介绍： 2 Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
为什么玩得开心是健康生活的秘诀

TED：2022
Speaker：Catherine Price，Science journalist，author.

00:00
You know, so much of life drains us, but fun fills us up. Fun also makes us present. A lot of us put a lot of work into trying to be more present -- we do y...

介绍： 2 Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
为什么玩得开心是健康生活的秘诀

TED：2022
Speaker：Catherine Price，Science journalist，author.

00:00
You know, so much of life drains us, but fun fills us up. Fun also makes us present. A lot of us put a lot of work into trying to be more present -- we do yoga classes, we meditate, and that is all great, but the fact that fun is a flow state means that when we are having fun, we simply are present. There's no other way for it to happen.
你知道的，生活让我们精疲力竭，但是乐趣能帮我们充电。乐趣也让我们活在当下，我们中的很多人都花了很多精力去尝试更多地活在当下，我们上瑜伽课， 我们冥想，这些都很棒，但事实上，乐趣是一种心流状态，这意味着当我们享受乐趣时，我们只是存在，没有别的办法让它发生。

00:20
Fun also unites us. We live in a really polarized world, and as we all know, there's a lot of very serious problems. But when we have fun with people, we don't see them as different political parties, or nationalities or religions. We connect with them as human beings, and it's worth noting that that is the first step in being able to work together to solve those problems.
乐趣使我们联系在一起，我们住在一个两极分化的世界里，我们都知道，世界上有一些非常严重的问题，但是当我们和他人一起快乐的时候，我们不认为他们是不同的政党或者不一样的国籍，不一样的宗教。我们以人的身份和他们联系，值得注意的是，这正是同心协力解决这些问题的第一步。

00:43
Fun also makes us healthier. Being lonely and stressed out, as many of us have been for the past two years, causes hormonal changes in our bodies that increase our risks for disease. But when we have fun, we're relaxed and we're more socially connected, both of which have the opposite effect. So, kind of blows my mind every time I think about it this way, but having fun is a health intervention.
乐趣使我们更健康。在过去两年里，很多人感到孤独和和焦虑，这造成了我们体内激素改变，增加了染上疾病的风险。但沉浸在乐趣中时，我们会放松，社交连结也更好，这两者的作用是相反的，每次我这么想都让我大吃一惊，但玩得开心是一种健康干预。

01:08
And then, lastly, fun is joyful. You know, we all so desperately want to be happy. We read books about happiness, we download apps about happiness, but when we are in a moment of having fun, we are happy. So it makes me think that, perhaps, the secret to long-term happiness is just to have more everyday moments of fun.
最后，乐趣是快乐。你知道，我们都很渴望快乐，我们读关于快乐的书和下载关于快乐的软件，但是当我们在一个瞬间感受到乐趣时，我们就很快乐，所以这使我想到长期保持快乐的秘诀，就是每天多一点有趣的时刻。

01:26
So how do we do that? How do we have more fun? Well, to start with, do not take the suggestions you'll find in magazine articles about how to have more fun. I looked at some of these myself, and I found suggestions that include -- and I'm not making these up -- "roast a turkey.""Put together an altar to loved ones who have passed."“Watch a documentary about climate change.”And my personal favorite, "Adorn your table with gourds."
所以我们该怎么做呢？我们该如何拥有更多的乐趣呢？首先，千万不要参考杂志文章中关于如何快乐的观点。我看了其中一些，包括——这不是我编的——“烤一只火鸡。”“为逝去的亲人做一做祭坛。”“看一部关于气候变化的纪录片。”还有我最爱的，“用葫芦装饰你的桌子。”

02:04
Those are not good suggestions. Instead, the most effective thing you can do to have more fun is to focus on its ingredients, by which I mean, do everything you can to fill your life with more moments of playfulness, connection and flow. So here are some ideas for how to do so. To start with, reduce distractions in order to increase flow. Anything that distracts you is going to kick you out of flow and prevent you from having fun. And what's the number one source of distraction for most of us, these days? Oh, thank you.It was rhetorical, but yes, your phones.
这些都不是比较好的建议。反之，想要有更多的乐趣，最有效的做法是把焦点放在它的组成要素上。即尽你所能让你的人生充满更多有玩心、连结、心流的时刻。至于怎么做，以下是一些想法。首先，减少分心的事物以增加心流。任何会让你分心的事物都会把你踢出心流，让你无法得到乐趣。现今最让人分心的是什么？喔，谢谢你。是有点夸张，但是是的，你的手机。

02:35
I wrote a book called "How to Break Up With Your Phone," so I have strong feelings about this, but I can guarantee you that you are not going to have fun if you're constantly on your phone. So today, I want to challenge you to keep your phone out of your hand as much as possible, so you can take me up on my second suggestion, which is to increase connection by interacting more with other human beings in real life. Now, I know that one of the main reasons we're constantly on our phones is specifically to avoid having to spend time and interact with other human beings in real life.
我写过一本书，叫做《如何与你的手机分手》，所以我对此的感觉很强烈，但是我能保证如果你不断的沉迷手机，你并不会开心。今天我想挑战各位，尽可能地不要去碰你的手机，这样你才能够接受我的第二个建议：增加连结，做法是和现实生活中的其他人多多互动。我知道， 我们经常用手机的主要原因之一正是要避免必须花时间和现实生活中的其他人互动。

03:08
So I want to assure you that it is worth it, and it is not as hard as it might seem. So here's how you do it. You start by making eye contact with someone. Like, look them in the eye, don't look in the middle of their forehead, where the camera would be on a Zoom call.
所以我向各位保证这是值得去做的，这并沒有看起来那么困难。做法如下。你先和某人做眼神的交汇。要看他们的眼睛，不要看额头，別像Zoom 视讯摄影机那样。

03:24
And you say“Hello.”And if that goes well, you can introduce yourself. And if that goes well, maybe you can ask them a question, something that's thought-provoking, but not overly personal or threatening, like "What's something that fascinates you?" Or "What's one thing that delighted you today?" And you might be amazed by how good just one little moment of connection can make you feel.
接着，你要说“你好。” 如果一切顺利，你可以做自我介绍。如果依然顺利，也许你可以问个能引发思考的问题。但不能太私人或有威胁性，比如：“什么让你着迷？” 又或者“今天有什么事让你高兴？”你可能会惊讶地发现，仅仅是短短一刻的连结，让人感觉是多么美好。

03:46
And if you do find someone to connect with, maybe ask them to join you in trying my third suggestion, which is to increase playfulness by finding opportunities to rebel. Now I am not talking about James Dean-level of rebellion. I'm talking about playful deviance. I'm talking about finding ways to break the rules of responsible adulthood, and giving yourself permission to get a kick out of your own life. One person told me that some of the most fun she'd had in recent memory, happened on a Friday morning, when she and some of her friends ditched their work and their childcare responsibilities, tucked flasks into their purses and snuck out to a 10:30am showing of the movie "Bad Moms."So lastly, here's one more thing that you can do today to start having more fun.
若你找到了连结的对象，也许可以请他们与你一同尝试我的第三个建议，寻找反叛的机会来增加玩心。我指的不是詹姆斯·迪恩级别的叛逆。我指的是有趣的偏离正轨，想办法打破负责任的成年人的规则，允许自己好好享受人生。有个人告诉我，她近期最快乐的记忆发生在星期五早上，那时她和几位友人丟下了她们的工作以及照顾孩子的责任，把酒瓶塞进她们的皮包内，溜出去看上午10:30放映的《坏妈妈》电影。最后，还有一件你今天可以做的事，让自己开始拥有更多的乐趣。

04:35
Prioritize it. That might sound totally obvious, but one of the main reasons we're not having enough fun is that we're not making it a priority. Our fun is always at the bottom of the list, and it can't speak up for itself. So I'm not suggesting that you take out your calendar and make an entry that says: “From 4 to 6pm on Saturday, I shall have fun.”That is a guaranteed way to not have fun. But if you know you consistently have fun when you spend time with a particular person, make a point to spend time with that person. If you know there's an activity that really does often generate playful connected flow for you, carve out time for it in your schedule. Treat fun as if it is important. Because it is. I've been doing this myself for a couple of years now, and it's amazing to see how many areas of my life fun has touched. I'm more creative and more productive, I'm more resilient. I laugh more. Making sure that I'm having enough fun has made me a better partner, a better parent and a better friend. And it has convinced me of something that I very much hope I can convince you of as well, which is that my daughter was right. Fun is sunshine. It's a distillation of life's energy. And the more often we experience it, the more we will feel like we're actually alive.
把它列为优先。可能听起來是谁都知道，但是我们沒有足够多乐趣的主因之一就是我们没把它列为优先。我们的乐趣总是排在清单的最后，它又不能为自己发声。我并不是建议各位拿出行事历并加入一个事项：「星期六上午四点到六点，我要寻求乐趣。」这样肯定不会有什么乐趣。但如果你知道你花时间和一个特定的人待在一起时会一直很快乐，那就花些时间和那个人在一起。如果你知道有某个活动确实通常都能让你产生出有玩心有连结的心流，在行事历中腾出一些时间给它。把乐趣当作重要的事物来对待。因为它真的很重要。我自己已经做了好几年了，很不可思议的是能看到乐趣已经渗透到了我人生中的多个领域。我变得更有创造力且更有生产力，我变得更有韧性。我变得更常笑。确保我有足够的乐趣，让我成为了更好的伴侣、更好的家长和一个更好的朋友。它让我深信一件事，我也非常希望能说服各位相信，那件事就是：我女儿是对的。快乐是阳光色的，这是生命能量的结晶。我们越常体验到乐趣，我们就越能感觉到我们是真正的活着。

Thank you.