Sometimes, it feels like the weight of the world is on your shoulders. Between work, taking care of your family, paying bills, getting the kids to school, or what have you... fun tends to fall by the wayside. And guess what happens when it does? Yep, stress.I was feeling that stress today--more like the past couple weeks. So I took 30 minutes out of my day and escaped into my imagination by working on a rough draft of Chapter 2 of my fourth novel in The Aletheian Journeys (untitled). And that's when I was reminded just how important it is to have fun. When I got home, I kept writing. Then I had a date night with my husband. We went out to eat and then spent the rest of the night watching Supergirl. We decided to go see Thor Ragnarok this weekend.And do you know what I felt? BETTER.I felt this great weight lifted off me.  A weight that has been there for MONTHS. Because after I got back from vacation in May, I forgot. I forgot how important, how ESSENTIAL, it is to have fun. I bet you've forgotten, too. It's not hard to do. But here's the thing-we're called human BEINGS, not human DOINGS. And if we don't take that time to be, to enjoy our lives, we're going to get burnt out. So I need to take my own advice--and spend time doing things that I enjoy, with people I love, just because. Not because it has a purpose, or it'll meet some goal, but just because I LOVE doing it. And so do you. So take some time today, every day, to do something that you love. Succeed in it, whatever it is: reading, TV, sports, movies, gardening, biking, collecting stamps. Take a break from having the weight of the world on your shoulders. It'll still be there when you get back. Go. Give yourself permission. Have Fun. Because to live will be an awfully big adventure.