stop taking things so seriously

I’m 43, and want to change behaviors that no longer serve me. This is one of them. I have a vague idea why I do it, but if I stop, I’ll definitely feel lighter and have more fun.

I’ve decided I’m comfortable in my own skin. Perhaps I take things more seriously than the average person, but that’s okay by me. So I’m giving up on this goal, because it’s something I no longer need to do.

I have this really bad problem of taking things seriously..it just blasts my head off. I am living outside my home country..so kind of away from my family..and so anxiety does take me over sometimes. But what to do with this problem. I just want things the way i want em to be and dont care about any other person’s opinion and stuff. If they do something bad, i just lose my head. Lately, ive been having a lot of problems with my gf. Kinda sad though!!! Gotta get this right.

I was doing well, and then I started falling back into my old ways. This has been a rollercoaster ride of progress and setbacks. I can see the goal, and I can see myself getting closer… it’s just hard sometimes.

I visited with a friend of mine a couple of months ago, and I was shocked by how different he looked.

For a while, this guy was looking pretty bad—his skin was pale, his hair was falling out, and he had a definite slump in his shoulders.

I made a comment about his change in appearance, and he told me that he had stopped taking things seriously. He stopped worrying about his job, he stopped worrying about school… he basically stopped worrying about everything.

One of my favorite quotes is “Don’t take life too seriously; you’ll never get out alive.”

I can’t figure out how to do this. I’m a serious person. I don’t know how to take things lightly. Where it really becomes burdensome is where I’m dealing with other people’s issues seriously when they themselves don’t care that much. Why do I overload myself with other people’s issues?

officially got over everything i was overreacting about! :)

so far, i’m doing well! i might just check this off soon. i think it was just a brief period of time when i was flipping out and taking everything seirously. phew!

really now, i usually don’t take things seriously, and just carpe diem it up, but lately i’ve been taking things way too seriously! i need to live life by the moment, and not plan things out.