You know what's a lot harder than it seems like it should be?

Actually feeling alive.

And what I mean by that is that we are all constantly doing,

or, at least, we're constantly scrolling.

But we're not necessarily living.

You know, we keep ourselves busy to the point of exhaustion,

but we're also languishing.

We feel a little bid dead inside.

And I think we know that, on some level.

I think that's part of the reason

we keep ourselves so busy and distracted to begin with.

But we don't know what to do about it.

So I'm here to tell you I figured out what to do about it.

We need to have more fun.

(Laughter)

(Cheers and applause)

So you might think that you're already having plenty of fun,

and that's because in our everyday speech,

we often use the word "fun" to describe anything we do with our leisure time,

even if it's not actually enjoyable, and, in fact, a waste of time.

So for example, we scroll through social media "for fun,"

even though doing so often makes us feel bad about, like, kind of everything.

Or we'll say, "That was so fun. We should do that again soon" --

(Laughter)

... in response to things that weren't that fun

and that we don't want to do again, ever.

(Laughter)

But it's not really our fault that we're a little bit sloppy

about how we use the word "fun,"

because even the dictionary doesn't get it quite right.

It says that fun is amusement or enjoyment,

or lighthearted pleasure.

It's something for kids to have in play areas.

It makes it sound like it's frivolous and optional.

But if you think back on your own memories

that stand out to you as having truly been fun --

and I really encourage you to do this --

the memories that you would describe as --

and forgive me for scientific terminology --