Find your Bubble wrap moment

Relaxation through fun

Just a quick blog today, to encourage you to think about this:

What is your guilty pleasure?

I've just returned from delivering a workshop to a great bunch of university staff and they reminded me of something I used to include in my workshops.  We were discussing the benefits of losing yourself in an activity and the feeling of indulging in a 'guilty pleasure.' Examples included, going for a walk, gardening, a hobby, and singing in a choir.

It brought back to me my 'bubble wrap challenge.'  I used to, at the end of workshops, bring out a piece of bubble wrap and set delegates away on competing against each other in a bid to pop all the bubbles in the quickest possible time.

It was a great way to return to a fun state, something which stress often robs us of over time.  I even recall having a 'bubble wrap popping' game on one of my older websites!

So, returning to my original question, ask yourself; 'what activity do I love, or in which I can lose myself?'

Keep it honest, clean and non-violent, but reintroduce some playfulness or selfish indulgence into your life.  Even 10 minutes a day can have some dramatic results in terms of your stress levels and happiness .

Go on, you know you want to ;)

Keep an eye out for the next blog.

Dave Algeo
Motivational Speaker on resilience and men's mental health. 

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