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You should never do anything that isn't fun. Everything is fun if you make it so.
I can see where you're coming from but sometimes short term fun can have negative long term consequences.
Long-term consequences can be fun if you make it so. /hj
They're saying that you can and should make everything you do a fun experience. Don't like your boring machinist job? Make a game out of measuring everything. Beat your high score for the tightest tolerance.
Don't like pulling weeds for extra money while you're in college? Pretend you're a homesteader cultivating the land.
Your attitude and your perception of how things are can greatly influence how you experience things.
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