If It’s Not Fun, Why Are You Doing It?

Life Should Be An Adventure, Not An Obligation

Ryan Fahey
The Canadian Way
Published in
3 min readNov 18, 2018

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“Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy.” — Robert Anthony

In September my wife and I were watching the Spartan World Championships in beautiful Lake Tahoe, California.

As we watched our Canadian men and women crush the international field of competitors, I began to notice something unique to both our Canadian men’s and women’s teams.

They were all happy.

Yes, despite running 10+ miles, 35+ obstacles, frigid cutting winds, altitude, mud and an ultra-elite field of obstacle course racing rockstars, our Canadian crews were happy!

Spartan 2018 World Championships — Pro Team Canada & USA

After Canada won this grueling competition, the team (all in smiles) talked about some of the unique parts of the course and how they set out to execute their plan and achieved their ultimate goal — together!

This got me thinking about all of the things that we do in our lives. From working out to working jobs, are we truly happy at what we are doing? I am not…

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Ryan Fahey
The Canadian Way

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