Sage-Tips

Is it OK to have fun as an adult?

Playing with your romantic partner, friends, co-workers, pets, and children is a sure (and fun) way to fuel your imagination, creativity, problem-solving abilities, and emotional well-being. Adult play is a time to forget about work and commitments, and to be social in an unstructured, creative way.

How can I make Adulting fun?

6 Ways to Make Adulting Easier

1. Have a satisfying way of budgeting. Bills aren’t as bad as most people make them seem, but they aren’t a walk in the park.
2. Always have an activity that’s fun (and free) to do.
3. Have a go-to professional adult.
4. Let yourself sleep more.
5. Make friends at work.
6. Prep meals.

Do adults have free time?

Wallman estimates that American adults have about 36 to 40 hours of “free” time in a week. (This tracks with the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2018 American Time Use Survey, which found that men and women spend 5.7 and 4.9 hours of time respectively on leisure activities each day.

WHY IS FUN important in life?

Having fun is good for you because physiologically, it helps to balance out our stress and feel-good hormones, preventing diseases long-term. It helps to boost our creativity, energy, productivity, and overall cognition. Children are simply amazing with their sense of curiosity, creativity, and overall happiness.

At what age should you start Adulting?

On average, people think others should start feeling like an adult at age 25, although 30 percent didn’t start feeling like an adult themselves until later on. People start getting excited about small adult life joys like buying a vacuum or organizing their cabinets at around 22 years-old.

Why is having too much free time a bad thing?

If you have more than five hours of leisure time a day, you’re doing it wrong. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, having too much discretionary time is “linked to lower subjective well-being.” In other words: more free time won’t always make you happier.

Do adults have more free time than kids?

Thousands of Americans keep track of their time for 24 hours and talk through the results with researchers. The 2011 results show that, sure enough, adults without kids under age 18 at home have quite a bit of leisure time. The average employed American without kids in the house has 4.5 hours of leisure time per day.