{"id":131946,"date":"2024-07-12T12:27:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/?p=131946"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:52:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:52:55","slug":"the-powerful-effect-of-bringing-play-into-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/the-powerful-effect-of-bringing-play-into-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Powerful Effect of Bringing Play Into Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Leo Babauta<\/a><\/h4>\n

How much of your day is spent either 1) trying to make yourself do something you really don\u2019t want to do, or 2) avoiding doing that thing you don\u2019t want to force yourself to do (and feeling guilty about it)?<\/p>\n

In truth, this is most of the day for many people. Trying to coerce ourselves to do stuff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So a few things to say about coercing ourselves:<\/p>\n

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  1. It doesn\u2019t work really well \u2014 we\u2019ll put up a lot of resistance if we\u2019re trying to force ourselves.<\/li>\n
  2. Even if you can do it, it\u2019s super not fun!<\/li>\n
  3. And then when you\u2019re done forcing yourself, you have to do it again. Over and over again. Hoping to do everything \u201cright\u201d but usually feeling like you\u2019re not doing it \u201cright.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    OK, so let\u2019s say you\u2019re convinced that coercing yourself to do things doesn\u2019t work. Then what? Do we just never do the boring things? Just always avoid facing the hard things?<\/p>\n

    That\u2019s not what we want either, because most people reading this wants to be out doing meaningful, impactful, sometimes hard and scary things. So how do we do that without coercion?<\/p>\n

    Play might just be the answer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Let me describe the powerful effects of Play in this context, and then talk a bit about how to bring Play into your life.<\/p>\n

    The Powerful Effects of Play<\/h3>\n

    When we\u2019re up to meaningful, difficult, interesting, scary things \u2026 coercion is one answer. Avoidance is another. And Play is yet another possibility.<\/p>\n

    Here\u2019s what happens when we bring Play into doing all of our hard, meaningful tasks:<\/p>\n