LASERS HAVE FUN
The fellow above is having FUN because he just won this third world championship or something like that. Not many of us can do that, so here is my list of ways to help be “sure” that you have fun.
1. Smile
2. Expect it to be fun.
3. Dress right
4. Bring food and drink as appropriate.
5. Sunscreen- cloths, hat, sunglasses.
6. In adverse conditions, do what you are able and a little more (to expand your ability) then drop out if it is too much. Drop out happy. (Man, I don’t have to keep doing this.)
7. Say hello to friends.
8. Say hello to non-friends.
9. Give someone a little help.
10. Do a good deed that no one knows about.
11. Help others do the odd jobs.
12. Say hello to as many fleet members as you can.
13. Come early.
14. Stay late.
15. Leave any time you need to.
16. If there is someone that you don’t like, visit with him or her.
17. Show up. You can’t have fun sailing if you stay home.
18. If you have a “bad time”, start a sailing blog. It will be good material.
Now think about these things that light up the please centers in the brain. (“The Compass of Pleasure” David Linden)
Legal Illegal
Caffeine Cocaine
Alcohol Morphine
Nicotine Heroin
Food--- fatty, sweet, and salty
Actions Sex
Gambling #
Aerobic exercise #
Relief of pain
Meditation
Prayer
Anonymous charitable giving
Positive social interaction. #
Pleasure in new abstract ideas
Maslow flow. #
# Perhaps present in sailing.
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Will the RS Aero ever be in the Olympics?
5 years ago
Hmmm. Are you saying there is no alcohol in sailing? Or sex? (Maybe not on a Laser, I guess.)
ReplyDeleteThere's certainly meditation. Do it all the time when I'm sailing on my own.
And occasionally pleasure in new abstract ideas like Both Leeward and Both Starboard.