How To Have More Fun
I was just looking through the pictures I’ve taken with the new camera I got (it’s an early Christmas present because my other one broke while I was on vacation a few months ago).
I found this one that me girlfriend took of me 2 weeks ago when we were shopping for pumpkins to carve.
As I flipped through them and noticed this one, it occurred to me that most people don’t know how to have fun. If they do, it’s usually in the wrong way.
For example, kids my age in college don’t think they can have fun unless they’re drinking at a party.
Conversely, older folks don’t think they can have fun because “those days are over”.
Well, not really!
You don’t need ot be anywhere special to have fun. All it takes is a bit of creativity and the ability to not care what others think of you.
Speaking of that, why DO you care what others think? Most likely you’re never going to see them again, and if they get mad – that’s their problem, not yours. Right?
Listen, I used to care what people thought about me and it did way more harm than good. Since I do a lot of “unorthodox” things in my life (which I now take as a huge compliment when somebody says I’m weird) I tend to get a lot of “looks”.
What I realized though, is that I’m getting looks from people who are fatter, less happy, and more poor than me. They hate their life, don’t do anything to change it, but yet give those who DO want to change it, some pretty weird looks.
For example I get a lot of comments at work about the books I read. I’ll bring in a book on say, wealth building, and I hear “why do you read that stuff” and “isn’t that boring”?
!?!?!?!?!?!
This is coming from people who are 30-40 years old and still work at a restaurant full-time!
By the way, no offense to those who are working in similar jobs. But it’s up to you to change your life.
Back to the main topic, since I went on a little tangent there.
When my girlfriend and I go out, I make it a point to make her laugh as much as possible. This often consists of doing things such as the picture above. I did this while others were around, and of course I got “the look”. But I loved it because Katie and I were the only ones having fun.
By the way, that pumpkin thing (not sure what’s it’s called) was really heavy! I’d guess that thing was at about 25 pounds – although it fit pretty comfortably around my neck.
My main point is this. Life is short, you don’t get a second chance.
If you want to live your life miserable all the time, go ahead – just don’t expect me to ever converse with you for any length amount of time.
If you have fun while making yourself look like a moron to others, who cares! I would guess about 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999% of the people who see you doing things like this will never see you again – let along even remember it the next day.
The next time you’re out with your spouse, friends, children, etc. make it a point to have more fun than usual. Obviously don’t cause a big scene, but do something a little out of your comfort zone and get people to look.
Then take a second to think about exactly how you feel at that moment. You might be a little nervous, but I bet you’ll like the feeling.
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