!Have you taken your ‘funprint’ lately?

When is the last time you really had FUN?

Think about it-the last time you just let yourself forget about all your responsibilities, let go and had a good time?

We all have a “funprint” and like your “thumbprint” it’s unique.

Research says that we are most productive, persistent, creative, and flexible when we’re engaged in precisely the combination of activities that brings us maximum FUN.

However, we get so caught up in the things we need and should do that we forget the importance of having FUN in our life. It seems ‘frivolous’ and ‘unproductive’. Yet, truly, having FUN in our life helps us to accomplish more.

You don’t need to go on a pricey vacation or buy a lot of stuff to have FUN. Sometimes it’s just having good conversations with people you enjoy.

There is always time to have FUN. Even if it’s just for fifteen minutes.

You’ve got one life to live.

Telling yourself, “I’ll have fun when…” is a real bummer.

Have fun now!

Life is too short to wait.

Reasons to Make Sure you Include Fun in your Life

• Having fun helps you to be more successful in everything you do!
• Having fun improves relationships.
• Research shows that couples who are happy know how to have fun together.
• Conflict resolution skills are improved when we’re having fun in life.
• Laughter and fun increases empathy, compassion, trust, and intimacy.
• Happiness is contagious-it spreads like a virus.
• If you’re happy, you increase the odds that your close friends and family will be happy too.
• Decades of research has shown that play releases endorphins–decreases our stress and increases our happiness
• Less stress, better health.
• Less stress can improve our memory and concentration.
• Laughter and fun can be some of the best medicine you take.
• Laughing and having fun helps you to be a more positive person.
• Laughing and engaging in a pleasurable physical activity helps balance your hormones which has an amazing impact on your mood and how you feel. (which has a ripple effect on everything in your life)

What makes you happy?
What do you love to do?

How can you create more play, fun
and laughter in your life?

Three Strategies to help find your “Fun-Print”

Strategy 1: Finding what makes you SMILE

Sit down with a notebook and list things you enjoy-anything from petting your cat to watching a good movie. Look for the ones that light you up and make you smile.

Then seriously commit to including these things in your life.

Strategy 2: Revisit your Childhood

Genetic research suggests that our fun preferences are largely inborn and remain consistent throughout life. The time when we’re free to act on them is usually childhood, so that’s a great place to look for your “funprint.”

List things you remember enjoying as a child. Pay particular attention to things that made you “lose time,” so that hours seemed to disappear in seconds. What absorbed you that completely? Telling stories? Climbing trees? Playing dress-up? Then try to incorporate some of that into your life.

Strategy 3: Real-time research.

Keep a “fun journal” on a calendar. Jot down a brief list of your daily activities and give each one a fun “score,” with zero meaning no fun and ten meaning fun-tabulous.

As the days go by, you’ll begin to see which activities and people yield the most fun-and you may be surprised. It might be really simple things like eating crackers and cheese in bed versus going out for a fancy meal.

Sometimes, fun doesn’t just happen to you.

You need to take action and find ways to make small and fresh changes to get you out of the same-o, same-o routine.

Don’t wait for someone else to take the lead. Be creative and start taking action to make your life more “FUN”……………

Here’s a few ideas…..

Be curious about people. Meet someone new or get to know someone better.

Read an adventure novel or thriller. Enjoy your excitement vicariously through a juicy, good book.

Watch a funny movie. Have some good laughs.

Write out your life vision. Spend some time thinking about your ideal life filled fun, excitement and adventure. Write down the actions you could take to get yourself there.

Learn something new. Join a group to learn a new skill or a hobby. You will open doors to meeting new people who share your interests and gain a sense of achievement.

Get out of the house. Step away from the TV or computer. Take a walk with a friend. Go to the bookstore and browse.

Go on a weekend excursion. Plan a fun getaway.

Test drive a new car. Go take a spin behind the wheel of your favorite car. (even if you can’t buy it right now)

Arrange a special evening. Surprise your beloved with a romantic evening.

Try an unusual recipe. Cook something that you’ve never tried before and invite someone over to share it.

Plan an adventure trip. Even if you can’t afford to take a trip now, just researching, planning, and dreaming can give you a boost and build excitement for the time when you can afford it.

Get a makeover. Get a new haircut, have your make-up done by a pro, buy a new outfit, or try a new style. It’s even more fun if you do this with a friend.

Shake up your morning routine. Instead of following the same wake-up routine every day, start your day off different. Get up ten minutes early and have breakfast outside. Turn off the TV and put on music. Make love before work.

Be the host. Take the initiative to entertain, and invite friends or family over for dinner or something different – like a wine tasting or game night.

Move your furniture. Rearrange or redecorate a room, switching things up enough that it feels new and different.

Go cheer. Attend a competitive, fast-paced event, like basketball, or racing where the energy and excitement of the sport is contagious

GO HAVE SOME FUN!!

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Fay Prairie is a personal life coach and speaker specializing in relationships and POSITIVE, empowering mindsets.

She helps set you free from stress, anxiety, worry, negativity, and depression, so you can be a Better You, have Better Relationships and live a Better Life!

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