You gotta have fun

You gotta have fun:

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You gotta have fun.

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You have to.

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You have to make life fun.

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It’s so important.

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We take life too seriously.

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Think that we’re so important.

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That what we do is important.

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That who we are is important.

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It’s not.

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We’re just one of 8 billion people living on a galaxy filled with infinite stars.

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We are so small.

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And yet we are everything to ourselves.

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And the people around us.

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So make the most out of it.

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You only get one.

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You have to live it on your terms.

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Doing what you want.

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Enjoying what you do.

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Having fun.

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Alysa Liu personified this at the Olympics.

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Her performance was incredible.

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Epic.

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Watch it here.

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So electric.

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But her story is better.

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A child prodigy.

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Someone who was pushed to skate.

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Pushed so hard she left.

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Went to university, climbed Everest and had fun.

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Then she went skiing.

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The adrenaline kicked in.

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She wanted to be back on the ice.

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But only on her terms.

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On her conditions.

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No one would control her.

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Would decide who she would be.

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No one would make her decisions.

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She wanted control.

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And she made sure to have fun.

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To make it fun.

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To enjoy it.

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To find something hard enough to keep pushing.

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But also something that she liked.

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That made her laugh.

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Made her smile.

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Athletes take sports too seriously.

We all do.

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But how much of it do you actually enjoy?

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Remember.

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The journey is the whole point.

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Having fun along the way.

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Happiness will not magically find you tomorrow.

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It’s a choice.

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It’s a decision.

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Having fun is a decision.

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Do things that are fun to you.

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And never stop doing them as an adult.

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Do more of them.

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Treat yo self.

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Have fun.

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And if you don’t know how to have fun, figure it out.

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Try things.

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See what you like.

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What feels like play but looks like work to everyone else.

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This is it for me.

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Writing.

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This is fun.

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Interesting.

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I never know what I’m going to say.

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Or how I’m going to come across.

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Or what’s going to come next.

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I just show up and write.

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See where my mind takes me.

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This is fun.

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You can’t write 1250 blog posts, 2 books and 2700 journal entries unless you’re somewhat enjoying it.

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Do I love it all the time?

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No.

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But that’s the point.

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The love comes from the struggle.

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From sitting there staring at a blank page.

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Seeing what you can create.

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What you can come up with.

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Sometimes I forget.

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Oftentimes, I forget what I’ve written.

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But I re-read some of them and am shocked.

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I want to hear this.

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I want to read this.

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I want to see this.

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This stuff makes me better.

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And it was all for fun.

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To try something.

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Started as an experiment after leaving medicine.

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Started journaling.

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Look where it’s taken me.

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My goal is to be the most prolific writer of my generation.

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Someone who’s created so much more than people could imagine.

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I’m on my way there.

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But I have so much work left to do.

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That makes me excited.

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That’s fun.

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Challenging, but fun.

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Ultimately you have to have fun.

You have to manufacture fun.

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You need it.

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Something to look forward to.

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Life gets boring.

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Mundane.

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So figure out how you like to have fun.

And go do more of that.

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Go be like Alysa Liu.

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The new superstar who’s an incredible role model.

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Congratulations Alysa.

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Please never stop smiling.

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Never stop being yourself.

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Never apologize for who you are.

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And always do it for the fun of the game.

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Have fun.

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