If I designed a fun day what would it look like? I may have lunch out with a friend and then go to an art museum. Or I would explore (and take photos of) a new area of New York City or a new (to me) suburban town, and eat at a new restaurant and write a review of it. I might stay at home and learn to bake a healthy bread or cook a new meal! How about a day where I go to a great thrift shop or antique store and discover treasures! When younger I enjoyed going to a yoga center for a class and then would sit in the library they had and read books on all kinds of interesting esoteric subjects. Something I loved doing years ago, was to go to health food stores before they were run by corporations; I delighted in learning about organic foods, and health in general. I loved finding interesting and informative books on health. I even saw Angela Lansbury years ago at a health store in Manhattan! A way I found to make working 9 to 5 more palatable was to spend my lunch hours browsing a Barnes and Noble book shop nearby and finding fantastic and stimulating books like “The Joy of Not Working” (really about learning to love one’s leisure time and learning how to create wonderful leisure time and activities for oneself) or another book I loved was the classic “Voluntary Simplicity” by Duane Elgin. A fun afternoon I enjoy with my younger son is to play a couple of ping pong games with him and then finish up with a scrabble game. Or have coffee at starbucks with my older son, then take an enjoyable walk (sometimes to Bryant Park), and end up having lunch at a diner. With my grandchildren I love dancing with them, painting or coloring with them, or taking them for a walk with them ending up on the rides in front of the pizza place where we get pizza after the rides, and then on to the ice cream shop. With my older granddaughter when she was little (and another dear toddler – I was nanny to both) I always loved taking her to Washington Square Park as she was growing up, and listening to the musicians, loved going to Scholastic for story time, or to Music Together for a really fun time, and we enjoyed swimming in a pool. I love working with color and enjoy crocheting with various colored yarn, or creating an abstract drawing and filling it in with colored markers. And binging on good or great films is always a delight. A picnic at a park, or a walk near the surf by the ocean, or a moonlight walk on the boardwalk are always fun. I’d go to a folk dance group and enjoy the music, dancing and the friendly folks. Or I’d go to the fun Elk’s Club D.J. dance with the oh so friendly crowd. I’d take a Qi Gong, yoga, or stretch class. If I had a garden, I’d enjoy planting flowers, herbs, fruit trees and berries. I’d lead a dance class at a senior center and then meet my friend afterwards for coffee and catching up. Learning something new, or doing a crossword puzzle is stimulating. Or I might work on a memoir that I started a while back. Creating a playlist of music I love and/or creating a new dance to teach at a senior center is great fun too. So many ways to create a fun day for ourselves. As many ways as there are people. What does your fun day look like?