Play is Part of Working!

***I shouldn’t be playing around with a fan or dancing, I should be working***

What if playing with fans and dancing WAS working?

What if moving your body WAS working?

What if having fun and laughing and dancing WAS working?

Kinda.

It’s all work, and it isn’t. It’s all part of the human experience. Play. Move. Breathe. Think. Do.

Playing IS critical to human sur-thriv-al. Moving my body IS critical to my brain juices flowing (that and bullet proof coffee). Learning how to do new things in different ways, and, not being trapped in a little black screen for 8 hours a day IS working.

New revelations and ideas come up when I’m dancing. My mind clears. My body moves. I focus on the music. The dance. The flow. Flow, flow, flow.

Flow state invites more movement. It can unstick the log jam in the river stream. It can get things moving. It does get things moving. Effortlessly. Without strain.

Work doesn’t have to mean computer work. Work doesn’t have to suck. Work doesn’t have to be direct 1:1 causation. Correlation does not equal causation — any science human has learned this, yes? So, apply that here. Worky work and driving hard after clients and customers and finding a way to write the code of X work = X $$$ does not necessarily serve. Sure, work is necessary, sometimes it is things you don’t like. Sometimes it takes a few hours to get your website or newsletter in tip top shape.

And too, it’s so important to do less. Flow more. Take those dance breaks. Learn something new. Play with a fan in the middle of your living room while listening to Ed Sheeran. It’s all part of the experience of YOU. It is all work…and it isn’t…play is crucial to the human experience.

Take a break from the worky work. Step away from the computer. OMG, shut it down even, you can do it. Set your phone aside. Turn some tunes on. Flow for 15 mins. 5 mins if you don’t have 15. Just. Move. ❤

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