<story><title>Humans Need Play</title><url>https://allenpike.com/2023/humans-need-play</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rainsford</author><text>&amp;gt; Nobody has the energy to learn how to play Axis &amp;amp; Allies after working for 12 hours.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve found that to be a very helpful heuristic in noticing when I&amp;#x27;m pushing myself too hard.  If I&amp;#x27;m struggling to remember the last time I did something fun that was new or challenging, I&amp;#x27;m probably putting too much energy into work or other serious stuff and not leaving enough left over for any other parts of my life.  Sometimes that&amp;#x27;s a deliberate choice to take care of something important.  But often it seems like an easy trap to fall into without meaning to, and watching out for a lack of energy put into fun things is a good way to notice.</text></comment>
<story><title>Humans Need Play</title><url>https://allenpike.com/2023/humans-need-play</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>frozenwind</author><text>I remember having to write an essay in high school about playing &amp;amp; the human being. Then I assumed that playing is a privilege of the kids and young adults. Now, later in life, I&amp;#x27;ve changed jobs not only for a better pay, but also because I started feeling that everybody was becoming too serious at my last workplace.
Either that or I&amp;#x27;ve lost my perspective, and to be honest I&amp;#x27;ve always felt that I&amp;#x27;m a bit too serious and that was alarming to me - I give too little space for playing and too much space to passive entertainment.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve felt the vicious cycle the article tells too: not playing enough made me dull, depressed and that in turn makes you loose the appetite for playing.&lt;p&gt;It was a good reminder, thanks.</text></comment>