Espresso Shot 13: Time To Have Some Fun!

FUN?! How do you foster more FUN in your Life By Design? Time to take another espresso shot of thoughtful reflection around your LIFE BY DESIGN! How intentional are you at fostering fun, or anything for that matter? Love? Joy? Seriously pause and listen to Nicoa’s thoughts and seasoned advice based on real life experience for inspiration to creating a more fulfilling life. 

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sometimes don't you just need a quick moment of inspiration. Or maybe you just need a moment of caffeinated contemplation to reflect on life. That's the idea behind my weekly coffee with Nicola espresso shots, I'll be sharing short jolts of inspiration in each clip, in addition to my longer Coffee with Nicoa interview episodes, make sure to subscribe so you never miss an espresso shot, or a full length Coffee with Nicoa interview created just for you. Hey, guys, this is your espresso shot for the week. This is Nicoa have coffee with Nicoa. I just got off the call of a call with a client, big pharmaceutical company that I'm doing a lot of work with right now. And we're preparing for an off site meeting. And we really want to help the current team bond more create relationships with each other. And they have an exciting evening planned where they're going to talk about fun. And we really wanted to get people engaged in the evening. And we decided to ask each member of the team the following question. How do you foster fun in your life? How do you foster fun in your life? I want to throw that question out to each of you this week. It's an important question. And you can fill in the blank, have fun with joy or happiness or nurturing or love. But it's important to recognize that we're the ones responsible for fostering it. If we sit in the assumption that the world is happening for us, and that we can create our own realities, then we have to begin asking ourselves the questions how do I foster fun? How can I foster fun this week for myself? How can I foster joy, or love or happiness this week. And when it comes to fun, it reminds me of the fact that when I was in the corporate world for so long, I would work all the time. And when I wasn't working, I might be spending time with my kids or buying clothes for my kids. I'm obsessive clotheshorse. And I couldn't really answer that question. So for example, when my husband would take the kids out of town every once in a while maybe to go see other family members and I had to stay behind. I can recall just working extra late on that Friday night after they'd left town because I didn't have an obligation to get him. And notice I said obligation. So it wasn't necessarily looking at my home life as fun. And I was looking at my work life as something I needed to keep doing as much as possible. So when I would get in the car to leave the office, I can remember feeling a little paralyzed. Like, I don't know what I want to do. I had not anticipated it. I had not gotten out ahead of it. I hadn't fostered fun. I hadn't fostered dinner with a girlfriend. I hadn't fostered a movie night. I hadn't fostered anything, honestly. And when you know what I would typically do, stop at the grocery store. Buy some junk food, maybe buy wine and cheese and crackers and ice cream. Just gluttonous things to enjoy. And go home and watch a movie, which could be fun. There's nothing wrong with that. But I remember that feeling of not knowing what to do. Not knowing I work so much. My only reality was work and my family and I had not fostered fun for Nicoa. So how will you intentionally get out ahead of your life and foster fun this week? Please share I'd love to hear what's going on with you guys. Make some comments. Send me a direct message. Follow me on Instagram at Coffee with Nicoa Thanks for listening guys. That's your espresso shot. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an espresso shot or a full length Coffee with Nicoa interview created just for you. firecracker burning is a scuffle with our hands on a gun