Play On!
Every day, seriously every day we monitor scholarly articles, the internet, and the popular press on the importance of play and playfulness for adults. As part of that process we try to rise above the vitriol on the internet and in conversation these days. As others hunker down for Armageddon we focus on improving wellbeing… Continue reading Can We Get A Hallelujah For The Humorists?
Play Is the Highest Form of Research - Albert Einstein? Neville V. Scarfe? Anonymous What does it mean to you to be playful? In general, what is your definition of play and playfulness? We posed these questions to over 2,000 survey respondents. Over two years of controlled qualitative thematic analysis was spent on 800 answers.… Continue reading Time to share! Despite ourselves LOL!
A day without laughter is a day wasted. Charlie Chaplain Here's an important data point, "children laugh over 400 times a day, where as us adults laugh a lot less. Yet, we are the ones that need it the most" from "What Makes You Laugh?" on the importance of daily laughter and different laugh triggers.… Continue reading Add a little humor today!
We need to spend more time and effort as adults trying to think like kids. Erza Klein paraphrasing Alison Gopnik What do an Octopus, Kids, Adults, Play, and artificial intelligence have in common? Carve out time for "Why Adults Lose the 'Beginner's Mind'" and learn the answers. Trust us, it's all about play. Crank up… Continue reading Spend More Time Thinking Like A Playful Kid
Every day the world gets more serious, so fun is the most powerful thing in the world right now. Ian Brackenbury Channell, The Wizard of Christchurch Silly seniors? It’s the only way to go (Read 2 Minutes) A good laugh, a playful prank and other such ‘silly’ behavior once in a while doesn’t just lift… Continue reading Cheers to Silly Seniors. More than just geriatric badasses.
To truly laugh you must be able to take your pain and laugh with it. Charlie Chaplain Viktor Frankl on Humor as a Lifeline to Sanity and Survival, Maria Popova, Brainpickings.com (Read 3 Minutes) Credit: Diane Alkier, Unsplash Why It’s Sensible To Be Silly. (Read 7 Minutes)
You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing. Maurice Chevalier Credit: Emma Seppala Seven ways laughter can improve your well-being by Emma Seppella (3 min read)
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. Woody Allen The unbeatable lightness of being (Read 4 minutes) Laughter is a holy thing. It is as sacred as music and silence and solemnity, maybe more sacred. Laughter is like a prayer, like a bridge over which creatures tiptoe to meet each other.… Continue reading Playfulness, the basis of humor
“If you’re funny, if there’s something that makes you laugh, then every day’s going to be ok.” - Tom Hanks The Ring-around-the-Rosies Phenomenon: Why Playful responses to plagues and pandemics are healthy
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