Wow!  The most incredible aha moment happened for me last week.

I’m working through a coaching program with a fellow coach that is studying at the same time as me.  Each week we focus a different part of your life.

This week we discussed fun and my dreams and goals and desires for this area and how to get there.  Very very exciting stuff.  And obviously ‘fun’ stuff to talk about.  And the biggest learning was that the key here is me changing my mindset.  It’s not that I’m not organising and having fun (well I could also be having more) but that I don’t allow myself to enjoy the fun.

Fun seems to be banished from my life.  There is no time for lying in the grass and watching clouds because other things ‘should’ be done.  I must exercise – not just skip and giggle.  I need to meet people and worry about timetables to get a train there and be concerned about how it will go.  I seem to have a habit of worrying about things, how will they go, I seem to feel responsible for it all coming together.  I need to keep people positive and entertained and just generally all round delighted!  What a lot of pressure.  No wonder I can’t have fun.  I must manifest, I must train, I must practice…..  And I feel guilty for fun which seems like just maybe it’s not necessary.

I feel like this fun caper is maybe missing in so many lives.

I can see now that you could kind of compare fun to the idea of having to nourish yourself, fill up your own bucket before you can fill up or nourish anyone else.  In extreme circumstances, putting on your oxygen mask is the rule before helping anyone else.  And I just suddenly have this overwhelming belief right now that we have forgotten this in society.  We have lost the ability to put ourselves first in a self care way but also in a FUN way.  Fun isn’t a priority, fun isn’t a necessity.  Fun doesn’t keep us achieving.

Well my aha is that fun DOES actually help us achieve.  It helps us achieve a happier state of mind, it reduces stress and worry, it therefore benefits our physical and our mental health.  So maybe it might be something that would be better up there with the top priorities in life?  And the more fun we have, the more we raise our vibration towards a good feeling, so the more we get good feeling things happening in our lives.  So fun is incredibly important.

At the end of the session with my marvellous coach I wrote an affirmation about what more fun would be like.  And all of a sudden I have this magical statement that feels so inspiring, and that fun is not just a nice thing to have, it’s absolutely everything!!!!!

I am so grateful and filled with happiness that I am now a magnificent manifestor, living my dream life jam packed with fun, adventures, travel, awe inspiring food and fabulous friends.

Whoever would’ve thought you could get this just from more fun in your life?  Unbelievable.  I am so excited about my journey ahead.

My coach was so pleasantly surprised about the new lightness in my voice and in the sheer pleasure coming from my laugh.  She nearly enjoyed it more than me by being a big part of it.

What do I even do for fun?  What does fun even mean for me?  Do you plan fun?  Do you prioritise fun?  Is it light hearted fun?  Is it inspiring fun?

Be kind to yourself (part of which is having fun!).

Wx