Lately I came across a quote from Pearl S. Buck, a renowned Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes winner, which caught my attention, it said: "to find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth". I would take that a step further and say that "one needs to do his or her best to find joy in... anything!". But of course a large chunk of our life revolves around work, so that is surely a great starting point to pursue happiness.
The past five years at Partytrap have been full of different experiences, but what (in my opinion) kept us going is the fact that we were lucky enough to find something which we really like doing, and turning it into a job. For some of us it's a full-time commitment, for others it's a pretty demanding part-time work, but although all of us have our weak moments, I'm quite sure that we rarely 'dread' going to work.
A couple of weeks ago we organised a summer get-together - a BBQ at the beach to kind of put us all in the mood for this 'holiday season'. It was purely a social event, but what did we end up doing? Yes... 'work'! We went through the songs and dances we perform with children, we staged (for the thousandth time) Turu's scripted sketch, and most of all we enjoyed ourselves.
It's things like these which remind me of the importance of putting enjoyment at the forefront of anything we do. Who said work should be boring? Who said 'play' is a thing we should do only in our 'free time'? (click here for a really inspiring clip on the evolution of play). At Partytrap we have all of these things in common, and especially: we love to have fun, and we derive enjoyment from entertaining others. Keep it up Partytrappers ;)
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| Partytrappers and friends (some of us couldn't make it on this occasion) |
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