{"id":773,"date":"2013-02-16T18:25:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T23:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?page_id=514"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:44","slug":"have-more-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2013\/02\/have-more-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Simple Ways to Have More Fun, Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
A friend of ours, Dr. Mary, is a General Practitioner who has patients of all ages and life stages in her medical practice.\u00a0Mary recently shared stories about some elderly patients who inspire her<\/strong>, like the 99-year old who still drives to appointments or the 80-something great-grandma who just completed a marathon. These are people who, despite age and sometimes disability, carry a positive attitude about life and learned long ago to take everything in stride.<\/p>\n Mary grew more reflective as she shared a story about a long-time patient, 96 years old, whom she recently met for lunch.\u00a0 In the course of conversation she asked him, \u201cso, what do you know about life, Charlie?\u201d Charlie Watson, by the way, had a long and successful career as an accountant and business owner. He still played golf regularly, belonged to the local country club, stayed connected to his family, and was on sound financial footing.\u00a0<\/p>\n How did he respond to her question? He looked at Mary and said,\u201cI should have had more fun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n That\u2019s an interesting perspective from a man who spent the last 25 years in \u201cretirement,\u201d eh? For the rest of the evening, we talked a lot about what Mary now refers to as\u00a0\u201cCharlie Watson\u2019s Rule.\u201d<\/em>Our little group is comprised of four couples, all in our mid-50s and just about ready to have a \u201cfun\u201d life beyond our kids and paying college tuition\u2026except that one of our members just learned that she had a growth in her brain, and two weeks ago underwent surgery to remove a tumor.**<\/a><\/p>\n So, when is the right time to start having more fun in life? Now. Right now.<\/strong><\/p>\n How often do we delay fun because we are too busy, too serious, too involved in \u2018important stuff\u2019 to take the time? Ugh!\u00a0We\u2019ve bought into the notion that \u2018after this is over\u2026I\u2019ll be happy.\u2019 So we make our happiness and our fun dependent on some event occurring,<\/strong>\u00a0e.g.\u00a0I know I\u2019ll be happy when\u2026<\/em>I get promoted, I get married, I get divorced, I have kids, the kids move out, we get the house remodeled, I finish school, we get a bigger house, I lose weight, and on and on.<\/p>\n <\/strong>Happiness Principle #12 says,\u00a0Focus on Today: Waiting for something to happen \u201ctomorrow\u201d in order for you to be happy is like watching yourself in the mirror and saying, \u201cYou go first.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n So don\u2019t wait until you\u2019re too old, too sick, facing your mortality, or trapped by crisis to have some fun.<\/p>\n Here are 25 simple (and inexpensive) ideas for having more fun, right now.<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you, Charlie, for reminding us to live our life fully, right now.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n ** She has since fully recovered, thank you!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~<\/p>\n Jim Smith, PCC, is The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae.<\/strong>\u00a0He is an international speaker, executive and life coach, and author. He provides his clients with inspiration and practical tools to live a happier life and build more positive work cultures. He is the author of\u00a0Happiness At The Speed of Life: 13 Powerful Strategies for Finding Happiness at Home and On The Job,\u00a0and has touched the lives of over 10,000 people worldwide through his work on Positive Emotion and Leadership. You can connect with Jim at\u00a0theexecutivehappinesscoach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A friend of ours, Dr. Mary, is a General Practitioner who has patients of all ages and life stages in her medical practice.\u00a0Mary recently shared stories about some elderly patients who inspire her, like the 99-year old who still drives to appointments or the 80-something great-grandma who just completed a marathon. These are people who, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nI should have had more fun<\/h2>\n
Focus on Today<\/h2>\n
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