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How trying to learn playfulness defeats itself

I signed up for an improv class to be more spontaneous but I spent the whole first session trying to be good at being spontaneous.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The effortful pursuit of effortlessness creates the very self-consciousness that blocks natural play.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with What is play — a philosophical definition?”

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