It seems we're all very caught up in the seriousness of life, in being productive, trying to attain things and goals, status and money, power and success, the perfect body, the perfect health or activism for a particular cause.
It's all relentless really and tiring and exhausting. What about fun? What about lightness? Laughter? Celebration? Aren't these the things that make life worth living? They make all the hard work worth something?
While I think it's super important to embrace responsibilities and show up in life and do your best at adulting, I think it of equal importance to know when it's time to switch off and allow time and space for play and silliness into your life again.
This week I'm going sea swimming, I'm going to the skate rink to skate to disco music. I'm making time to read. I'm making time to have a laugh and not take myself and life so seriously. I'm not even particularly good at swimming or skating.
I'm not doing these things to attain an end goal so I can feel worthy enough to be alive ( weight loss or external validation for example). I'm doing these things to feel joy in that moment like I did when I was a child and felt free.
This is not because I'm blind to the terrible atrocities of life happening all around me or even that I'm ignoring my adult responsibilities. It is for my own sanity. For my sense of balance. I need to have fun and let go and feel free just as much as I need water and air to survive. Just as much as I need to work to pay bills. These are all of equal importance in my life.
How can you allow your inner child the freedom to play and laugh today? It doesn't have to cost anything. You're so worth it. πΈπ¦ππβ¨