Living life for Fun
I just recommended a book on living with Bi Polar, in the book club. It was filled with so much good philosophy. Just on staying well and being happy; that could relate to everyone. One realisation was suddenly knowing there are so many life goals you will not achieve. And I could not help link that with certain age milestones. But she went on to state that life goals only became a thing in the 21st century. Before that people just lived. Worked to maintain a certain standard. Wealthy people often just played. Sports and needlework and painting. Parents started to want better for their children and hey ho we were off. Throw in the media and suddenly we became driven to achieve, earn more and spend more.
Another interwoven thought; probably triggered on here but I apologise for lack of recall. When did playing an instrument or excelling at sport become a need to pass exams and compete? Why when a child shows a talent do we start planning their oh so successful future? That obviously requires hours of training, money and work for everyone. What happened to just living and enjoying life?
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Your pretty good at writing these very insightful blogs. I enjoyed this too! Keep them coming… oh the pressure, sorry
Just love a good ponder 🧐
I think the journey is the important part of life, not the destination. Happy is something you are, not something you pursue. I always enjoy your thoughts and writings.
Thanks Rain. I also enjoy yours. Ive been back to the Uk amazon shopping. Several of your books on my to read pile. 💕
You make some very good points which could explain a few things, not least of which is the pressure that’s created to meet these expectations. So perhaps that is one of the reasons why so many people (ourselves included) struggle more emotionally than our predecessors did. This isn’t a cop out, so apologies if it reads like that. I believe it is real, and can be attributed to some of what you have said in your blog.
Just to add one more thing, having closed the article and noticed the title again – Living Life For Fun. I have personally said out loud “We need to have more fun” because too many aspects of modern life makes us so serious. In so many ways we have lost the basic ability to have fun, in the way small children can by playing with little or nothing and enjoying it. The next door neighbours teenage son was having a BBQ party out in the garden and his Mum actually knocked on our front door prior to it starting to warn us and apologise for any noise. Well…noise? What noise? I heard quite a lot of chattering, and a half hearted attempt at playing some songs (not very loudly) from a haphazard playlist very disjointedly and with it frequently just going completely quiet for several minutes at a time. I was sitting in my own garden with a beer hoping to feel some of the vibe but even I was getting bored with it. Not at all an exciting or fun party. So…”We do need to have fun more” ha ha!
Yes pure belly laugh fun often needs alcohol these days which is a shame. But I’ll take it over no belly laughs at all. Fortunately I have a daft dog and even dafter grandchildren so plenty of sober laughs too.🤣
I love laughing at stuff, and I don’t need any alcohol for that. I’ll require a fair bit to ease myself into a proper party mood though, which invariably turns me into a laughing stock with my unique version of ‘Dad Dancing’ ha ha!