It is so easy for me to get caught up on the next project or to get entirely overwhelmed by the every growing to-do lists I constantly make of myself that I constantly find myself forgetting to simply enjoy what I have already been given and achieved. I constantly have to remind myself that all this doing only ends up leaving me with the feeling that I’m missing something. From my experience, I am missing something. I forget to just have fun and enjoy life so frequently.

For me, enjoying life does not necessarily going on vacation or some kind of epic trip. It normally starts with just having fun in the moment, whether I’m working on or toward something, or able to just sit down and relax for a bit. I definitely enjoy the time away from work and the productivity, but I also find that just adjusting my mindset to be thankful for the fact that I have work to do and especially for the fact that I have the ability to work makes my work exponentially more enjoyable. I know there is so much more to life than producing, I just find myself so easily absorbed in accomplishing my goals and objectives that I have a tendency to quickly forget to just enjoy the moment and be present. Life is always much more full and rich when I am able to enjoy it! There is always something to be thankful for and reminding myself of that is usually the first step for me to really engage in life.

One of my favorite things used to be finding ways to make people laugh while I’m working. I enjoy that because I am, by nature, serious and it forces me to actively look for ways to have fun. On top of that, there is normally a nice productivity benefit: I get more done in less time. So, at the end of the day, having fun, laughing and helping other to laugh normally ends with me producing more, better and faster.

Interesting how that works!