laugh at myself

I stopped at a four way stop and I was preoccupied singing along to some awful song and I just sat at the stop sign while everyone was waiting for me to go and then they all got pissed and just started to drive. I had a good laugh at myself with that one. Really I just have to laugh at myself and make jokes the entire time I’m driving. It’s no wonder I didn’t get my license until my 17th birthday.

i was outside of a club the other nite, and they have these food truck guys that drive around downtown here every nite after all the bars close and sell jamaican patties, etc. im standimg there minding my business, when a car drives by and someone whips a patty in its bag really fast out their window, and it hit me straight in my forehead, with a million ppl around watching! it was completely ridiculous, i had to laugh! i even pointed to my forehead, and said “DID U GUYS JUST SEE THAT? O MY GOD! hahahahhaha!!” and everyone laughed with me. its that easy. i swear, weird things like this happen to me all the time, and theres nothing else to do BUT laugh at urself. if everyone else thinks its hilarious, u probably should too. 99% of the time theyre not trying to laugh AT u, its the simple hilarity of the situation that makes them laugh. go ahead, join in!

This is never really “finished” but I don’t take myself nearly as seriously as I used to, so I’m going to give myself credit for lightening up!

Sometimes it’s just better to laugh at yourself than to worry about what a loser you think you are. I’m slowly learning to do this more often.

i laugh at everything.
everyone.
and myself.
i think im funny.
thats all that matters :]

I can honestly say I’m improving on this one. The other day in class I did something kinda embarassing, and my friend actually said “I’m embarassed for you” but, I just laughed. I didn’t do the whole replaying of the incident over and over in my head and I didn’t feel bad about it. I just laughed and said I wasn’t embarassed and that I just thought it was funny. And magically once I said it, I really felt that way. So I am slowly chipping away at this goal!

and I really don’t have much of an inkling on how to go about it. So while I still believe its valuable I am retiring this one for now.

Maybe I could make an appointment to laugh at myself once a week or so. Maybe that would help me along.

Most of all I don’t consider myself as someone who is totally serious all the time. Some people may think so but making grand conclusions like that aren’t really helpful. What is helpful is living in the moment and expressing how you feel then and if that means asking for help or feedback or clearing with someonee then do that. Express yourself solely for the sake of being transparent and be open to staying with the moment.

So enough on this topic for now.

This is just about the best thing in the world for me; it’s saved my life on many occasions!

I couldn’t be more thrilled with this!

As my confidence increases overall, I find myself laughing at myself more and more. One thing it does is makes communication with my wife a lot easier. She feels much more free to talk about how she feels and even to laugh at her own behavior if I freely laugh about mine. Honestly, I say and do some rather ridiculous things sometimes, but I’m a lot less embarrassed by them now and that makes the laughing easier…

I remember (ooooh, about 12 years ago) reading in the book Lighten Up! that you can practice laughing at yourself by laughing at your naked reflection in the mirror every morning. You start with a forced laugh (HA HA HA HA HA), but apparently it gets real very soon. Maybe because it’s such a ridiculous thing to be doing? I, uh, never had the guts to try this before, but I’m determined to now!