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I've always enjoyed the Ologies podcast, where Alie Ward interviews various scientists about their research. I think everyone, especially those retirement or those heading into retirement, should listen to the one on "funology", the study of fun Funology (YES, FUN) with Catherine Price — alie ward
The researcher, Catherine Price, did primary research asking respondents to describe scenarios in their lives that were "so fun!", and then came up with some insights. In particular, she defined fun to be the confluence of "playfulness", "connectiveness", and "flow". Each of these three things have their own definition.
I'm pretty sure I can have fun with only two of Ms Price's components — not sure I need all three. But, it's been *really* useful to think about the activities I do during the day, and thinking about whether I can make them more playful, use them to be more connected, and to do them with flow. Flow has it's own definition, which I won't get into, here, but it's also worth thinking about whether you can approach activities in a way that give you more flow.
So, anyways, it's improved my life these last few weeks since I listened to the podcast.
What sort of things do you do in retirement that are "so fun"? I like playing trombone in different bands, and skiing with my wife. These things have playfulness, connectedness, and flow. (But I also enjoy skiing alone sometimes, which doesn't have any connectiveness.). Music I have to be careful, it always has flow and connectiveness, but I have to make sure we keep the playfulness and make sure we don't argue in rehearsals if the focus is on fun in music.
I think I'll buy the book, too, called "The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again", but it's quite nice to hear the author speaking directly in her own voice in an hour interview on Ologies.
The researcher, Catherine Price, did primary research asking respondents to describe scenarios in their lives that were "so fun!", and then came up with some insights. In particular, she defined fun to be the confluence of "playfulness", "connectiveness", and "flow". Each of these three things have their own definition.
I'm pretty sure I can have fun with only two of Ms Price's components — not sure I need all three. But, it's been *really* useful to think about the activities I do during the day, and thinking about whether I can make them more playful, use them to be more connected, and to do them with flow. Flow has it's own definition, which I won't get into, here, but it's also worth thinking about whether you can approach activities in a way that give you more flow.
So, anyways, it's improved my life these last few weeks since I listened to the podcast.
What sort of things do you do in retirement that are "so fun"? I like playing trombone in different bands, and skiing with my wife. These things have playfulness, connectedness, and flow. (But I also enjoy skiing alone sometimes, which doesn't have any connectiveness.). Music I have to be careful, it always has flow and connectiveness, but I have to make sure we keep the playfulness and make sure we don't argue in rehearsals if the focus is on fun in music.
I think I'll buy the book, too, called "The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again", but it's quite nice to hear the author speaking directly in her own voice in an hour interview on Ologies.