BadFun

The sky certainly seemed limitless. I remember laying in the grass out in our courtyard during lunch when I was in high school and just looking up at the clouds and letting my mind wander.

Granted, we felt uncertainty and inhibition back then but nothing like today. As we become older we seem to restrain ourselves more and more. We can’t do this because of that. We can’t do that because someone may get angry. The list of what we can and cannot do doesn’t seem to balance out any longer.

I was staring out my sliding glass window, looking at the trees and how a few leaves have already changed color and I just thought to myself, what if I just threw caution to the wind and let go a bit. Then I began to realize all the things I have said I wanted to do again, but never find the time to do them because there is always an excuse on why my time is taken.

I know I’m not alone in this. So, here is what I am suggestion. If you have kids, put your parents, in laws or babysitter to work and have them watch your kids. If you don’t have kids (I have pets), then get the hell out of the house for a weekend and try:

• Having a picnic
• Going for a bike ride
• Take a long walk around your neighborhood or in a park
• Get a make over
• Take a weekend skiing trip
• Go for a horse ride on the beach
• Ride in a hot air balloon
• Hit an ice skating rink
• Take a ride on a rollercoaster
• Go free diving


Do something and make it unique. Go out and have fun alone, with friends, with your partner but make sure whatever it is you choose to do, it is something where you can just let go of your inhibitions. Lose the uncertainty for a little while and just feel free again – like we did when we were younger.