Where would you go on a shopping spree?
It has to be said I have enjoyed some magnificent shopping sprees over the years. And it’s a good job I can remember them so well as it is unlikely I will be venturing down that road anytime soon.
Central London (with a close friend of mine) was our stomping ground. We had an absolute blast. A two/three day city break was awesome.
But never say never..it could happen again.
List five things you do for fun.
‘ The simplest pleasures are sometimes the most extraordinary’
Edgar Allan Poe ( 1809~1849) American writer, poet, editor, literary critic.
These days, you would barely notice me having fun.
Writing my blog, walking my dog, being in nature, feeding the birds, decluttering/pottering, exercising grey matter…opening a bottle of wine.
Plenty of fun still to be had in my little world.
What’s the most fun way to exercise?
I just made the big mistake of deciding to have a ‘quick game’ on my tablet before I came to WordPress. Of course, it wasn’t a quick game, was it? At least 40 minutes passed before I got here and read coincidentally our DP today is about having fun. It’s true, I was having fun. Or was I? Maybe just consumed by the black hole which has become our devices. Not much exercise to be had here, other than our fingers and hopefully some grey matter.
Picture this…..It’s a warm, bright sunny day. In a garden somewhere the grass is as green as it could possibly be. The flower beds full of colour. In the middle is a paddling pool. A hose runs with fresh and probably chilly water. A dog runs in and out of the small children as they shriek with glee. The one with the hose being IT for the moment. They are in a safe space and free to scream and shout, to their little hearts content. This is kids having fun. Their cognitive creativity peaks around 6 years old. Motor skills, imagination, problem solving and balance ease up at this age and they begin to mimic the ‘grown ups’ around them. If they are not lucky this can have quite a detrimental effect, I think to myself.
Research suggests that adults lose their sense of fun in their early 40’s. Saying that around 42 years of age, things change somewhat. I wonder if that goes for 40 somethings who have a passion? Surfing, hand gliding or skiing, for example. Surely it would still be fun to do those things at any age, as long as you are fit enough to do so?
These days having fun for me is maybe having lunch out and/or window shopping with a friend, simple things in life. Again not too much exercise going on there, though.
I get to have some fun the three times a day I go out with my boy. I’m not a fair weather dog walker. We’ll go out in whatever. I’m happy to see him having a good time, running like the wind-ish, eating sun-dried sheep’s poo or swimming in the streams. He’s a bit of a bruiser and he has trained me well. He’s taught me how he likes things done and when. I’d say that the walking is exercise and we have fun. So, there it is WP, I’ve answered today’s question.
IN THE BOOMER PIGEON HOLE? 
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