”
Having the intention to brighten other people’s lives sets your life on fire with enthusiasm and joy.
* Source: Brendon Burchard – How to Have More FUN!