the importance of daily playfulness
[Side note on productivity culture while cramming for summer class exams.]
When I find myself ruminating on bad feelings (often a mix of overthinking, anticipation, fear of missing out, reminiscing, and nostalgia), it's often because I haven't prioritized having fun in my life for a while. It takes only a few days of not doing something that excites me for the consequence to gather into a general sense of alienation and aimlessness.
Writing this blog post is an attempt to break out of the loop I find myself in, forced to focus entirely on coursework for the next 3 weeks due to taking 2 simultaneous intensive summer classes this month and feeling very much overworked. The thing keeping me going is that I'm able to see the light at the end of the tunnel: expansive summer months with my friends, in nature, at festivals, my only task is to simply exist.
Here is a list of fun things to do:
- colouring
- laying in the grass on a sunny day
- yoga practice
- get better at playing pool
- hiking