Ending The Year With Fun?

I just finished my semi-annual clothes exchange, and of course, the weather has decided to turn warm and humid again.

Today, I am wearing my new Vuori joggers (which I love, by the way) to the gym to lift with Linda. I love all my Vuori stuff, but this Miles jogger is made of ripstop hiking fabric rather than knitted sweatpant material. Because of this, they don’t look as sloppy as my knitted ones (which I adore, don’t get me wrong). But as all the fashion influencers say, these joggers look more “elevated.”

And god knows, I need some elevation these days. 

I listened to the Happier Podcast the other day, and Gretchen reminded her audience that September 23rd marked the beginning of the last 100 days of 2024, and you know me, I love this shit, and I immediately tried to think of some project I could do in 100 days. I tried this last year, too, and I think I hit on 100 days of meditation.  I don’t remember if I was successful or not. 

But this year, I think I want to do a theme instead. I want the next hundred days (or 96 as of today) to align with some broader concept like Creativity, or Health, or Adventure, or Discipline, or Fun, or Resilience.  

Something like that. But I’m having trouble deciding. Do I want an aspirational theme, like Creativity? Or a more mundane, practical one like Health? Do I want a theme that would be weird for me, or something more familiar?

What exactly do I want more of in my life right now? What might I theme around from now until the end of the year? 

I’m seriously considering taking on the burden of FUN as my theme for the next hundred days.  I am not exactly what you would call a fun person. I can be lighthearted and playful sometimes, but I am not fun. And that’s the trouble. Lately, my inner Eeyore is predominating more than I like, and I need a little more Tigger in my life.

I also think finding or inventing a persona that could act as a model I could emulate would be helpful.  Someone I can bring to mind—even hang their picture on the wall– to remind me to lighten up. I don’t think Tigger is it, though. He’s too boingy-boingy and ADHD.

I’m thinking maybe Zazie from Zazie in the Metro

You know Zazie?

Zazie is the main character from Raymond Queneau’s 1959 novel Zazie in the Metro, which Louis Malle made into a movie.

Zazie is spunky and irreverent, full of curiosity as she explores Paris.  She’s bold and cheeky—nothing like me—and for this reason, she might inspire me to embrace a more carefree outlook. 

What do you think? 

Should I embrace fun and try to channel my inner Zazie for the next hundred-ish days? 

I wonder what that would even look like? And if I could even pull it off!

Let me know what you think. 

I value your opinion. 

 Talk to you next week. 

Love (and fun?), Kath