Are You Taking Fun Seriously Enough?

This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Pushkin. When was the last time you did something just for fun? You know, not because you had to or you were supposed to.

But just for the sheer enjoyment of it. If your mind is drawing an embarrassing blank right now, don't worry. You're not alone. Between work and family and our never ending to-do lists, fun often gets pushed to the bottom of our priority list. If it even makes that list at all. But are we getting our to-do lists all wrong?

What if having fun isn't just a nice bonus in life, but something that's essential to our health, our happiness, and even the well-being of the world around us? Today, for this latest installment in our series of live conversations. I'll be taking you to the Aspen Ideas Festival. where I had the chance to speak to two experts who take fun very seriously. Catherine Price is an award-winning journalist and the best-selling author of How to Break Up With Your Phone and The Power of Fun. Catherine is also my personal guru when it comes to all things delightful. OG listeners of The Happiness Lab will probably remember that Cathered a funtervention for me a few years ago.

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