Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?

Learning something new gives my gradually stiffening self a jolt.

Learning the violin has become my version of playtime.

Not for performance, but for attention—one sound, one bow stroke, one focused moment at a time.

Between getting stuck and making small progress,

I’m reminded that I can still learn, still struggle, and still grow.

By the way, I still play terribly—

often all over the place,

and I even get corrected by kids. 😆

But maybe that’s part of the playtime too:

being bad at something again,

and not needing to pretend otherwise.