When's the last time you did something just for fun?
Not for productivity. Not for content. Not because it’ll help your career or make you healthier or teach you a skill.
Just… for the pure joy of doing it.
Can’t remember? You’re not alone.
Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we forgot how to play.
We turned hobbies into side hustles. We turned rest into “self-care routines.” We turned joy into something that needs justification.
“What’s the point?” becomes the question we ask before trying anything new.
But here’s the thing: Play doesn’t need a point. That’s literally the point of play.
Kids don’t ask “what’s the ROI on building this sandcastle?” They build it because it’s fun. They color because crayons are cool. They dance because music makes them move.
Then we grow up and forget that joy for its own sake is enough.
Psilocybin has this beautiful way of reconnecting you with wonder.
It makes ordinary things fascinating again. Colors get brighter. Music sounds richer. Little things become delightful.
What this creates:
- Natural curiosity without needing a reason
- Joy in the process, not just the outcome
- Reduced self-consciousness about "looking silly"
- Permission to try things just because they seem fun
This is why people report wanting to paint, dance, play music, or explore nature after microdosing. Not because they’re trying to be productive—because it feels fun.
Psilocybin reminds you that joy is a valid reason to do something.
This week, do ONE thing purely for fun.
No productivity angle. No Instagram post. No skill development. Just play.
Ideas to spark joy:
- Color in a coloring book
- Dance in your living room to music you loved in high school
- Build something with LEGOs
- Play a video game (not "brain training" - actual fun)
- Bake cookies and decorate them terribly
- Sing loudly in the car
- Go to a playground and swing
- Draw stick figures having adventures
- Play with a dog (yours or a stranger's)
Dose with Party, Lucid, or Golden beforehand if you want. Let the playfulness amplify.
The only rule: It has to be pointless.
If you catch yourself thinking “this will be good for my mental health” or “this counts as exercise”—you’re doing it wrong. Do it ONLY because it’s fun.
Adults are just kids who forgot how to play.
We didn’t lose the ability to experience joy. We just convinced ourselves that joy needs a reason, a purpose, a payoff.
But joy IS the payoff.
The sandcastle gets washed away. The coloring page gets tossed. The cookies get eaten. And none of it mattered beyond the moment of making it.
That's not sad. That's the whole point.
Psilocybin doesn’t teach you anything you don’t already know. It just reminds you of what you forgot: Life doesn’t have to be so serious all the time.
So this week, play. Be silly. Do something pointless. Laugh at yourself. Make a mess. Have fun.
Your inner kid is still in there, waiting for permission.
Consider this your permission slip.
Until next time,
Mushie Media of the Week:
"Psychedelics | Mushrooms, Mindset, and Spirituality"
by: James Hander
