What is fun for you?

I believe that almost everything in life has a funquotient™, and that if everyone would take the time to figure out what “fun” meant to them, life could seriously be amazing.  Because things that are fun are effortless.  When you are having fun, time zips by.  Life is grand.

So what is fun for you?  And how can you improve the funquotient™ of everything, even things that are supposedly un-fun? 

One way is to add a fun activity to one that’s humdrum.  For example, if you spend a great deal of time in your car…commuting, chauffeuring the kids, or just doing the daily tasks, sing along to great music or do what I do…listen to books on tape.  The result is that I look forward to driving.  Sometimes I even make excuses to drive, just so I can hear what will happen next in my book!   Audio books also make exercise and cleaning more fun.  So does great music…there’s nothing like mopping the floor to a great beat.  That mop does resemble Fred Astaire a bit!

I’ve even attended a fun funeral.  Now lest you think I am carrying this too far, let me tell you about it. It was the funeral of an elderly friend.  He was in his late 80s and had lived a healthy life up to the last several months of his life.  He landed in the hospital with just a few weeks left, and as a doctor, he knew it.  He decided to plan his own memorial service.  So from his hospital bed, he made all the arrangements, and also recorded remarks he wanted played at the service.  That service included three church choirs singing music he had selected.  Two world class viola players.  The tape he’d made about his life, his joys, and his hopes for the future.  Good food.  Good wine. 

Everyone left there laughing, talking and feeling great.  It was fun.

Of course everyone’s idea of fun is different.  I love cooking.  Collect cookbooks.  Sometimes pretend to be Nigella Lawson as I prepare yet another family meal. To Lois, one of my dearest friends, cooking is far from fun.  But she loves doing bead-crochet (and she’s really good at it) which to me is just another version of torture and frustration.

Doing things with friends is fun.  What do you do now that would be much more fun if you did it with friends?  Exercising?  Going for a mammogram together?  Painting your kitchen?

How else can you add a funquotient™ to your life?

 I’d love to hear your thoughts.