Ep.9/ The Pursuit Of Play
Life Doesn’t need to be so serious.
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Are you familiar with the best-selling book "The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying?"
The Top 3 were:
"I wish I hadn't worked so hard."
"I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends."
"I wish I had let myself be happier."
In America, there’s a productivity imperative that’s always nagging us to work work work and “make something of ourselves.” But dying people rarely look back at their lives and wish they’d spent more time rat-racing. Instead, we wish we had prioritized PLAY and authentic pursuits with the people we loved.
Play is vital to our well-being and psychology studies suggest that flirting, humor, imagination, sports, and other forms of play spark positive emotions, creativity, engagement, relationships, and achievement.
In this episode, senior tech advisor and life adventurer Jason Yamnitz joins me to have a light-hearted chat about why play is so important as adults, how to let go of the serious side of work and start experiencing life as the adventure we believe it's supposed to be.
