Fun!

"Fun is my revenge against mortality."

-- Dustin Hoffman

You can't control the length of your life, but you have a lot of influence over the quality of it. You, yes you, can choose to have fun!

What a concept! I'm amazed at how many people have seemingly never thought of it. They pass through life like drones on autopilot, rarely doing anything that's really fun. They mope along, complain about the weather, engage in soulless work, act like other people are invisible, and wonder why there life is so boring and drab.

What's fun? Well, it's different for each one. Make a list "10 Fun Things That I Really Like to Do." On my list is tennis, swimming, reading, talking with friends, browsing used book stores, sex... you get the picture. Then do at least one of those things each day. And on the best days -- do nothing but those things!

Keep the list handy and add to it. I'm sure there are a lot more than 10 things you find fun, so why not keep a running tally? Then when life seems like it's attempting to crowd out fun with a bunch of unfun crap, you can do a quick perusal of your list and get on with having fun, post haste.

Think you're already a pretty fun dude or dudette? Then here's the curriculum for the graduate level fun seminar -- find a way to make everything that you have to do fun! You know things like work, visit your mother-in-law, go to the dentist, have a colonoscopy, die, etc., etc.

Don't worry, you won't become shallow simply by living a life of fun. Life will still throw you some challenges, and you will meet them, and they won't all be fun. But on your average day, on most days, you, like Dustin, can have your revenge against life's silly shortness by filling whatever minutes, months, and years you are given with fun, fun, fun! Even when that big, metaphorical, daddy-in-the-sky takes the T-bird away.