Our friend group used to have these amazing game nights but now everyone just scrolls their phones between turns and someone said 'this doesn't feel playful anymore' and we all went quiet. We're all there, going through the motions, but something essential about play has disappeared and we don't know what it was or how to get it back.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're performing the activities of play while missing whatever made those activities truly playful.
“Where Are You with What is play — a philosophical definition?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.