2024 Intention: Get Playful With It – Part 2

Hey again!

On embracing the discomfort – yeah! It’s also interesting how i am coming at my intentions with such structure and seriousness (as i usually do) instead of playfullness 😉 So i’m trying to bring playfullness into this exact process!

What are some actions that feel playful to you? – Giggling, cheekiness in a look or action, silly jokes, being loud and saying or singing whatever comes, being creative in fixing things/ art/ expression/ communication, curiosity and lightness.

If you were already more playful with your experience of and approach to life, etc., what would you be doing? – Less spiralling or catastrophising, more lightness and space feeling in how i approach everything. the last two aren’t very concrete.

i’m finding this stage hard. it feels a bit prescriptive to say things like ‘shoot a cheeky glance at my friend’.

I came up with an idea the other week. Instead of my usual thinking of “what’s the worse thing that could happen from this?” i have been flipping it to “what is the best thing that could happen”. And i used it in an instance. It was hard (i faked it). And then the result was even BETTER than the best thing that i could imagine happening ahhahaha.

What do you think about embracing big beginner energy with three of those actions? – so far i only have 1. and i did it and it felt good. i also shared it with the people i was with and they encouraged me away from the negative spiral thinking as well.

ok :l OVER TO YOU !! 🙂

 

Answer:

 

I love the ideas about what you’d be doing less of and more of if you were already more playful. There is so much to explore here – ways to find an exit off of the doom spiral catastrophizing train, how to embrace the awkwardness of prescriptive silliness, and flipping the script. What’s one thing that sounds fun to you to explore more deeply, and how can you incorporate this in your daily or weekly life on purpose?

As always, doing something new is uncomfortable. Of course it is! This is part of the journey. Lean in when you can, and come back to your comfort zone when you’re ready for a rest.