--- title: Blog | be happier description: be happier | --- [![PYWS-Logo](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hubfs/PYWS-Logo.svg "PYWS-Logo")](https://www.playyourwaysane.com) [![PYWS-Logo-Mobile-1](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hubfs/PYWS-Logo-Mobile-1.svg "PYWS-Logo-Mobile-1")](https://www.playyourwaysane.com) [Toggle Menu](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/tag/be-happier/page/1#navmenu) - [Book](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/pysw-book) - [About](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/about) - [Blog](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog) - [Contact](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/contact) - [Subscribe](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/subscribe) ## be-happier Blogs [![](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hs-fs/hubfs/daria-nepriakhina-gGoi4QTXXBA-unsplash.jpg?height=800&name=daria-nepriakhina-gGoi4QTXXBA-unsplash.jpg)](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/5-things-to-do-before-quitting-social-media) [March 5, 2025 |](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/5-things-to-do-before-quitting-social-media)Clay Drinko ##### [5 Things to Do Before Quitting Social Media](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/5-things-to-do-before-quitting-social-media) I just hopped off Instagram for the last time. So was the way with Friendster, Myspace, Twitter, and Facebook. As the kids say, it just wasn't ... [Read more](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/5-things-to-do-before-quitting-social-media) [![](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hs-fs/hubfs/rasheed-kemy-oqY09oVTa3k-unsplash.jpg?height=800&name=rasheed-kemy-oqY09oVTa3k-unsplash.jpg)](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/how-i-kind-of-broke-my-smartphone-addiction) [September 12, 2021 |](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/how-i-kind-of-broke-my-smartphone-addiction)Clay Drinko ##### [How I (kind of) Broke My Smartphone Addiction](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/how-i-kind-of-broke-my-smartphone-addiction) I scoffed when I heard that the average American spends four hours a day on their phones. Four hours? That’s literally two months of the year ... 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[Read more](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/gamify-your-life) [![](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/photo-1529156069898-49953e39b3ac.jpeg?height=800&name=photo-1529156069898-49953e39b3ac.jpeg)](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/benefits-of-play) [October 28, 2020 |](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/benefits-of-play)Clay Drinko ##### [Benefits of Play: 7 Reasons to Start Playing Today](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/benefits-of-play) Yes, psychologists are now linking the rise in children’s anxiety and depression to a lack of free play. Kids aren't experiencing the benefits ... [Read more](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/benefits-of-play) [![](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/evelyn-mostrom-sozuhEuLYOA-unsplash-683x1024.jpg?height=800&name=evelyn-mostrom-sozuhEuLYOA-unsplash-683x1024.jpg)](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/finding-the-game) [October 14, 2020 |](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/finding-the-game)Clay Drinko ##### [How to be More Playful: Finding the Game](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/finding-the-game) You might hear an improviser mention "finding the game" of a scene. They're really just talking about discovering a fun moment in the scene ... [Read more](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/finding-the-game) [![How to be more playful](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/alex-harvey-pMhS-1SzOEc-unsplash-1024x768.jpg?height=800&name=alex-harvey-pMhS-1SzOEc-unsplash-1024x768.jpg)](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/how-to-be-more-playful) [October 9, 2020 |](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/how-to-be-more-playful)Clay Drinko ##### [How to be more Playful (and why you should be)](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/how-to-be-more-playful) I still remember stories of my great grandmother waking up every morning to run barefoot in the early morning dew. When she showed us ... [Read more](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/how-to-be-more-playful) [![](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/fuu-j-r2nJPbEYuSQ-unsplash-1024x925.jpg?height=800&name=fuu-j-r2nJPbEYuSQ-unsplash-1024x925.jpg)](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/find-joy-in-the-ordinary) [April 8, 2020 |](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/find-joy-in-the-ordinary)Clay Drinko ##### [Find Joy in the Ordinary with these 7 Tricks](https://www.playyourwaysane.com/blog/find-joy-in-the-ordinary) There are times in life when things seem ordinary, when every day feels like Groundhog Day. Instead of letting the humdrum get us down, there ... 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