What things are fun for me.
Faux fun vs real fun
(“faux” is French for “false”)
- faux fun helps you ignore problems, real fun helps you face problems
- faux fun gets boring, real fun never gets boring
- faux fun you regret, real fun you never regret
- faux fun makes everyone feel worse, real fun makes everyone feel better
[from May 2002 “Oprah Magazine” pp 224-227 “The Clue is in Your Funprint” by Martha Beck http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/200205/omag_200205_beck.jhtml]
My faux fun list:
- I do NOT enjoy watching TV
- I do NOT enjoy listening to music
- I do NOT enjoy reading
- I do NOT enjoy email
- I do NOT enjoy working on the computer
- I do NOT enjoy too much sweets / desserts
- I do NOT enjoy surfing the web
- I do NOT enjoy listening to the radio
- I do NOT enjoy thinking
- I do NOT enjoy being isolated
- I do NOT enjoy electronics
- I do NOT enjoy shopping
- I do NOT enjoy music concerts
- I do NOT enjoy buying CD’s
- I do NOT enjoy buying books
My fun list:
- I enjoy playing drums, guitar, piano
- I enjoy going for walks
- I enjoy spending time with my wife and son
- I enjoy spending time with animals
- I enjoy being outside
- I enjoy throwing/catching/kicking/hitting balls
- I enjoy hiking
- I enjoy open spaces
- I enjoy the ocean and the beach
- I enjoy massages
- I enjoy yoga
- I enjoy talking with people
- I enjoy surprising other people with kindness
- I enjoy sunrises and sunsets
- I enjoy thunderstorms
- I enjoy snowstorms
- I enjoy autumn
- I enjoy spring
- I enjoy Fridays and Saturdays
- I enjoy helping others
- I enjoy meditating
- I enjoy reading my favorite quotes
- I enjoy high places (mountains, roofs, trees, lookouts)
- I enjoy running
- I enjoy making paths in the woods
- I enjoy complimenting people
- I enjoy writing with a pen more than typing on a computer
- I enjoy getting rid of things more than keeping things
- I enjoy reflecting on what surprised, touched, and inspired me today
- I enjoy creating metaphors/analogies
- I enjoy writing documents
- I enjoy writing software
- I enjoy getting up early in the morning
- I enjoy taking naps
- I enjoy teaching others
- I enjoy learning
- I enjoy doing off-the-wall things to surprise people
- I enjoy cleaning and organizing
- I enjoy making other people happy
- I enjoy singing
- I enjoy taking showers
- I enjoy mowing lawn
- I enjoy dusk and dawn
- I enjoy hearing birds sing
- I enjoy leading meetings
- I enjoy creating contests
- I enjoy problem solving
-Robbie Bednark (originally written June 6, 2002)
Posted by rob at July 27, 2003 09:22 PM