How do you make fun?

Very good answer Aussies and I agree with it. I feel very passionate about my writing and my books and I am never bored. I think my counsellor may have been referring to letting your hair down kind of fun. She talked a lot about the child in all of us and how important a sense of humour is. I like your comparison of a hobby to a best friend...Thanks for sharing your views, appreciate it!

I think my favorite hobby to have fun is to do household chores because it is fun you are not only cleaning the house you enjoying it too and it is good for our body hahah

Ah?! Really? You like cleaning the house? I really envy you since I find it soooo boring. I especially hate cleaning the floor. I try to invite people hove quite often since having guests is the only thing that actually makes me clean the house thoroughly.
And I love cooking and experimenting new dishes and desserts.

rearm21 It is true that you can have fun doing anything really, speaking of housework I wear my Ipod and sing and dance as I vacuum, fortunately I'm home alone at the time because I'm sure it is a really bad sight!

I like a good joke reeyan although we must be careful because jokes are not allowed as discussion topics, no harm including them in conversation though! Thanks for responding!

Hi

I am a comparatively new user of this site. But I have seen that there is a interest category named by joke. I thought that in that category joke are allowed. So I have tried there to send my an unsuccessful joke too. If joke are not allowed that what that category means. Please help me explaining this.

I am having trouble opening the link reeyan. Perhaps there is an interest about jokes. This is from the list of MyLot guidelines:

DO NOT:

"Post jokes, recipes, etc. as discussions. This is a form of abuse and all recipes and jokes will be deleted if they are started as a discussion."

The discussion guidelines can be found at:

http://www.mylot.com/o/guidelines.aspx

Having said that MyLot doesn't mind when we have a laugh with our topics. Just listing specific jokes is not allowed.

Hi

But what about the mylot interest category "joke". What discussion should be posted under the interest category "Joke"


And that is not a link of any joke but A maiden discussion send by new user on the mantel peace of mind. I think that discussion will be helpful to you in restrain the mantel peace.

Yes I agree! I have a dog, two cats and a bird and I love spending time with them, pets are marvelous stress relievers and I have my writing which I love but it might pay to tear myself away from the computer and get out and about I think! Thanks for stopping by coffeeshot!

True...I'm not so sure why she referred to whistling with your fingers, I hope there's a method in her madness! I do have a lot of things that I enjoy doing and I am the type of person who is rarely bored. My counsellor may have been referring to seeing humour in things and viewing the world as a child would, I suspect, which is a lot easier to do when you resolve issues that are bothering you, I think.

I do have a pretty good sense of humour as my friends tell me and I'm sure I'll snap out of this bad spell and enjoy life a lot more. See? I feel better already! Thank you very much for a great response XiaoLin!

Is it possible that your counsellor has not a clear image of how you are with others? I guess our relations outside are difficult to recreate in a one-to-one formal discussion. Sorry my English is bad, I'm not sure I expressed myself right. What I mean is, she coul think of you as someone who "doesn't understand a joke" because you seem serious in your conversations, but instead your sense of humour is somhow more refined (some jokes sometimes are so obvious that you just "forget" to laugh...). Your friends would know, but she couldn't since she doesn't see you in your normal life. That's my personal opinion, though, and it could be totally wrong. I really hope you will soon find a way out of the bad period you seem to be experiencing. I'm sure you are stronger than you think yourself.
Happy mylotting:o)

You may be right XiaoLin, I think she is referring to allowing ourselves to just be silly sometimes and let go of our daily stresses and come to think of it she has not seen me with my little daughter, I can get pretty silly!

Thanks carline76! I believe in being self sufficient and not relying on others constantly. I love to sing too although my eight year old runs out of the room whenever I do! (LOL) I love good films as well and reading, just like writing are my passions. I do have a lot of things that I enjoy doing and it is interesting to see what others love to do as well. Thanks so much for your response, I appreciate it. Keep having fun!

MyLot is a great stress reliever for me too and so are my pets. If I didn't have my books and my writing I think I would wither and die!(LOL) I agree that we need enjoyable activities in our lives, otherwise there is not much point to living...Thanks for being here zandi!

Wow muscles! That is a negative way to live! You must enjoy the gym, do you? Do you have friends who could join in some activities with you? I recall years ago I had to make friends all over again after coming out of a bad realtionship. I had no one so I decided... And I don't know how I did this...To join clubs etc in order to meet new people. I started with singles clubs but they weren't much fun and eventually I became a member of two bush walking clubs. It was the best thing I ever did and I made some excellent friends there. I was very brave in those days I went to their meeting point and marched up to a friendly looking person and introduced myself; this was about 15 years ago and to this day I am still proud of myself for getting off my butt and getting out there, it wasn't easy but worth the pain! Thanks for stopping by muscles and please don't just sit there waiting to die, life has a lot of great things to offer, try making a list...

First off Yes I do enjoy the gym very much and stay in the best shape possible. I seldom socialize. I do meet one friend for coffee once a week and then we send about 2 hour goofing off. I am with my mom (89 years old) about 3 days a week. I feel sad because my mom is ailing and she is my only remaining family. I do have a gratitude list but for the most part I look forward to the end of my world.

It depends whether you enjoy what you are doing. I love to write and I spend hours and hours in front of my computer but I love it and yes, it makes my heart sing! I have friends who beg me to get away from my laptop because they fear that I lead a very boring life but it is far from boring for me; the day I feel bored is the day I will find something else to do! Thanks for responding flowerelle, what are you studying?

She says, and I agree with her, that whatever makes your heart sing is what is fun for you and if it is not hurting you or anybody else you are quite entitled to keep doing it no matter how strange, weird or boring it is to other people. She is teaching me all about finding your authentic self and doing away with the masks that we wear during our lives. I enjoy talking to her and, the way I see it, if I retain even only one percent of what she tells me I have gained more than what I had when I started!

By the way, thanks for your response sudiptacallingu! You just keep doing what makes you happy!

Great response mimpi! You have said it all. What is fun for one may not be fun for another but if it is not hurting anyone and it makes you happy you should keep right on doing it and too bad what anyone may think! I am over the night life etc and I am happiest writing, reading or watching a good film not to mention playing with my child and that's me, some may say it's boring and so be it...Thanks for being here mimpi!