Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.

You know, lately, I've been feeling like life just isn't fun anymore.

Have you noticed this too?

You know, that people just don't seem to laugh the way they used to or let themselves be ridiculous or silly,

it's almost as if somebody turn down the volume on being human. And look, I get it, because you

either feel so burnt out or stressed out that you just don't have the energy to be yourself. Or

maybe there's so many serious things going on that you feel like you've got to

hold it together and your real personality can't come through. And I often think about the fact that

I don't think a lot of people are having fun because everything in today's world is just so curated,

so controlled, so aesthetically perfect for social media. Because instead of having fun, people are

focused on trying to portray a certain look. And have you noticed this? Have you noticed that when

you go out to dinner at a restaurant? Remember when the tables in a restaurant used to be buzzing

with laughter and chaos and conversation. But now, I mean,

just think about being in a restaurant. What are people doing? Most people are just sitting there

quietly across the table from each other. They're not even talking. Why? Oh, well,

they're scrolling on their phones in silence. I mean, how sad.

And don't get me wrong.

I know there are absolutely devastating things that are going on in the world right now.

And that you might be like a lot of people who feel very burnt out and exhausted.

And it can be so hard to think about having fun.

When you feel like the world is crashing down around you or you just are so tired at the end of the day. But, you know, when I look back and I think about times of my

life where I was either going through something very serious or in a breakdown or the world

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