http://www.christinebougie.com/wheres-the-fun/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.christinebougie.com/wheres-the-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Christine Bougie Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:44:18 +0000 http://www.christinebougie.com/?p=1486#comment-448 I think that real happiness comes from getting better at something...anything. And so things that are fun in the moment are often just that - a moment of pleasure, followed by an empty feeling that you're not any better off than before. Of course, fun for fun's sake is sometimes exactly what we need. But it's probably better if that's the exception rather than the rule. I think that real happiness comes from getting better at something…anything. And so things that are fun in the moment are often just that – a moment of pleasure, followed by an empty feeling that you’re not any better off than before.
Of course, fun for fun’s sake is sometimes exactly what we need. But it’s probably better if that’s the exception rather than the rule.

]]> http://www.christinebougie.com/wheres-the-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Tara Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:37:15 +0000 http://www.christinebougie.com/?p=1486#comment-447 This is so interesting. I'm not a musician, but there is a neat cross over to mental health work. For example, when we work with people who are depressed, we get them to work at adding back activities that give them a sense of 'pleasure' or 'mastery'. Sometimes the less fun things do give a sense of mastery or accomplishment that is very satisfying and important in its own right. This is so interesting. I’m not a musician, but there is a neat cross over to mental health work. For example, when we work with people who are depressed, we get them to work at adding back activities that give them a sense of ‘pleasure’ or ‘mastery’. Sometimes the less fun things do give a sense of mastery or accomplishment that is very satisfying and important in its own right.

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