ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH? Ben Aitken wasn't. Increasingly flat and
decreasingly zen, he knew that something had to change. So he
joined a lawn bowls club. About a week later, he continued his
assault on the doldrums by taking a cheerleading class. Then - with
an almost entirely reformed selfhood winking appealingly on the
horizon- he went cold-water swimming and was back to square one.
Despite the inevitable setbacks and missteps, it was becoming clear
to Aitken that the very pursuit of fun was a great route to feeling
less naff. And so he made a vow to go after the f-stuff with as
much gusto as he could muster. (Starting with the crossword.) Over
the next year, he filled his calendar with a plethora of
potentially pleasurable pursuits. He did things he'd never done
before but reckoned could be fun (a pilgrimage in Spain, afternoon
bingo); things whose fun-factor was less obvious and more
down-to-earth (volunteering in a charity shop, sitting on a bench);
and things he wasn't at all sure about but were fun according to
other people (improv, wakeboarding, learning Welsh). Although the
results were mixed, the author's year of making merry left him
feeling undoubtedly ... better. Which invites the question: if fun
is such a reliable mood-swinger, shouldn't we be having more of it?
General
Imprint: |
Icon Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
Authors: |
Ben Aitken
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Dimensions: |
216 x 135mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-83773-005-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
LSN: |
1-83773-005-9 |
Barcode: |
9781837730056 |
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