4. FUN: What the hell is it and why do we need it?

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode—in which Abby confronts my sister and me about our inability to have fun—discover: 1. The one “fun” post that caused more people to unfollow me on social media than any other. 2. Why girls may disassociate early from their ability to access fun. 3. Science’s insistence that when we’re gloomy, rest won’t fix us. We gotta play the blues away. 4. A playlist I created for YOU—if you, like me, need daily help awakening your dormant Fun Self:https://open.spotify.com/user/f50axmsbwkhwq81ttiwovo1yf?si=707cb22232aa4cdf

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0:00.0	I chased desire, I made sure I got what's mine.
0:12.8	Hello everybody, thank you for coming back to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:17.6	I am really thrilled about this episode because it's about fun, okay?
0:23.5	So last night I sat down in preparation for this introduction here and I wrote on every
0:29.2	single thing, I know about fun and in front of me, I now have a blank sheet of paper,
0:35.3	I know nothing about fun.
0:37.8	I am on fun and so for today's episode we have brought in our resident fun expert.
0:45.8	She is my wife, her name is Abby Wombach, she has found a way to make a living playing
0:53.3	games.
0:56.5	In particular, it's called soccer and so she is here today to talk to us all about fun
1:02.5	and challenge us to have some of it in our lives, let's get started.
1:11.9	All right, so this is already my favorite episode of We Can Do Hard Things because my two
1:19.0	favorite people are here, not just my one favorite sister but my other favorite person who
1:24.3	was my wife, Abby Wombach, who is joining us today, hi babe, how are you?
1:33.9	I love how are you?
1:35.6	Hi, I'm so good, it's good, I'm just really excited you're here and actually I feel a little
1:41.8	bit nervous right now, just like seeing you and hearing your voice right there, that's
1:45.8	weird.
1:46.8	Why?
1:47.8	I don't know, I don't know, okay, anyway, you're so cute, well the people can't see the
1:52.6	cuteness.
1:53.6	I know, I feel sad for them, I'll describe her, she's just so, she's just got a sporty
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