Much like junk food, Fake Fun gives us a quick fix of pleasure but ultimately doesn’t make us feel good—and, over time, it can actually harm our mental and physical health. It also pulls our internal compasses off course. When we succumb to the siren song of Fake Fun, our guiding stars—our actual passions and priorities—become obscured by clouds; Fake Fun takes us in directions we don’t actually want to go and leaves us feeling vacant, anxious, unfulfilled, and numb. In short, the more we allow Fake Fun to hijack our compasses, the more dead inside we feel.
