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Play is good for grown-ups, too
Scientists tell us it is critical to our health and well-being. So even as adults, let’s make time for fun like we did as kids.
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Common sense tells us that play and playfulness can be a potential source of preventive medicine.
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Sirene Lim
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Singapore ranks among the most overworked countries in the Asia-Pacific, with high stress levels affecting mental health, amid an over-achiever culture. Its 45-hour work-week was three hours more than the next closest, China, in a study by a UK business transformation firm, The Instant Group. And Singapore’s average annual leave of just seven days puts it third, behind Thailand and China.
Part of the solution to our adult unhappiness and feelings of burnout could be something we’ve left behind for years – play.
