I remember having to write an essay in high school about playing & the human being. Then I assumed that playing is a privilege of the kids and young adults. Now, later in life, I've changed jobs not only for a better pay, but also because I started feeling that everybody was becoming too serious at my last workplace. Either that or I've lost my perspective, and to be honest I've always felt that I'm a bit too serious and that was alarming to me - I give too little space for playing and too much space to passive entertainment.

I've felt the vicious cycle the article tells too: not playing enough made me dull, depressed and that in turn makes you loose the appetite for playing.

It was a good reminder, thanks.