Subscribe to AEON+PSYCHE DAILY. Go to support@aeon.co and sign up for their free (they do occasionally fund-raise, but there’s no obligation) daily newsletter. There are articles and videos, beautifully written and shot, and on a range of subjects. Some of the articles are guides, and a very recent one took my fancy. It’s entitled: “How to Start Having More Fun”.

As we age, we tend to do fewer “silly” or fun things. Embarrassment? Decorum? Or just dead bored? How do we shed that self-consciousness enough to kick up our heels; it makes you feel young, so what’s the problem?

I am not going to reproduce this article without permission, so take a trip to Aeon yourself and give it a read. Written by Mike Rucker, author of the book “The Fun Habit” (2023), himself an organizational psychologist and behavioural scientist. The article is not just a lark and a romp, but makes sense. Fun is good for you! Why are you not having fun? It’s okay; you have my permission! Now I want to read his book!