Make Your Own Fun

You could be the most entertaining person in your life if you wanted to be.


Raise your hand if you have ever caught yourself saying "I'm bored" on more than one occasion in a day. My hand would be up if I wasn't typing, in fact today is a perfect example for me. Just from those two words, "I'm bored," you could probably conclude that your day is not quite up to par with others. People that are bored want something exciting to happen. They want to hear a joke. They want their day to take a turn for the better. They're looking for something different. They want something new. But what these people are missing is the obvious solution to their problem: they can make their own fun.


Full disclosure, I get bored just like everyone else. There are days where I want to be served entertainment on a silver platter, just because I don't want to go get it. But that's bad. Imagine a stand-up comedy routine. Think of the huge audience that has come to listen to this one guy. One person is supplying entertainment to dozens and dozens of people, when he might as well be telling his jokes to a couple of his close friends. The ratio is a bit imbalanced, isn't it? One comedian to many, many audience members. It only takes one person to make a ton of people happy - and the person making the jokes is probably having a good time too.


The point I am trying to make is this: Everyone on this planet is a consumer. We pay for food, we pay for shelter, we pay for clothes, we pay for other people's food shelter and clothes (if they are close enough to us), we pay for entertainment, we pay for transportation... We give away a lot of our earned money for a huge variety of stuff. But that stuff has to come from somewhere. Who made the food? Who built the house? Who made the clothes? You're one of three types of people - a consumer, a creator, or a mix of both. Consumers make up an enormous percentage of the population. But creators keep them going. Creators can keep themselves going. Creators don't ask for entertainment on a silver platter - they're not the bored ones.


Anyone can be a creator. Comedians are creators. Cooks, babysitters - really, employees of any kind are all creators in some way. Be the one to tell a joke and laugh along with the person who is hearing it. Be the one to cook a meal and still enjoy it with the others that are eating it. Make something for someone that you can both enjoy together. Make your own fun.


The secret is to make your own fun, and then make more so you can share it with others. Nobody was ever ungrateful for the person that gave away extra anything. Create for both yourself and your neighbors.


...I'm not bored anymore.