You know it's a lot harder / than it seems like it should be? // Actually, / feeling alive. // And what I mean by that, / is that we are all constantly / doing, / or, at least, we're constantly scrolling. // But we're not necessarily living. // You know, / we keep ourselves busy / to the point of exhaustion, / but we're also languishing. // We feel a little bit dead inside. // And I think we know that, / on some level. // I think that's part of the reason / we keep ourselves so busy and distracted, / to begin with. // But we don't know what to do about it. // So I'm here to tell you, / I figured out / what to do about it. // We need to have more fun. // So you might think that you're already having / plenty of fun, / and that's because in our everyday speech, / we often use the word "fun" / to describe anything we do at our leisure time, / even if it's not actually enjoyable, / and, in fact, a waste of time. / So for.../ So for example, / we scroll through social media "for fun," / even though doing so / often makes us feel bad about, / like, kind of everything. // Or we'll say, / "That was so fun. // We should do that again soon," / in response ... / in response to things that weren't that fun / and that / we don't want to do again, / ever. // But it's not really our fault that we're a little bit sloppy / about how we use the word "fun," / because even the dictionary / doesn't get it quite right. // You know, / it says that fun is an amusement or enjoyment, / or lighthearted pleasure. // It's something for kids to have in play areas. // It makes it sound like / it's frivolous / and optional. // But if you think back / on your own memories / that stand out to you / as having truly been fun --/ and I really encourage you to do this. // You know, / the memories that you would describe as -- / and forgive me for a scientific terminology / "so fun," / you're gonna notice there's something much deeper going on. // I've collected thousands of these stories from people all around the world, / and I can tell you it's amazing, / because when people recount / the memories in which they had the most fun, / they tell you about some of the most joyful / and treasured memories / of their lives. // So in reality, / fun is not just / lighthearted pleasure. // It's not just for kids, / and it is definitely not frivolous. // Instead, / fun is the secret to feeling alive. //