Try It for 1 Week: 6 Small Ways to Bring Back the Happiness, Energy, and Fun

Hey. It's your friend, Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. You know, lately, I've been feeling like life just isn't fun anymore. Have you noticed this too? You know, that people just don't seem to laugh the way they used to or let themselves be ridiculous or silly. It's almost as if somebody turned down the volume on being human. And, look, I get it because you either feel so burnt out or stressed out that you just don't have the energy to be yourself, or maybe there's so many serious things going on that you feel like you gotta hold it together and your real personality can't come through. And I often think about the fact that I don't think a lot of people are having fun because everything in today's world is just so curated, so controlled, so aesthetically perfect for social media. Because instead of having fun, people are focused on trying to portray a certain look. And have you noticed this? Have you noticed that when you go out to dinner at a restaurant? Remember when the tables in a restaurant used to be buzzing with laughter and chaos and conversation? But now? I mean, just think about being in a restaurant. What are people doing? Most people are just sitting there quietly across the table from each other. They're not even talking. Why? Oh, well, they're scrolling on their phones in silence. I mean, how sad. And don't get me wrong. I know there are absolutely devastating things that are going on in the world right now and that you might be like a lot of people who feel very burnt out and exhausted. And it can be so hard to think about having fun when you feel like the world is crashing down around you or you just are so tired at the end of the day. But, you know, when I look back and I think about times in my life where I was either going through something very serious or in a breakdown or the world seems so uncertain, there were still moments of laughter, craziness, silliness. But somehow right now, that just feels gone. I I wanted to call this out and have a conversation with you about how life just does not feel as fun anymore. And more importantly, I wanna talk about the importance of fun and six ways that you and I can bring fun back into your life starting today. Because fun isn't just some frivolous thing. There's very important and compelling research that I'm gonna share with you today about how micro moments of fun. I'm talking laughter, silliness, joy, they're critical for happiness, resilience. And if you're experiencing burnout or you're feeling depressed or you have a lot of anxiety right now, having micro moments of fun actually help you in those moments that are really hard. See, fun is what makes you human. Fun is what makes life worth living. Fun isn't …