If you’re not having fun you’re not fully living. The author of How to Break Up with Your
Phone makes the case that far from being frivolous fun is actually critical to our
well-being—and shows us how to have more of it. This delightful book might just be what we need
to start flourishing.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Grant Journalist and screen
life balance expert Catherine Price argues persuasively that our always-on tech-addicted
lifestyles have led us to obsess over intangible concepts such as happiness while obscuring the
fact that real happiness lies in the everyday experience of fun. We often think of fun as
indulgent even immature and selfish. We claim to not have time for it even as we find hours a
day for what Price calls Fake Fun—bingeing on television doomscrolling the news or posting
photos to social media all in hopes of filling some of the emptiness we feel inside. In this
follow-up to her hit book How to Break Up with Your Phone Price makes the case that True
Fun—which she defines as the magical confluence of playfulness connection and flow—will give
us the fulfillment we so desperately seek. If you use True Fun as your compass you will be
happier and healthier. You will be more productive less resentful and less stressed. You will
have more energy. You will find community and a sense of purpose. You will stop languishing and
start flourishing. And best of all? You’ll enjoy the process. Weaving together scientific
research with personal experience Price reveals the surprising mental physical and cognitive
benefits of fun and offers a practical personalized plan for how we can achieve better screen
life balance and attract more True Fun into our daily lives—without feeling overwhelmed.
Groundbreaking eye-opening and packed with useful advice The Power of Fun won’t just change
the way you think about fun. It will bring you back to life.
