Fun & Functional - John Hopkins

I went to Bloomberg philanthropies event back in September - I felt like it was the best gift awarded to me. I got to meet some incredible minds.

I got to meet the woman who built the entire Calgary Public Library in Downtown, I got to meet the officials who helped aid in the construction project and management, and I also got to meet this quirky man from Nummela - Helskini: The guy from Bloomberg.

My main takeaways from the talk were 3 points:

1. Fun & Functional: you need both to thrive
2. A Different look at Maslow's Hierarchy
3. Fun is Maintenance.

1. Fun & Functional - it's important to thriving.

I have read numerous books and TedTalks on the section of healthy living, and what it means to live a full, fun, happy life. A lot of it is counterintuitive to what I've been taught. I, very much, have prescribed to the idea that hard work is boring. I've been learning that the wanting to get better and deliver results.. happen when the work is exciting. The other person feels the passion and bases covered, you feel excited to deliver a result - it's surprisingly a better turnaround.

Security is made up of - self-esteem, connection, and safety.

It's at the bottom of the boat. It needs to get fulfilled first - which allows... for more..

Exploration - Fun/Growth: purpose, love, growth.

The bottom allows for the top to be fulfilling.

What does this mean -

Security:

• Self-esteem: do you like yourself? If not, why? Do you look at your mistakes harshly? Or bad days. Are you able to encourage yourself? I always say the takeaway of a Good Education is encouragement and kindness.

Not because you're not perfect, but because you can grow into a version you're proud of. And in order to do that, you have to be able to view your present day self with kindness and encouragement to try.

• Connection: we need people. Your goals and relationships do not have to come at the expense of one another. We need people to celebrate us, we need people to hold/comfort us, we need people to ask better of us. That's what makes holding the trophy so damn worth it, someone witnessed us.

Achievement and connection do not have to come at odds with one another. You do not have to sacrifice your marriage or time with your family, because they're the first ones who often witness when you fall and when you got it right.

We need people to celebrate and hold us.

• Safety: Is everything going to be okay when I go to return back to it? That's it.

Growth:

• Exploration - Going out your front-door and needing to get done what you set out to get done in a day. Go try it out, go be in spaces, meet new people. It will be scary but you can handle it
• Love: how do you respond to failure? When things didn't workout do you still view yourself and others in a loving way?
• Purpose: because the day-to-day can get pretty boring, feel tedious, and feel like tasks. What are you hoping to reach?
• Hint: it's a feeling... what do you want to feel like someday?

The Boat - It's An Updated View - On This:

The Boat - Says it's A Relationship:

2. Maslow's Hierarchy: What does having Fun mean?

My best question to give myself permission when having fun - without feeling guilty:

I, always ask, when signing up for a new client, job, or position - how do I need to be so that when I show up... I am a delight to work with?

Zoomed Out: the Side-by-Side Comparison ??

3. Permission: to have Fun. The Scariest Thing... to Health and Longevity

1. It Feels like Someone is Going to Come and Snatch it Up
2. Guilt - something earned, rather than preventative maintenance along the journey.
3. How to Structure it...

These are my answers to it:

1. Happy people are a joy to be around, you can be happy.
2. It's preventative maintenance for health.. it doesn't need to be crazy. It's a state of being..
3. Ask yourself questions: What do I need to do so that when people meet me, I am a joy to be around?

Stability is the things needed to Stay Sane: food, water, health, and relationships.

Fun/enjoyment: can be found in each of those things + add a dash of Challenge & Creativity: Day-to-day.

#I will go in-depth in another article.