Name: Why Fun Is the Secret to a Healthier Life | Catherine Price | TED
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You know what's a lot harder than it seems like it should be?

And what I mean by that is that we are all constantly doing,

or, at least, we're constantly scrolling.

You know, we keep ourselves busy to the point of exhaustion,

we keep ourselves so busy and distracted to begin with.

So I'm here to tell you I figured out what to do about it.

So you might think that you're already having plenty of fun,

and that's because in our everyday speech,

we often use the word "fun" to describe anything we do with our leisure time,

even if it's not actually enjoyable, and, in fact, a waste of time.

So for example, we scroll through social media "for fun,"

even though doing so often makes us feel bad about, like, kind of everything.

Or we'll say, "That was so fun. We should do that again soon" --

... in response to things that weren't that fun

and that we don't want to do again, ever.

But it's not really our fault that we're a little bit sloppy

because even the dictionary doesn't get it quite right.

It says that fun is amusement or enjoyment,

It's something for kids to have in play areas.

It makes it sound like it's frivolous and optional.

But if you think back on your own memories

that stand out to you as having truly been fun --

the memories that you would describe as --

and forgive me for scientific terminology --

you're going to notice there's something much deeper going on.

I've collected thousands of these stories from people all around the world,

because when people recount the memories in which they had the most fun,

they tell you about some of the most joyful and treasured

So in reality, fun is not just lighthearted pleasure.

Instead, fun is the secret to feeling alive.

a new, more precise definition of what fun is.

I want to reveal some of the ways in which it is astonishingly good for us,

and I want to give you all some suggestions

for things you can do starting right now to experience its power for yourself.

is the fact that fun is a feeling, and it's not an activity.

because a lot of times, when I ask people what's fun,

they'll respond with a list of activities that they enjoy.

You know, they'll say, "Dancing is fun," or "Skiing is fun," or, I don't know,

Everyone seems to think that pickleball is fun.

but we've all had experiences where something's off,

and an activity that seems like it would be fun

we've had experiences where something that doesn't seem like it'll be fun at all

look like they're being illuminated from within.

here is me and my husband having fun together.

Here are some presidents having fun together.

Here's Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama having fun together.

Actually, those two seemed like they were very often, even constantly ...

true fun produces this visceral sense of lightness and joy.

In fact, when I asked my daughter, when she was about five years old,

You know? What is this feeling that we call "fun"?

When people tell me their stories about fun,

it's really interesting, because the details are all different,

but the energy running through them is the same.

There were three factors that are consistently present,

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