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PURPOSEFUL PLAY
Just like children, adults need to play. Playfulness brings a lightness to life that is invaluable to our well-being. It greatly increases enjoyment of life and nourishes one’s sense of humor and spirit of optimism. Therefore, you need to make sure that your leisure activities feel like play, are of your own choosing, and make you happy.
When you follow this criteria, the benefits of leisure will spill into all areas of your life. For example, your leisure activities will relieve stress, clear your mind, and improve both your physical and emotional health. In addition, shared leisure activities can enhance your relationships.
In The Three Boxes of Life, author Richard Bolles wrote that your leisure is what you do when no one is telling you what to do. It is his belief that any activity can be a leisure activity “if you choose it freely and truly enjoy what you are doing.”
For some people, choosing “meaningful” leisure activities is a contradiction in terms. That is because they associate the word meaningful with activities that have a serious purpose. However, leisure activities can most definitely be full of purpose if they bring you enjoyment and are truly effective in refreshing your body, mind, and spirit.
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