My informal research about what women did to play and have fun also included the following:
Soaking in a bath
Playing with collections of dolls and teddies
Writing anything “non heavy” e.g emails to friends, letters to family
Coffee and chocolate
Repartee and friendships with work colleagues
Professional development, learning and the anticipation related to new challenges in those areas
Playing with ideas, opinions, viewpoints and words
Pottering about on a musical instrument
Sitting in the sun
Having breakfast in bed
Watching early morning television
Christmas time, visiting Santa’s Cave and specialty areas in shops
Imaginary stories, fairies etc
Gardening and baking = thinking time while doing things
Craft and creative activities
Playing with crayons, pastels and colours
Playing with spiritual “tools” – meditation, Reiki, visualisations
Finding time, taking time and giving themselves permission to do any or all of these nourishing activities were the biggest obstacles to increasing fun and play in the women’s lives.
