For the last couple months I did not do much playing at all. I was too caught up in a maniacal quest that left me stressed, burnt out, sick and unemployed.
I learned a lot of very hard lessons from that whole debacle and know I will definitely not be repeating those mistakes again!
However, before I took a hard left turn down that bumpy road, I tried to embrace play in any situation I could.
Be it at work, in the grocery store, the bank and pretty much anywhere I could, I’d try to make it fun.
It might be as simple as telling a funny story about the McDonald’s drive-thru to the tellers at the bank, or an innocent prank on one of the engineers at work, but I tried to approach as much as I could with a playful mindset. Sometimes I’d even try to make a game out of how quick I could finish my shift reports, to see if I could beat my time from the day before. Test my efficiency as it were.
I may have occasionally tested my three-point shooting skills at the grocery store as well, but that’s a topic for a different day. (Pro tip: Don’t try this with jars of pasta sauce or cantaloupe. It likely won’t end well. Stick to Charmin or bags of chips.)
I got away from that for quite awhile, and damn, did I miss it.
Now don’t get me wrong, when there is a time to be serious and respectful, I certainly do so. But in the average, hum-drum everyday? Game on.
Way I see it, life gives us enough to be pissed off about. Why not have fun with whatever is left?
Now, outside of that kind of silly behavior, I also do more normal stuff too.
I play guitar, I like to read (regular books and some comics too), play video games (Starfield currently), and I actually consider working out play time too just because I love it so much.
At the end of the day, life is just a series of games and challenges at it’s core. Some are truly serious and deserve our undivided attention and respect, but the rest? I say open season on life.
Get it back once in awhile for all the laughs it has at our expense.
The Beginning At Last 
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