Re-Inventing Fun
For us, pre-pandemic notions of “having fun” involved spending time with friends, wine-ing and dining, bringing our moves to the dance floor, spontaneous dates, and exploring the city. Above all, when we weren’t working, we wanted to be out and about. Now these aren’t exactly COVID-safe and kind of induce anxiety—crowded bar, packed as sardines…yikes. On second thought, was “going out” all the time actually fun? The next-morning wicked hang over definitely was not. So what is fun? Especially as we adjust to a new normal? We wonder.
Movies and society romanticizes our early 20s as a time to explore, be wild, and make mistakes. We pack our weekends and free time with plans, anything and everything to seek out new experiences. Now eight months in, we’ve surpassed the days of binging show after show, movie after movie on Netflix. We’ve baked banana bread, choc chip cookies, brownies, you name it. We’ve snuggled in bed and dived into new books. The pandemic has allowed us to prioritize self-care but the pressure to push ourselves and *grow* is still there. When all days feel like other days, we feel an urge to create disruption.
So maybe it’s time to re-invent notions of Fun.
Readers of Hey Bud, might have sensed that we’ve been doing a lot of soul searching lately. We’re trying to achieve a balance between taking rest and having fun. That is fun, re-defined. We are fortunate to have an opportunity to reclaim control of our time, so we want to get creative. For now, we have set a few intentions—we want to start somewhere and so we’re asking ourselves:
💫 What are hobbies we had as a child that we let go of? Perhaps it’s time to re-kindle these.
✨ Have we lost touch with old friends? We can check-in and reach out.
💛 If we feel like our lives are a bit stagnant, why don’t we live vicariously through new books and podcasts for now?
As we try to re-define what is fun for us, what does having fun mean for you?
