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I asked Kyle: “how do you do your character or story-telling when you build on a concept or a move in a round?” He answered: “to have fun and play around within the moves!”. I take this to heart because I am not used to having fun, as strange as it sounds. And I think there is a lot in having fun than how simple it sounds.

Sometimes the most long-term thing to do in the immediate moment is to have fun, literally. Not in some dopamine-driven, hyper-focus way that is more about obsessing over something (i.e., usually achievement oriented), but a more nurturing, feel-good type fun. It can be enjoying the companion of your partner, consistent study of a subject that you are curious about, or exploring what the body can do in dance.

The key is let your guard down, let loose and let curiosity lead you to somewhere you haven’t, and can’t, plan. That is how beautiful things come out of us.

This post has been inspired by what the author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clay Christensen said about his unique experience in his classmate reunions over time. Short-term orientations can kill your long-term well-being. But interestingly, focusing on the long-term can be counter-intuitively fun.