What would life be without having some fun in it. Not much. The primary reason, you and me are here is to really enjoy it, to spend a substantial time having fun. And at the same time, being excited about something, having fun is a part of being invincible. Something happens in our body that is very protective of our health when we are excited about our life’s and when we have a lot of fun. It is a kind of mind body connection. And mind is a big part of It.
Do you ever remember getting sick when you fell in love? Most likely not. Your body’s immunity system is working at it’s best when you fall in love. You are excited and you feel great most of the time. That’s what I mean, when I am telling you to find activities and hobbies to get excited about. You need to fall in love with them.
Real fun takes some effort
You say. Milan this is impossible. I can not fall in love with playing harmonica, if I don’t know how to play it. In this case, you just need to pick up that harmonica and start playing something, start learning. You have to start. And that love will eventually come when you realize that you can actually play something and you want more. You get excited about it while you are getting better at it and you will start loving it.
I am not talking about the kind of fun and excitement where you go to a different restaurant every evening because you are bored out of your mind. No, the fun and excitement I am talking about is doing something that you are really passionate about. Don’t tell me that eating bloody stakes at Italian restaurant is really your passion. If it really is, well than I am sorry. You poor blood thirsty human being.
Start doing stuff you always wanted to do
The fun and excitement I am talking about is doing something, you know fun! The fun stuff like playing guitar, piano or other instrument, surfing, playing golf, playing tennis, getting ready for your first marathon or swimming across the English Chanel, or climbing the mount Everest or just a nearby little peak, fishing, camping, whatever it is that you enjoy. And even if you don’t enjoy it, but you always wanted to do it, just start doing it. If you stick with it, you will most likely start loving it too.
My form of fun and excitement is quite rich. I love to go surfing. I love, love, love that sport so much. And I am not even close to being great at it. But being in the water in beautiful environment, having a fantastic workout and getting better by learning how to rip recently gives me incredible joy. My goal is to take part at Czechoslovakian open cup of surfing that takes place in France. And I know that some day I will. You can throw 10 sharks in the water and let them circle there for a month and I will find a way to do my surfing.
My other passions are playing guitar, playing tennis, I love windsurfing and I plan to get back to it soon. I love writing and since it’s pretty challenging activity for me, because I write in English and English is my second language I love it even more. And I am getting better at it. I love to paint and doodle and I am interested in all the artsy fartsy stuff. I did a lot of art metal processing before and I am definitely planing to get better at it. That’s quite amazing fun to, bending and forming hot iron. All kinds of art techniques incredibly interest me.
I have incredible fun doing all this exciting stuff. But I am far away from being a master at them. Once you get just a little better at certain activity, it will become fun. You will get excited. It takes some work in the beginning. But than, it’s just pure fun and joy.
I can go on and on with the things I plan to do in the future. If the days had 50 hours they wouldn’t be long enough for me. I am by nature very passionate person. And if you are not, than I am sorry. Are you ok with it? Does your life seem like a time full of boring chores? Than my advice to you is to give it a try. Find something fun and challenging to do. Otherwise, you are going to be very disappointed at the end of your life.
Force yourself to have fun
If you think that you are just not that passionate person, because nothing really interests you, than you can really change that. Often we don’t like certain activity when we are not good at it. The key is to enjoy the process of it.
I would often get discouraged while playing tennis, because my backhand just wasn’t that great and I would get beaten very badly by my opponents playing matches. My opponents would always serve on my backhand and I would always make an error. Very easy way to win. It would get ugly many times when I threw a racket against the floor. I would brake quite a lot of rackets these way. I was disgusted by it. I am sure, if I were a pro player, I would be something like a bad sport John Monroe was. Not a very admirable think after all.
But I didn’t give up. I would work on my backhand and over time it would get much better. And my excitement about tennis grew, when my game got better. My backhand now is my strength and I often hit a winner right from my opponents serve. No more free points for my opponent by making errors. Now they have work hard for every point. Subsequently my excitement and passion about tennis grew. I love that sport.
The key is to enjoy the process of learning the skill. You have to realize, that you are not going to be great right from the beginning. But every time you try, you will get better. And if nothing is working, than force yourself to try, try and try again. Realize, that you had been put on this world to have some fun and not be miserable all the time.
Measure excitement in your days
If they told me that I have 6 months left to live, I wouldn’t change one thing in my life. I love every single thing I do in my days. And on my last day I would be certainly sad, but i wold be at peace. I did already have some very, very, very serious, exciting, fun time here on this earth. And I am still planing to have some very, very, crazy exciting good challenging time here. And I know I will. I am almost invincible after all 🙂
Can you say the same thing about your life? If not, why not? Are you saving yourself for a later prime, or you are just a naturally bored person. If you are it’s time to wake up. It’s time to get excited about something. It’s time to have some serious good time. It’s important and necessary in our life’s. It’s part of being invincible. The protective mechanism of being excited is huge. You can’t pass it if you want to be invincible. Find a a way to do it. Keep trying. Don’t give up. Than try some more and more. And try some more. And one more advice. Try some more.