Feeling enchanted is expected
Curate the Necessities
Since this month’s theme is fun, let’s grab that journal and make a fun list. This seems like an easy task, but I guarantee there will be struggles. It’s not that you don’t like fun or being fun, but you might be rusty. Open to a new blank page. In your most fun script, write fun at the top. Do not let anything that is not fun touch this page. If your pen is not fun, find a new one. A pretty color would be nice. Discard your usual method of making a list. You know, one boring word after another. This page requires fun. Start to enumerate all of the stuff you find fun or would like to do for fun. These words or phrases should be noted in every known direction, overlap each other or if you want to add a few more colors, you have my permission to do so. See if you can be fun. Good Luck.
Fun is in the eye of the Beholder
Beauty is not the only realm that needs a judge. Whether something is fun or not is yours to discover. Personally, I do not like scary films but that might be based on the fact that that stuff gets up inside my head and makes nightmares. Remember, the brain doesn’t always know how to tell the difference between real and imaginary. But this list should be wide ranging and include everything you currently find fun. What genre you like to stream can go first. Do you like your service to give you suggestions or do you want it to hide its offerings, so you aren’t embarrassed by them? Maybe you love live theater but haven’t thought about it much since the great staycation years. There is no need to hide your choice of news outlets if you get something from that sort of thing. Did you see how I minorly dissed them there? That was fun for me.
Listen to this fun Stuff
If you are still listening to the music of your youth, rock on. If you have added to it and have managed not to be embarrassed by your interest in current pop (Hello Swifties!) then make as good a list as you can of the stars of your ears. Maybe you love opera but have to hide it from everyone else to decrease the comments. I lean toward a school of thought that there should be music playing most of the time at home, in the car, while talking to friends (in the background, of course) but I don’t always feel like turning it on. I can’t work with music in the background because it distracts me but some good vibes while cooking always seems to elevate the activity. I live far away enough from my neighbors that they can’t hear me belt out showtunes when I feel the urge to exercise my vagus nerve. It’s their loss. But I love podcasts and keep a good rotation available for driving from place to place doing errands.
Conversational Fun
This is a category where humans shine. We have minds and mouths. A good story goes a long way toward enlivening any group. It works if you are waiting in line at the airport, it works if you are standing around a dull break room, it works if you are brand new to a group and it works when you are trapped away babysitting your relatives. You can make those stories as absurd as possible. Kids will get it every time, but adults will think that you are telling the truth. Try and keep a straight face. Pretend it is good practice for that poker face you need to develop to have fun playing cards. The spoken word can also be delightful in readings at church or in speech form. You are the entertainment. You can make the words leap up to encourage participation. Lastly, work on intimate conversations. These are the quiet, heartfelt ones. Sometimes they occur sitting on the back steps, and other times they are whispered in private. They all count for fun. Nobody said that fun couldn’t be serious.
Have you said anything fun today? Has anyone around you said anything fun? Notice when fun pops into conversations and entertainment.
