Try to enjoy yourself

8 Ways to Enjoy Yourself in 5 Minutes or Less

I teach fun, and how to have fun that leads to more fun.

People all over the world are doing things all the time to try to improve their lives. There are many different ways to measure quality of life, but what do we all want? To have fun.

We do so many things to try to make life more enjoyable. How about we just try to have more fun? Here are eight things you can do right now to get there in five minutes or less.

1. Put on a favorite song.
Most of us have digital music, cds, tapes, or even vinyl. We’ve got speakers, a car stereo, or headphones. One of the major benefits of this age of wonder that we live in is that we are never far from music. Take advantage of it! Your favorite songs are an easy bridge to enjoyment.

2. Go smile at yourself in the mirror
Find a mirror and smile away. Pick up your phone, leave it off, and smile at yourself in the screen. Smile at yourself when you’re in front of a window or a glass door. Flip down that visor and give yourself a smile when you’re stopped at the next light. If you don’t feel like smiling hold your mouth in a smile, use your fingers to pull up the corners of your mouth if you have to. Soon the endorphins will make you feel like smiling. (A bonus with this tip is that you may find yourself smiling more in general)

3. Do something nice and then celebrate it
It doesn’t have be big, a little act of kindness is an important gesture in itself. Put some change in a tip or collection jar, give someone (or yourself) a compliment, or even just think something nice about someone. The point is you’ve made an effort to do something kind. Give yourself a «Nice job!», a fist pump, or even a pat on the back.

4. Feel happy for someone else feeling joy
Emotions are contagious. Look around you, is there someone having a good time? Try to enjoy watching their enjoyment. It’s easy. No one around you having fun? Go on youtube and do a search for «champions celebrate» or «kid gets surprised». You’ll find lots of joy to share in.

5. Go on a Five-Minute Adventure
Set the timer on your phone for four minutes. Put it away way and start walking. When the timer goes stop walking and spend one minute taking a look around. Three things will happen: you’ll discover how far you can walk in four minutes; you’ll see a place you probably go by all the time as not an anonymous waypoint, but as a destination; and finally when you return, like after any journey, you’ll have new discoveries and you’ll see where you are from a fresh perspective.

6. Pretend it’s Thanksgiving and spend five minutes writing down things you’re grateful for

7. Spend five minutes remembering nice things you’ve done for people
Remember something nice you’ve done, then remember another. Keep doing it for five minutes. They may come quickly or they may take time, it doesn’t matter. We’ve all done so many nice things, but so often we don’t remember to give ourselves credit for them. It’s important for us to remind ourselves.

8. Read this list over
Just reading about ways to enjoy life will help you enjoy life.

Gregory C. Buia shows people how to have more fun through kindness and awareness. Check out his blog and his book Have Fun. He is available to cause fun by public speaking and coaching.

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how did you enjoy the book? как вам понра́вилась кни́га?

to enjoy good (poor) health отлича́ться хоро́шим (плохи́м) здоро́вьем

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I enjoyed the film — der Film hat mir gefallen

we really enjoyed seeing you again — wir haben uns wirklich gefreut, euch wiederzusehen

he enjoys swimming/reading —

he enjoys being rude to people — es macht ihm Spaß or ihm macht es Spaß, zu Leuten unhöflich zu sein

he enjoyed writing the book — es hat ihm Freude gemacht, das Buch zu schreiben

I’ve enjoyed talking to you — es war mir eine Freude, mich mit Ihnen zu unterhalten, es war nett, sich mit Ihnen zu unterhalten

I enjoyed the book/concert — das Buch/Konzert hat mir gefallen

I enjoy your company/the company of women — ich bin gerne mit Ihnen/mit Frauen zusammen

I didn’t enjoy it at all —

the author didn’t mean his book to be enjoyed — dem Verfasser ging es nicht darum, dass man an seinem Buch Spaß or Vergnügen haben sollte

enjoy yourself! — viel Spaß!, amüsieren Sie sich gut!

we really enjoyed seeing you again — wir haben uns wirklich gefreut, euch wiederzusehen

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I enjoy wine/music — me gusta el vino/la música

I enjoy traveling — me gusta viajar, disfruto viajando

to enjoy oneself — divertirse*, pasarlo or pasarla bien

to enjoy sth/doing sth: I enjoy reading — me gusta leer

did you enjoy the game? — ¿te gustó el partido?

enjoy your meal! — ¡que aproveche!

to enjoy o.s. — pasarlo bien, divertirse

we really enjoyed ourselves — lo pasamos en grande, nos divertimos mucho

he enjoyed himself in London/on holiday — (se) lo pasó bien en Londres/las vacaciones

enjoy yourself! — ¡que lo pases bien!, ¡que te diviertas!

I enjoy wine/music — me gusta el vino/la música

I enjoy traveling — me gusta viajar, disfruto viajando

to enjoy oneself — divertirse*, pasarlo or pasarla bien

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(тж. refl.) получать удовольствие;
наслаждаться;
how did you enjoy yourself? как вы провели время?;
how did you enjoy the book? как вам понравилась книга?

пользоваться enjoy обладать;
to enjoy good (poor) health отличаться хорошим (плохим) здоровьем

(тж. refl.) получать удовольствие;
наслаждаться;
how did you enjoy yourself? как вы провели время?;
how did you enjoy the book? как вам понравилась книга?

(тж. refl.) получать удовольствие;
наслаждаться;
how did you enjoy yourself? как вы провели время?;
how did you enjoy the book? как вам понравилась книга?

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for yourself — für dich/ in polite address Sie selbst

have you hurt yourself? — hast du dir/haben Sie sich wehgetan?

you never speak about yourself — du redest nie über dich (selbst)/Sie reden nie über sich (selbst)

you yourself told me, you told me yourself — du hast/Sie haben mir selbst gesagt

you are not quite yourself today — du bist heute gar nicht du selbst, du bist/Sie sind heute irgendwie verändert or anders

you will see for yourself — du wirst/Sie werden selbst sehen

did you do it by yourself? — hast du/haben Sie das allein gemacht?

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I enjoyed seeing you again. — Мне было приятно вновь повидать вас.

Goodbye, enjoy yourself! — До свидания, желаю вам приятно провести время.

19 yourself **** your·self pers pron

did you enjoy yourself, sir? — si è divertito, signore?

you yourself told me — me l’hai detto proprio tu, tu stesso me l’hai detto

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См. также в других словарях:

Enjoy Yourself — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Enjoy Yourself Álbum de estudio de Kylie Minogue Publicación 9 de octubre de 1989 Grabación Febrero, Abril y Julio … Wikipedia Español

Enjoy Yourself (альбом Кайли Миноуг) — Enjoy Yourself … Википедия

Enjoy Yourself Tour — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Enjoy Yourself Tour Gira de Kylie Minogue Álbum(es) Enjoy Yourself Fecha de inicio 3 de febrero, 1990, Australia … Wikipedia Español

Enjoy Yourself — may refer to the following:Song names:* Enjoy Yourself (It s Later than You Think), by Carl Sigman and Herb Magidson * Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons song), by The JacksonsAlbums names:* Enjoy Yourself (Kylie Minogue album) (1989) by Kylie Minogue… … Wikipedia

enjoy yourself — phrase to get pleasure from an event or experience I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for a long time. Thesaurus: to enjoy something, or to enjoy yourselfsynonym Main entry: enjoy * * * enjoy yourself : to have a good time : to spend time doing… … Useful english dictionary

Enjoy Yourself — Single par Jacksons extrait de l’album The Jacksons Sortie 29 octobre 1976 Enregistrement 1976 Durée 3:24 Genre … Wikipédia en Français

Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons song) — Enjoy Yourself is a song recorded by The Jacksons and released as a single in 1976. It was the first non Motown single for the group since they departed from the label earlier that year. The song, a production by Philadelphia producers Kenny… … Wikipedia

Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later than You Think) — Enjoy Yourself is a popular song published in 1949, with music written by Carl Sigman and lyrics by Herb Magidson. Well known recorded versionsThe most popular version of the song, recorded by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, was made on… … Wikipedia

Enjoy Yourself Tour — infobox concert tour concert tour name = Enjoy Yourself Tour album = Enjoy Yourself start date = February 3, 1990 end date = May 26, 1990 artist = Kylie Minogue number of legs = 3 number of shows = 3 in Australia 16 in Europe 2 in Asia 21 Total… … Wikipedia

6 Ways to Enjoy Every Day as Much as Possible

Imagine waking up every morning and looking forward to what will happen throughout the day. As you take in a deep breath, you feel wonderful knowing you’re alive so you can enjoy what life has given you. That would be a great feeling, wouldn’t it?

That’s the way I try to wake up each morning. I truly see life as something to be enjoyed and each day represents a chance for me to feel great. After all, why would you spend most of your time feeling miserable?

Enjoy Today

There are some big things I know can make my day enjoyable such as when I’m doing something fun like traveling. But I know I can’t always be doing things like that. In fact, some days I’m not doing much of anything exciting at all. But I do tend to find fun somewhere and enjoy myself on those days too.

I’ve narrowed it down to six things I do on a regular basis that makes my life more enjoyable on an everyday basis. And these are things anyone can do just about any day of the week.

1. Learn to amuse yourself

It might be obvious to say, but the person you spend the most time with each day is you. That means you have the biggest impact on how much of your day you’re going to enjoy. The only question is what are you going to do to make your day better?

I like to think of funny things throughout the day such as a joke I saw in a movie or something that personally happened to me. Sometimes I think back on great memories or amazing plans I have coming up in the future. Really, it doesn’t matter what you think about as long as it puts a smile on your face.

2. Laugh at the bad times you’ve had

Everyone has gone through bad times in their life; it’s going to happen. When you think about them, your initial reaction is to feel bad or become angry. And that’s ok at first, but eventually you have to let it go. Otherwise you might dwell on them and make yourself feel bad in the present.

For the most part, I get over most of the bad times I’ve had by laughing at them. This is especially true for embarrassing instances. You can’t change them so why not just look back with humility and laugh at yourself. The sooner you can do that, the easier it will be to let those bad times go so you can move on to the better things going on in your life right now.

3. Cut out the destructive parts of your life

You can’t let destructive things come into your life. These are things that consistently make your life intolerable like bad jobs, bad relationships, too much stress and overly negative people. When you’re surrounded with bad things like these, you’re not going to enjoy the time you have during the day.

I know what it’s like to have destructive things making you miserable. I’ve been in both bad relationships and bad jobs before and cutting them out made my life so much more enjoyable. It can be hard to stop them if you’re entrenched in them, but you’ll feel so much better in the long run.

4. Find the thing(s) that drive you

There needs to be a reason for you to wake up in the morning. What’s your passion? Do you have something you can look forward to doing most days? Having something like this will drive your day and give your life purpose.

When you’re looking for something to be passionate about, it’s good to find something you can do just about every day. And make sure it is something you make time for. Even if you get busy and can only spend a few minutes on it, just spending that little bit of time can cheer you up.

5. Embrace your inner child

Think back to when you were a little kid. Did you enjoy yourself more even in places that seem ostensibly dull? Of course you did, children have a good skill in finding fun in just about anywhere.

You can find that skill again with just a little bit of practice. Think of your free time as time you can be using to play. Do something goofy or engage in some fun child-like behavior. It’s especially fun if you find another person who will do it along with you.

6. Appreciate the small things in life

Sit down and think about all the things you have going for you. Write them all down if you have to do that. It’s amazing how many things people have to be appreciative about, but still fret over one or two things they don’t have.

Appreciate all you have in life; you always have more than you think. I think it’s even better to go beyond that and simply appreciate life itself. It’s hard to enjoy each day until you’re thankful for what you have.

Enjoy Every Day

Life is too short to feel miserable on a day to day basis. Everyone should be able to wake up and feel good for what the day has in store for them.