Episode 3: The Science of Fun with Mike Rucker, PhD

"𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭." - 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐏𝐡𝐃, Author of The Fun Habit

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Oh boy. You KNOW I've been excited to talk all things fun with Mike Rucker, PhD, ever since I picked up a copy of his book The Fun Habit and he gave me permission to schedule fun into my daily grind [life-changing!]. And this interview did. not. disappoint.

The Power of Scheduled Fun

So what did we talk about? Everything and anything remotely related to fun.

🤓 Did I nerd out and quote sections of his book back to him and also publicly admit that playing with my kids is sometimes AGONIZING for me? Sure did.

😬 Did we talk about why scrolling the socials and drinking a second glass of wine cannot be defined as actual fun? Yes, we went there, too.

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬:

👉🏼 We should probably all stop answering our emails on the toilet

👉🏼 You don't have to be a Swiftie to be a fun person

👉🏼 Coolio does cooking videos on YouTube and apparently they're awesome

👉🏼 It might be time to toss your FitBit or Apple Watch (if you're anything like me)

My hope for you is that you’ll walk away from this conversation feeling that you have permission — the prerogative, even — to have a little fun today, too.

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