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josie_adair's review
4.0
Useful book on how to identify fun. Some of us are privileged to live in a fun-filled culture. We seek excitement, play, unplugging from reality. Catherine Price tells how to engage in reality in a healthy way to cultivate a life of joy. I appreciate a lot of her tips on recognizing what our own version of fun is and learning new fun possibilities. She reminds us how to be a beginner for different activities, in order to find possible fun outlets for ourselves, while building relationships with family/friends. She speaks on breaking free from your phone/electronics or using them in healthy ways. This peaked my interest in her book, How to Break Up with Your Phone. Enjoyed the audiobook (read by the author) and hope to borrow her other book soon!
Favorite quotes:
“We can’t control the fact that we will die. But we can control whether we actually live. We can control whether we merely endure our days or experience and enjoy them. We can control whether we arrive on our deathbeds feeling like we’ve wasted our time or end up satisfied with how we’ve spent our brief moment in the sun.”
“True Fun is the confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow. Whenever these three states occur at the same time, we experience True Fun.”
Favorite quotes:
“We can’t control the fact that we will die. But we can control whether we actually live. We can control whether we merely endure our days or experience and enjoy them. We can control whether we arrive on our deathbeds feeling like we’ve wasted our time or end up satisfied with how we’ve spent our brief moment in the sun.”
“True Fun is the confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow. Whenever these three states occur at the same time, we experience True Fun.”
camille_a's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars, rounded to 4.
Parts of this book I really loved, valued, and will put into practice for (what I hope will be) great impact in my life. But there were other parts that felt like a bit of a slog to get through. I was obviously already sold on reading a book about fun and “how to feel alive again”, so I really didn’t need convincing that fun is essential. However I understand the necessity of including those bits for a well-rounded and backed approach.
Worth a read/listen, if for nothing else than for a solid reminder that we all need ‘true fun’ in our lives, especially for those adults who - understandably - tend to forget what ‘true fun’ really means to them.
Parts of this book I really loved, valued, and will put into practice for (what I hope will be) great impact in my life. But there were other parts that felt like a bit of a slog to get through. I was obviously already sold on reading a book about fun and “how to feel alive again”, so I really didn’t need convincing that fun is essential. However I understand the necessity of including those bits for a well-rounded and backed approach.
Worth a read/listen, if for nothing else than for a solid reminder that we all need ‘true fun’ in our lives, especially for those adults who - understandably - tend to forget what ‘true fun’ really means to them.
jackm316's review
2.0
I personally struggle with books of this nature… I find that they (generalisation) write a lot about a little and in particular with this book the key messaging could be picked up reading any given chapter.
That said, I do think I’ve taken away learnings and I will attempt to put into practice the various techniques and recommendations to lead a happier life. There is a lot of emphasis placed on screen-life balance which I think is an important subject and could be a book in its entirety (I believe Catherine has actually published said book already).
I did have a slight gripe with the whole basis of the book being centred around the fact one has to have connections in order to have true fun and thus in turn to be happy. I do strongly disagree with this. People can have fun independently and alone, case and point writing this review. An insensitive take and far from accurate. Catherine does make a point that there are instances when one can be happy alone, but this is about it… “instances”.
Overall, underwhelming.
That said, I do think I’ve taken away learnings and I will attempt to put into practice the various techniques and recommendations to lead a happier life. There is a lot of emphasis placed on screen-life balance which I think is an important subject and could be a book in its entirety (I believe Catherine has actually published said book already).
I did have a slight gripe with the whole basis of the book being centred around the fact one has to have connections in order to have true fun and thus in turn to be happy. I do strongly disagree with this. People can have fun independently and alone, case and point writing this review. An insensitive take and far from accurate. Catherine does make a point that there are instances when one can be happy alone, but this is about it… “instances”.
Overall, underwhelming.
maryvarn's review
This inspired me to seek out more playfulness in every day life and to value fun instead of think it's a waste of time because it doesn't produce money or result in crossing something off a list.