What did our leadership class say? Our opinions matter. Fun is enjoyment, amusement or lighthearted pleasure. Something we don’t need to think about… it’s obvious. It is the way we experience play, being authentic, and belonging. It’s happening when we might not even realize it. Fun feels effortless and creates itself. It’s a feeling of goodness, spending your time doing something for the single reason: it brings joy. Fun fills you up with happiness, laughter, joy, adventure, and relaxation. It’s where you feel most comfortable and things just become easy. Fun is a good feeling. Imagine a time you had fun. Your fun can take shape in all different forms. It may be a time like “When I was growing up my friends and I…” Or “One summer my family and I…” Maybe it was something like “As a kid I once did this really stupid thing…” Regardless. Could you see these as times when you had fun? So why is fun so important? The boost of creativity, imagination, energy, and productivity you acquire are all results of fun! Have you ever been around a young child and been amazed at their curiosity, creativity and happiness? It starts to make you wonder how they are just so happy? The answer is easy, they are able to find fun in the tiniest things and appreciate them. Have you noticed, they get excited when they successfully jump over a puddle or get to go to McDonalds. To them it’s enough… they simply don’t need much to make their own fun. It is our balance in life… we need it to stay on track. Fun follows those who appreciate it. This is a lesson I personally had to learn. My parents decided to change my world. They said “we are moving to Tsawwassen” and you have to change schools. I was happy to move but disappointed that I was leaving all my friends behind. I love fun and I always had it. Fun was something I really didn’t have to think about and just came naturally. However, when I moved to a new school and didn’t know anybody I realized I had left more than just my friends behind. I left fun behind. I started to realise maybe I never really appreciated fun and took it for granted and I had to learn it the hard way. This made me realize how important people are. To me fun is hanging out with friends, laughing, sharing stories, not worrying about being judged, and feeling free. I don’t have the answer, and I am still trying to figure it out. In life we all have that next step. Maybe it’s going from high school to college/university. Or career jobs in environments with new people. One way or another, we will be expected to adapt, and find new ways to have fun. A couple of days ago I sent out “A Fun Survey” to find out where fun lives in all of your lives. The next day I woke up to a flood of responses and it went a little something like this: Kiana B
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