Fun. Not FUN.

So where does fun come into play? Are we to be mechanical machines that just take a back seat while our minds and our hands do all the work and we are only designed to reap the benefits? Or are to wake up and actively participate in what our body and mind are doing in an effort to have, well, to have fun! I know that there are times that subjects and topics and essays are actually fun for me, specifically our last essay in COMP 131.02, which is a response to Richard Miller's The Dark Night of the Soul. When the words just come out flawlessly and the flow is perfect and you're honestly just rocking the essay. I think it's because there's success there. When we are being successful we often say that we're having fun. When we are, however, being unproductive and nervous we feel like we're just having to suffer through another assignment. But that's not always the case, we can make our assignments fun, we can be successful! We don't always have to procrastinate, get nervous, and then be scared out of our minds, we just need to take ownership and do!
I always remember being told when I was growing up to pick a job that I would enjoy, not one whose salary would be sky-high. The worst feeling in the world is waking up and having to go to a job you hated. And now I realize just how desperately that is important! Because we need to have a job in order to support ourselves and, eventually, our families. But we also need to enjoy what we're doing because lets face it, we're going to be doing that, or something similar our whole lives. And it's possible, college has especially showed me that. We can find a balance between fun and productivity, relaxation and work. It is possible, and it is essential to our success. Like I said earlier, success is fun!