The excuse is "Oh, I'm just so busy..."
No, you're not. You spend hours sitting on the computer or in front of the TV every day. It takes about an hour to hit a bucket of golf balls, three hours to actually play a round. You could take two hours a week to paddle a kayak or shoot some hoops with pals. Ride a bike. Invite people over for drinks or game night.
So you're not "too busy", you just don't want to. Why is that? And when does it start? Do you just get out of the habit once you have kids and never get back in? I probably played more when my kids were young because we always had kick soccer going on in the front yard, building something, going skiing, rollerblading, or whatever it took to entertain them.
That slowed way down when I got married because my priorities changed and now I'm making a conscious effort to do something fun for play every day, even if it's just ride my bike around the 'hood.
It's like the people who say they "can't" come out to Friday Heathen Night: too far to drive, too busy, blah blah blah. Sometimes that will be true, but it cannot possibly be true EVERY Friday evening. It's not that they can't, it's that they don't want to. And that's fine if the company isn't to your liking, but if it's a group of people you may be interested in, why wouldn't you come have dinner and hang out?
That's only one example. There are a million others when adults just forgot how to have fun or have lost their motivation to do so.
So! What have you done for fun so far this week, including last weekend? Fun just for you, can involve other people or doesn't have to. Running children to assorted activities doesn't count and neither does sitting at the computer or game console - you have to have actually moved your ass off the couch.
No, you're not. You spend hours sitting on the computer or in front of the TV every day. It takes about an hour to hit a bucket of golf balls, three hours to actually play a round. You could take two hours a week to paddle a kayak or shoot some hoops with pals. Ride a bike. Invite people over for drinks or game night.
So you're not "too busy", you just don't want to. Why is that? And when does it start? Do you just get out of the habit once you have kids and never get back in? I probably played more when my kids were young because we always had kick soccer going on in the front yard, building something, going skiing, rollerblading, or whatever it took to entertain them.
That slowed way down when I got married because my priorities changed and now I'm making a conscious effort to do something fun for play every day, even if it's just ride my bike around the 'hood.
It's like the people who say they "can't" come out to Friday Heathen Night: too far to drive, too busy, blah blah blah. Sometimes that will be true, but it cannot possibly be true EVERY Friday evening. It's not that they can't, it's that they don't want to. And that's fine if the company isn't to your liking, but if it's a group of people you may be interested in, why wouldn't you come have dinner and hang out?
That's only one example. There are a million others when adults just forgot how to have fun or have lost their motivation to do so.
So! What have you done for fun so far this week, including last weekend? Fun just for you, can involve other people or doesn't have to. Running children to assorted activities doesn't count and neither does sitting at the computer or game console - you have to have actually moved your ass off the couch.