Make it Fun

Sometimes, life can bring along difficult situations, hard or even tedious tasks at times.

Some tasks can just drain you, even just the thought of it!

Or am I alone in that thinking!?

You know the ones.

The long list.

The thing you’ve been putting off for a while.

Or even the bit of the day where your energy quietly slips out the room.

I’ve been noticing this a little more in our learning programmes at work with Aviva too.

There’s a very predictable moment, right after lunch.

We come back into the room…

And within minutes, you can almost feel the shift.

Energy dips.

The room gets quieter… but not in a good way.

And it’s nobody’s fault.

We’re all just human after all…

So, quite often these days, we’ve started doing something very simple.

We 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 and have a little bit of 𝐟𝐮𝐧.

Nothing complicated.

Nothing forced.

Just a short, slightly playful energiser.

A quick activity.

A bit of movement.

Something that gets people talking, laughing, interacting again.

And without fail… it works.

Shoulders lift.

Eyes re-engage.

Learning comes back to life.

It all starts with a small thoughtful question:

“What’s one small thing we could do to make this a bit more fun?”

And that question changes things.

I’m starting to wonder if this applies far beyond our learning programmes.

That difficult conversation.

That overwhelming to-do list.

That task you keep avoiding.

What’s one small thing you could do to make today just a little more fun?