289: Fun Is a Trainable Skill (And It Doesn't Involve Your Phone) | Catherine Price

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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At a time like this, fun may seem frivolous. But our guest today is going to argue — convincingly, in my opinion — that fun is absolutely essential to a well-lived life. She has thought deeply about what actually constitutes fun, and how we can best live a life that is conducive to fun. In other words, she argues that fun is a trainable skill. You may have heard of Catherine Price. She’s been on the show before. She wrote an excellent book called How To Break Up With Your Phone, which had a significant influence on me. We start our conversation by talking about ways to achieve what she calls “screen/life balance” during a time of pandemic and political upheaval, and then we flow directly into fun, which is something you can only have when you put your phone down. Where to find Catherine Price online: Website: http://catherineprice.com/ Sign up for the #FunSquad: https://mailchi.mp/screenlifebalance/funsquad Resources for Screen//Life Balance including a 3-day challenge and social media detox course: screenlifebalance.com Catherine's writerly social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/catherine_price Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_catherineprice/ Social Media "intervention feeds" (designed to help you catch you while you're mindlessly scrolling and help you re-direct your attention): Instagram: @screenlifebalance / https://www.instagram.com/screenlifebalance Twitter: @screenlifeblnce / https://twitter.com/screenlifeblnce Facebook: @slbalance / https://www.facebook.com/slbalance/ Books: http://catherineprice.com/books In case you missed it, we're running a podcast series to help you stay sane and engaged during this election season — without burning out. Every Monday in October, we'll discuss four tools from ancient teachings to help guide you through this especially challenging time. You can check out Monday's podcast episode for a taste of the Election Sanity Series. You can also visit tenpercent.com/guide to sign up for our limited-time email guide. We would appreciate it if you can take a few minutes to help us out by answering a survey. The team here is always looking for ways to improve. Please go to www.tenpercent.com/survey. Thank you. Other Resources Mentioned: Freedom (App Blocker): https://freedom.to/ Designing Your Life: https://designingyour.life/ The Book of Delights by Ross Gay: https://bookshop.org/books/the-book-of-delights-essays/9781616207922 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: https://bookshop.org/books/flow-the-psychology-of-optimal-experience/9780061339202 Additional Resources: Ten Percent Happier Live: https://tenpercent.com/live Coronavirus Sanity Guide: https://www.tenpercent.com/coronavirussanityguide Free App access for Frontline Workers: https://tenpercent.com/care Center for Healthy Minds Join the Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations for a week-long series of well-being events and discussions. Learn about the innovations and science behind creating a better world from mental health experts and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Oct. 5-9. Don't miss out – register now! https://mailchi.mp/centerhealthyminds.org/twwm-2020 Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/catherine-price-289 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Okay, before we get started with today's episode, I want to let you know about some very
0:05.2	cool programming cool, at least in my opinion, that we're going to run during the month of
0:09.3	May.
0:10.5	Every Monday, during the month of May, we're going to talk to a bold face name, a famous
0:15.4	person about what their inner lives are like.
0:19.2	Really all the people you're going to hear from are willing to spill their guts and say
0:22.6	some fascinating things that are both fascinating and also, I think, useful.
0:27.8	So the series starts on Monday, May 1st.
0:29.7	We're going to kick it off with the actor and long time Buddhist practitioner Michael
0:34.0	Imperioli, who you might remember from the sopranos and the white lotus.
0:38.1	He's quite a serious Buddhist practitioner and I would even say teacher.
0:42.1	Then the following Monday on May 8th, it's Neil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist, author
0:45.9	and speaker who's going to talk about having a cosmic perspective on life.
0:51.5	After that, it's Mike D from the Beastie Boys, one of my all time favorite human beings and
0:55.9	artists and he really comes to play.
0:58.0	Then we finish it all up with May and the Alec, actor, neuroscientist and co-host of
1:02.9	Jeopardy.
1:04.4	So it's a big month.
1:05.6	However, if you're not the type of person who likes celebs, we've got you covered because
1:10.3	on Wednesdays during the month of May, we're going to go deep Dharma.
1:14.5	We're going to be digging into a classic foundational Buddhist list called the Eightfold Path.
1:21.6	This is kind of like the Buddha's eight-step recipe for a good life and we're going to divide
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