National Have-Fun-at-Work Day
The following five suggestions may help your day at work be more fun. In 2010, that is a Friday! So go for it and help you and co-workers have a great day!
1. If appropriate at your place of work, bring up the "National Have Fun At Work Day" idea to your co-workers. Maybe folks could join in to bring snacks. Or maybe they'd even have other ideas to add.
2. Wear something a little offbeat to work. People will think you're nuts - or just having a great day. Hopefully it will get the comments started. Perhaps everyone could dress a little funky.
3. If you have a small office - or a small department, little gifts are always a great way to begin the day. Food always seems to be a hit around the job site. A white elephant gift exchange is always fun and a great way to move junk around.
4. If your group likes to party together, perhaps you'd rather save your fun until after the work day. Someone may offer their home or apartment and others join in with food, drinks and games.
5. Many of us have work is not the "usual" - whatever that may be. This national day of fun does NOT exclude you. If you work at home, email a couple of your good clients and share some fun. If your work keeps you very busy - just sharing a smile and a few fun words can cheer up most everyone.
Remember, having fun can be found in what you do for others. Working in health care is a great example of that type of reward. Just taking a little extra time with a patient or co-worker can make that day pleasant. [If you had a day of tests or surgery ahead of you, wouldn't you go ahead with a smile if you were treated that way prior to going forward?]
Keep this appropriate, but I recall one office where a co-worker had one of those clicking frogs on our desks when we arrived for the day. What did that frog have to do with a good day? Since I still remember it and the fun we had all day, I know that frog and its giver knew something about engaging people into a fun mode.
Yes, we all have work gripes. Today with so many companies downsizing, or heaping more work on fewer people, or just doing all they can to stay in the black - a day with a little fun added can help you keep your sanity.
Published by JUNEANN REED
Juneann, now retired, worked as a professional non-profit fund raiser for 16 years. She also worked in an adult care center directing activities for seniors and during her husband's accute illness was presi... View profile
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