This is due to be my first appearance on the company blog at some point, but I'm in a queue so thought I may as well put it out there (edited slightly for wider audience)
I’m told it’s
traditional when writing blogs to develop an over-arching theme; be consistent; give your audience what they want
(assuming you know who your audience is)... Well, that sounds like hard work to me and is
probably a reason it’s taken me so long to put pen to paper (or at least finger to keyboard)
until now.
So what changed? I walked into our town centre at lunchtime to pick up some delicious,
nutritious items for lunch (as I ought to at my age) and chuckled and smiled on the way back as a young
child of 4 or 5 ran along, skipping, jumping, waving arms frantically and
smiling madly – doing something just because it was fun. As the father of a 2yr
old boy i should be used to this. He’s at the jumping, climbing and jumping off
the thing he’s climbed stage and it all makes him laugh and giggle. I tried to
think about when was the last time I did something spontaneously just because
it was ‘fun’. I exercise mainly to get to work or because I feel I ought to, I
read books I feel might ‘improve’ me, I walk in the park because the dog needs
walking - any of this sound familiar?
Those of us lucky enough to have a job are constantly putting the needs of others as a priority but how often do you do something for yourself just because it’s
fun? or because it makes you feel better?
So here’s my challenge to you all... today, tomorrow, by the end of the
week do something fun; hop, skip, jump down the street, read a trashy novel,
listen to your ‘guilty pleasure’ album, whatever – I assure you it’ll make you
smile and set you up for the challenges ahead (and do share it ). Me?
I’m going to go for a run and climb a tree or run through a stream or hop and
skip like a 5 year old. Coming back to the theme of my blog from here on in....
I’ll be going with the flow and drawing on tree climbing inspiration. Whilst I
will aim to be informative and relevant, I do hope I find time to occasionally
just have fun.
