Are You Having Fun?

photo credit: Tay­lor Hand

“Peo­ple rarely suc­ceed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” — Dale Carnegie

Are you hav­ing fun at what you do? In life? At home? In the work­place? If you’re not, it’s time to re-evaluate what you are doing in these areas. You life should be fun. Remem­ber being a kid — did you like things that weren’t fun. Recess was the best! Why? Because it was the most fun. As we grow up, though, we start to think in terms of — this job is ok, it pays the bills. Or — my mar­riage is ok, we only fight a lit­tle bit. But do you really enjoy these things. Exam­ine your life, find those things which aren’t fun. Look for ways to change. Remem­ber — we have one life to live. How do you want that life to be defined?

Sure, there will always be days that aren’t “fun”. But think big pic­ture — long term. Are you really happy and hav­ing fun with your life. Try some­thing new. Sur­prise your spouse. Vol­un­teer for an event at your child’s school. Try some new activ­ity you’ve always thought about. Try some­thing weird or “out there” for you. You’ll prob­a­bly sur­prise your­self at how much fun all of these can be. And in the process, how much more fun you are hav­ing in general.

Get out there and have some fun!

Lance writes sto­ries from his heart, aim­ing to inspire and moti­vate, as you align more fully with YOUR true peak. When he’s not here, you can find him hang­ing out with his fam­ily, rid­ing a bike, or just gen­er­ally act­ing goofy.   Sign up for the Thoughts from the Tree­house newslet­ter and get addi­tional inspi­ra­tion in your email inbox!

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