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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riley matthews
5/28/2021 10:10:33 am
KIana I think this was a great blog and you did such a great job incorperating your fun survey for the class so that we could see how much fun everyone was really having. I think that when we as humans alter something in our lives that is different and seems unappealing, we shy away and don't see ant fun in it. But you are right, fun can be anywhere it just depends on how you look at the situation. For me fun can be just playing on my phone and it can also be riding a roller coaster. It is all about the way you look at it from an outside perspective. Thanks for sharing this blog was one of my favourites!
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kaya
5/28/2021 10:48:32 am
This was a really great blog that I thought was really well though out. As well as an interactive blog since you had people fill out your survey which I though was a really cool idea. You are correct that sometimes that we take fun for granted. It just comes so freely so we just always think that it's just there. But when you move to a different space and have to learn from scratch again, it's a hard thing to do. Since nowadays we get so much stress from our everyday lives, it's important to enjoy the little things and to do big or small activities everyday that bring joy to your life.
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Kaysey
5/28/2021 12:28:46 pm
Fun is what life should be about! As someone who also moved schools, I can relate to the struggle of leaving friends and feeling like life was "boring". I think one of the greatest adaptions I've gained from that experience is finding joy in my own presence tho. And its definitely true that fun follows those who appreciate it, cant agree more. Sometimes I find fun just being surrounded by others, even if the activity is "boring". I like this blog cuz it is just another reminder to live life to the fullest and to enjoy the moments. Thanks Kiana
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Nyah Gentry
5/28/2021 12:31:45 pm
I thought this blog was very well written. I think that fun is something that I often forget to indulge in especially during the school year because my focuses are elsewhere. Fun is imperative to maintaining a stable mental health which is something I think everyone could use a little more of.
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Callie
5/28/2021 12:37:17 pm
Kiana this was so well done! I really liked that you used the poll in your blog, it made it super interactive and was a great way to involve the class. I really value fun in my life and I agree with everything that was said in this blog. Good job!
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Tyler Lenton
5/28/2021 12:44:13 pm
I honestly didn’t even realize why children were always having fun until you pointed out they have fun with the simplest things and they don’t have a care in the world what it is. For me I do have some sort of fun everyday whether it’s with my family friends or even my dog. There’s a point in everyday where that happens and it always puts a smile on my face which most of the time it’s my brother because he is very outgoing. But yea I really liked this blog because it’s not something people would choose to write about because we just assume everyone has fun.
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Brianna S
5/28/2021 12:51:30 pm
I can totally get this, for a lot of high school I didnt have the greatest time, and before I blamed it on the fact that I was in high school. Over the past year, I realized it was because I didn’t have the right friends causing me to not follow fun, and didn’t appreciate it either. This year I’ve been having a much more fun year because I was following fun, and inviting it into my life rather than sticking with people and things that didn’t bring me joy. Not sure if what I’m saying is making any sense, but I loved your blog
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avery
5/28/2021 01:48:35 pm
I really loved this blog. The positivity is very refreshing and i can tell that you really prepared for this. I enjoyed the little questionnaire you put in i've never seen anyone do that
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Callum
5/28/2021 02:00:10 pm
I try to have fun everyday and take stuff lightly
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Abbey S
5/29/2021 07:17:53 pm
Hey Kiana, I really like the lightheartedness of your blog! I think fun is a great topic to write about as everyone can relate to wanting to have fun. Towards the end of the school year I can get pretty unmotivated to do work but having fun and relieving stress can really help! I thought the lesson you included "fun follows those who appreciate it" is super important to be aware of. I also had to learn that fun doesn't always come naturally and a lot of the time you have to appreciate and create it for yourself. This was a great blog and it gave me a much needed reminder to take things lightly and to have more fun!
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Hector
9/16/2022 02:11:45 pm
I feel like having fun is something that everyone should do every once in a while. Now a days people and even kids are inside most of the day just on technology. At some point some parents could take their kids out to do something even if it's just out for a walk. I remember when I was a kid I used to go out all the time and at some point my parents even had to drag me inside for dinner or it was time to go to bed. I feel that everyone should be able to go out and do something fun.
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Mateo
9/28/2023 01:58:40 pm
Kiana your blog post highloghts the importance of being happy, fun, and free and I find that so beautiful. Seeing the survey results really does show how important fun can be and how though we may not show it, it really is key to the human experience !
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