Party Organizers Don’t Push It, You’ll Have More Fun

Our beloved General Manager Cheryl Salomone is leaving Town Square Media for a job back east so folks here are scrambling around to organize a going away party.  Watching it come together, it  got me to thinking about all the movies I’ve seen where the schedule and organization people usually take the fun too seriously and often go overboard and made the fun event, well, less fun!

Turns out it’s not just in the movies!  Science says too much structure can kill the spirit of a fun trip, party, meeting or vacation.

Washington University researchers set out to study how people experience leisure time. After more than a dozen experiments they discovered “that when leisure time was scheduled, it increased anticipation but diminished enjoyment…Looking at a variety of different leisure activities, we consistently find that scheduling can make these otherwise fun tasks feel more like work and decrease how much we enjoy them."

Fortunately the fix is as easy as winging it, because that’s one way to have more fun!  If you need a plan researchers says to put together a casual schedule for activities without exact times. (UPI)