A few days ago, after turning on the wrong street because I was looking down at my phone, not paying attention, and doing exactly what I tell my kids not to do, I felt a wave of something that was slightly more forgiving than ashamed, but along the lines of wtf is wrong with me?

Sometimes the day is so busy - I know you know - that it feels like I’m smushed into a sardine can with little space to do anything else in between everything else.

And here I am, writing a book about play! (That’s when I actually sit down and write).

Alas, the reframe I needed arrived in the form of my kids' spring break this week.

Lately, I’ve been finding it hard to make space for that good (and fun) stuff that fills me up.

A 20-minute yoga online. Dinner with a friend. Planning my next trip because I can’t stop dreaming of travel. Organizing the junk drawer in my kitchen. (It brings me joy so it counts.)

The way you decompress or find fun and stay present will be different. But that’s the point.

That’s why it’s so important to figure out what makes you light up again (that’s where your play personalities come in), and then make sure that you push all those sardines aside and make room in your life’s container for play.

I wrote a Playbook with you in mind, to help you define your own ways to play and understand what stops you from choosing those moments for yourself.

The issue might be not enough time (easy to fix). It can also be guilt about choosing you for a minute (harder).

But it’s all possible.

This is the no-pressure, do-it-on-your-own, quick and easy Playbook that will help you.

I know it.

Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.

Or even better, send me a note about how it worked for you and all the ways you played.

With fierce love,
Alison