I’m fun…

…Aren’t I?

I want to be fun. I AM fun but I want everyone else to know it. I want to let the fun that is inside of me out. I want to be silly. I want to be full of life. I want to be goofy. I want to be exciting. I want to be intriguing.

But, am I fun? I honestly have no idea. I know people have said they have fun with me, but if someone asks me what I do for fun I am completely at a loss. I have the generic answers but then I think “That doesn’t really sound fun. I did not make that sound fun.”. And separate from a trip or concert or any event, how am I fun? I have fun at those events, but without an event, what is there? How do I have fun when it’s just a conversation? How am I fun in my daily life? How do I not let this train of questioning send me into some existential crisis?

So, in an attempt to find out all of these answers, I’m going to do what is always listed at the top of any “This is fun” list and specifically and systematically try to figure it out. The Scientific Method is fun, right? I do know this approach, so I’m going to go with it.

Brief review of what the Scientific Method is:

Step 1: Ask a question. Done! “How am I fun?”

Step 2: Perform research

Step 3: Establish a hypothesis. (If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen.”)

Step 4: Test hypothesis by conducting an experiment

Step 5: Analyze the results and draw a conclusion. …

Step 6: Present the findings

Now, I know this might seem strange to approach something like fun with such structure, but chaos isn’t fun either. I do know that. At least for me. But, I guess that is what this is all about. What I think is fun and not fun. I can see something structured but also allow for flexibility in that structure and make it creative.

Side note: I hate research. I hate doing research. I hate reading research articles. I find it all extremely boring, but so glad there are people who do like it.

All of that aside, this isn’t scientific research, so it is exempt from my dislike. And I am all over the place, which is chaos, and as I said above, I don’t find chaos fun. Or maybe I do… I haven’t tried it. Maybe I’ll try it. Can you systematically research chaos? This is getting out of hand. But, let’s dive in.

Next week…Step 2: Perform research — Ask people what they do for fun/how they think they are fun.