Fun First

It snowed about ten inches on Friday night. In the morning we woke up and decided to have "Fun first" before getting bogged down with shoveling out we got our cross-country ski's out and made our way across the street onto a trail. We shuffled and glided our way through fluffy white powdery goodness. Explored new trails in our new neck of the woods. Skied up the hill through apple orchards. Made the first tracks everywhere we went. A couple hours of this and we were on the street again and skied by a neighbor who was shoveling his driveway. He said, "Wow, that looks like fun!" I turned to my husband and said "Fun First!" with a smile. Then we turned down our street and by another neighbor also working on his driveway and a anonymous plower drove by and plowed the end of his driveway and then continued down the road and did ours and then waved and drove off. I thought,"this is what happens when we choose fun first. The universe is pleased and rewards us by showing us its abundant nature. The work gets done with ease."

It reminded me of years ago when I was experimenting with fun. I called it finding the Optimal Fun Factor or the O.F.F. I guided my decision making by what choice would provide me with the most fun. I stuck by this for a little while and then the age of responsibility kicked in as I progressed through my twenties. As time went on I stopped making fun first and started making responsibility first.

If we prioritize fun first we make sure we get it done everyday. It can be little acts of fun. To me fun first is starting my day with yoga or pranayama. Fun first could be doing some laughter therapy in the car. (it's really funny to fake laugh until you find yourself really truly laughing at yourself). It could be playing with crayons or markers, it could be going for a run, turning on some music and dancing around the living room, the possibilities are endless once you get started. We all have our own things that are fun to us.

Can you rearrange your day at all so the fun things can happen before the have to's? If you experiment with having fun first, that fun feeling of lightness and joy might just carry into your have to's. Go ahead....Have Fun!