Being an amateur also brought Tom the excitement that comes from novelty. The freshness of all these new topics made it really easy to focus. Science shows that firing up your brain in this way is probably a good thing. Learning a new skill is a great way to fight all our self-judgment and perfectionism.
Am I a fun person? That was the question listener Natalie Robinson was asking herself. The answer was sobering. Natalie felt fun was being squeezed out of her busy life... but she found inspiration in the two episodes of The Happiness Lab dedicated to Dr Laurie Santos's own quest to regain the fun and playfulness of her youth.
So here's another opportunity to listen to the concluding part of that story again.
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