Comments on: The Serious Pursuit of Fun http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-serious-pursuit-of-fun/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: manikanta http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-serious-pursuit-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-1240539 manikanta Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:43:45 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/?p=1409#comment-1240539 "If you’re saturated in adventures and enjoyment, those experiences enhance the other aspects of your life, rather than detract from them." NICE POINT SCOTT “If you’re saturated in adventures and enjoyment, those experiences enhance the other aspects of your life, rather than detract from them.”
NICE POINT SCOTT

]]> By: Kara http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-serious-pursuit-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-454962 Kara Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:07:05 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/?p=1409#comment-454962 Great post! I particularly agree with your statement "The difference isn’t the activity, it’s the way you pursue it." It is very important that we find value in our "fun" - in other words, that we actually find it fun, that it has some kind of value to us - not just something that fills our time even though we don't really care for it. I've trackbacked to you from my blog... Kara Great post!

I particularly agree with your statement “The difference isn’t the activity, it’s the way you pursue it.”

It is very important that we find value in our “fun” – in other words, that we actually find it fun, that it has some kind of value to us – not just something that fills our time even though we don’t really care for it.

I’ve trackbacked to you from my blog…

Kara

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]]> By: Rob http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-serious-pursuit-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-378031 Rob Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:53:12 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/?p=1409#comment-378031 Fun requiring effort is spot on (in most cases). I've been working on my 'bucket list' for some time now (a list of things I want to do before I die. http://burgeoninglist.wordpress.com/about/ It's not as morbid as it sounds, honest!). Almost every one of them will, or at least *should* be fun to some extent, but very, very few will come easy to me. The most poignant at the moment has taken me three years, but has provided me with an absolutely amazing time, mixed with masses of hard work and stress, but it's all been worth it. Life isn't all about Cyrenaic hedonism. It's more like Mills Higher pleasures or Epicurus' intellectual pleasures, and these are hard to come by, but once achieved, are worth so much more than the easy-come-easy-go pleasures we chase so often. That being said, sometimes a spontaneous burst of pleasure; an orgy of unplanned, unadulterated feasting and adrenaline is hard to beat. Getting that balance right is, I believe, vital to keeping real excitement and vitality in your life and you should be careful not to abandon it completely in the search for these 'higher' pleasures. Fun requiring effort is spot on (in most cases). I’ve been working on my ‘bucket list’ for some time now (a list of things I want to do before I die. http://burgeoninglist.wordpress.com/about/ It’s not as morbid as it sounds, honest!). Almost every one of them will, or at least *should* be fun to some extent, but very, very few will come easy to me. The most poignant at the moment has taken me three years, but has provided me with an absolutely amazing time, mixed with masses of hard work and stress, but it’s all been worth it.

Life isn’t all about Cyrenaic hedonism. It’s more like Mills Higher pleasures or Epicurus’ intellectual pleasures, and these are hard to come by, but once achieved, are worth so much more than the easy-come-easy-go pleasures we chase so often.

That being said, sometimes a spontaneous burst of pleasure; an orgy of unplanned, unadulterated feasting and adrenaline is hard to beat. Getting that balance right is, I believe, vital to keeping real excitement and vitality in your life and you should be careful not to abandon it completely in the search for these ‘higher’ pleasures.

]]> By: Jen http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-serious-pursuit-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-377957 Jen Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:22:28 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/?p=1409#comment-377957 Great post. Really enjoyed this one. Great post. Really enjoyed this one.

]]> By: Scott Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-serious-pursuit-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-377923 Scott Young Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:05:55 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/?p=1409#comment-377923 Michal, Yes, I have. I did one vidcast awhile ago, but perhaps I'll invest sometime to learning how to do quality video/audio editing for some future posts. -Scott Michal,

Yes, I have. I did one vidcast awhile ago, but perhaps I’ll invest sometime to learning how to do quality video/audio editing for some future posts.

-Scott

]]> By: Michal http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-serious-pursuit-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-377797 Michal Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:05:57 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/?p=1409#comment-377797 Hello Scott, Haven't you thought about making podcast versions of your posts? Hello Scott,

Haven’t you thought about making podcast versions of your posts?

]]> By: Scott Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-serious-pursuit-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-377783 Scott Young Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:29:23 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/?p=1409#comment-377783 020, By structuring I don't mean installing tons of behaviors or plans as the means to achieve an adventurous life, I mean simply making decisions ahead of time that make it easier to have fun. Choices like where to live, what skills to practice and others don't need to be with the express plan to have a certain fun experience, but to expose yourself to more opportunities. Take my recent move to France. That's a very structured decision to live in a foreign country, but most the experiences I have of fun here are spontaneous and unstructured. -Scott 020,

By structuring I don’t mean installing tons of behaviors or plans as the means to achieve an adventurous life, I mean simply making decisions ahead of time that make it easier to have fun.

Choices like where to live, what skills to practice and others don’t need to be with the express plan to have a certain fun experience, but to expose yourself to more opportunities.

Take my recent move to France. That’s a very structured decision to live in a foreign country, but most the experiences I have of fun here are spontaneous and unstructured.

-Scott

]]> By: In the Sphere: More from the Net | BlueFur.com http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-serious-pursuit-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-377702 In the Sphere: More from the Net | BlueFur.com Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:01:21 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/?p=1409#comment-377702 [...] is a time to have fun and a time to be serious, but did you know that there is such a thing as the serious pursuit of fun? As it turns out, if you want to have a whole lot of fun, sometimes you have to put in the serious [...] [...] is a time to have fun and a time to be serious, but did you know that there is such a thing as the serious pursuit of fun? As it turns out, if you want to have a whole lot of fun, sometimes you have to put in the serious [...]

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