How to Make The Annoying Parts of Your Life Fantastic

Why playfulness will change your life

I’m convinced that the best way to go through life is to treat it as one big game.

The moment you begin to stop stressing and start playing, that’s the moment you’ll be able to win the high score.

It’s through playfully engaging with life — handling everything with a light touch — that you leave your unique soulprint on the world.

These feats amaze us because they seem superhuman. And maybe they are!

But you can be a superstar too.

All it takes is for you to shift the way you engage with life.

Play is defined as “engaging in an activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.” It’s choosing to do something because it feels fun to you, not because you feel like you should be doing it.

Okay, that seems straightforward enough. Do the things you like to do because they are fun.

But aren’t there aspects of life we need to attend to that won’t feel fun?

Absolutely.

Mark Manson calls these tasks “eating a shit sandwich.” He explains that we all have to eat a shit sandwich every once in a while.

I really resonate with this.

Not because I enjoy eating shit, but because I’ve realized that I’ll have to overcome my resistance to certain aspects of my passion if I want to be great.

These are the tasks that are an inevitable part of our journey. The secret isn’t to avoid them but instead to shift the way we relate to them.

Here is some unsolicited advice:

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