The #1 Way to More Fun

My wife and I have been married for eleven years!   Yesterday, a patient told me that eleven years is a good start, having just celebrated her 57th anniversary with her husband.  The day of our marriage, the officiator sat us down to give us some advice.  I remember expecting to hear "love each other", duh, or "the secret is to play together."  You know, all the cliche stuff.  Instead, he said that we would have real joy together if we worked hard.  What a jip, right?

Kind of like this post...didn't the title say "fun"?  So here it is!  The number one way to have more fun is to work. What?!  But it's true.  The happiest people work hard, from Hollywood to Harrisburg, actors to landscapers, from children to retirees.  All work and no play makes us dull, but have you ever stopped to think what does all play and no work make you?

Public examples of partying hard with no meaning or purpose end up yearning for something more. In other words, if we play long enough, the play becomes...less fun!  This wisdom was once considered common sense, and taken completely for granted.  Now, it's a life hack!

Any time we have fun, the enjoyment is more profound if we have worked hard first.  Finding purpose and dedicating our time and energy, our sweat and tears, makes the down time that much more appreciated.  This spells out the difference between leisure, which can recharge our batteries and create energy, and idleness, which drains energy and infects us with laziness.

So, work hard and have fun, and you'll get more out of both of these complimentary actions!