Episode 243: Are We Having Fun Yet?

Getting to Good Enough

Having fun is important! In this laughter-infused episode, Shannon and Janine have fun discussing how to prioritize fun and adding fun to every day life.

Discussion topics include:

• Our criterion for continuing with our podcast: We'll keep doing it as long as we're having fun

• How fun is different for different people

• We agree: Things are fun when laughter is involved

• Things can be fun without laughter too!

• Fun with jigsaw puzzles

• Janine's upcoming trip to Australia to attend a super-fun live-music-centric wedding party

• All the fun dancing at Shannon's wedding

• How your attitude can affect how much fun you have

• Understanding what fun is for you and incorporating it into your life

• Making day-to-day stuff more fun

• Janine's dog Bix, the Fun Enforcer (and how perhaps she should change her attitude about it)

• Letting things be fun

• Shannon's cat, Cleo, who thinks being chased is very fun

• The psychological and physical benefits of having fun

• Prioritizing fun

• Janine and Shannon's obsession with the TV show Station 19

• How things are more fun when you share them

• How YNAB has made budgeting fun

• Finding fun ways to do the things you need to do (Zumba class vs step aerobics, for example)

• Gamification

• The fun reward of gold stars