How Not to Take the Fun out of Fun
Now I've heard everything. Would you believe someone has come up with a three-step program to have fun ? Or, as they call it, "3 research-based ways to maximize the the fun of leisure activities," according to newswise.com. Big surprise, though. Research has shown that scheduling fun takes all the, well, fun, out of it, if it is not done right, the web site quotes Selin Malkoc work, an associate professor of marketing at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business . Here's how to have fun planning for fun: Schedule more roughly . In a study published last year, researchers found that scheduling leisure activities makes them less fun because the strict beginning and end times disrupted their free-flowing nature. “The minute you put limits on a fun activity, you’re robbing yourself of some of the enjoyment,” says Malkoc at newswise.com. She recommends that if you have to schedule leisure, say you’ll do it “after work...