One of the things that I’ve noticed people do when they first discover the Law of Attraction is to start taking things very seriously.

And I can understand that. When you truly get that how you feel creates your life - well, it’s quite a stunning thing. It makes you sit up, and take responsibility.

All pretty serious stuff, no?

Well, yes … and no.

It’s important to have fun with it all. Sure, you want very much to keep an eye on your emotions and stay aware of how you’re feeling. But take things too seriously, and you’ll find that a serious life means big, serious emotions - not exactly what you were hoping for, right?

One very creative process that I use, that’s very individualized, is something I call “Put the Fun Back Into Your Life”. It’s a “custom” process, because everyone’s idea of fun is different.

Here’s what you do:

1. Brainstorm a long list of things you would qualify as “fun”. It’s best to do this in a fresh notebook, because you’re going to want to come back to this list often, and add to it as inspiration strikes.

If it’s been a while since you’ve had fun, or thought about what would be fun, you might find it tough to get started. If this is the case, start with a piece of scrap paper, and begin free flow writing, without censoring yourself. Just write all the thoughts that occur to you, even if you’re not sure you really think it would be fun.

When you’re done, go through your list, and copy over all the items that you do think are fun.

Try to put together a list of at least 50 items. If this feels like too much, do it gradually. Make a conscious decision to be on the outlook each day for things that you feel might be fun, and then at the end of the day, add to your list.

Once you get going with this, you’ll find that your list will be in the 100s, if not 1000s.

2. Go through your list, and mark your items in terms of ease. I like to use a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 being things that would be really quick and easy to do, and 5 being items that I would love to do, but they’re much more challenging, whether it’s because of time or money contraints, or maybe they just have a general air of impossibility.

3. Take all the easy items, write them out on small slips of paper, and put them into a jar. That’s right. You’re going to create a Fun Jar. Seriously.

If you’re feeling slightly uneasy now, here are some of the things that are in my Fun Jar, just to give you an idea of how easy it really can be:

Chew gum in a flavor I remember from when I was kid.
Spend five dollars at the dollar store - not on anything that I need.
Listen to a song that makes me feel good.
Call up a friend.
Give myself five extra minutes to savor my morning cup of coffee.
Wear something red.

These are all small things, all easily done. They are things I can see myself adding to my day. And to me (though maybe not to you!) they’re fun.

4. Every day, pick an item from your Fun Jar - and Do It. Remember, the Fun Jar contains only those fun things that are really easy to do. Pick your Fun Jar slip first thing in the morning - that gives you the entire day to have that little bit of fun, whenever and whereever the timing and place are right.

You have no excuses. Remember, the items in your Fun Jar are quick and easy to do.

5. Exercise your fun muscles gradually. Your daily shots of small bits of fun, courtesy of your Fun Jar, are a good start, but you want to target the bigger items next. Pick one day of the week on which you’ll go through the items in your fun list, with the goal of selecting one of the more “advanced” items to do that week.

See? We’re not going to stress you out in any way. You always get to choose. And you’ve ranked your items in order of complexity. You know what your week is likely to be like. So pick something, then schedule it in.

And then do it. Do it that week. Because next week, you’ll get to do something else.

Putting the Fun Back Into Your Life

As always, if this process doesn’t appeal to you, you shouldn’t try it out. Remember, abundance processes are supposed to be fun.

So, what will happen once you start putting the fun back into your life?

As you begin to get used to having fun again, you’ll find that you’ll have easier access to those emotions that are at the top of the emotional scale. You’ll begin to feel more joy, and more happiness.

And you might look at some of your “bigger” fun things, and realize they’re desires that you’ve held for quite a while. Having fun with fun helps you to open up to allowing these desires into your life.

Fun isn’t fun … unless it’s fun. And that’s the key to this process.