FIND HAPPINESS: Do something silly every day

When was the last time you did something silly? What is silly, do you even remember? Silly is when you dance around the living room in your underwear or when you play a little joke on a friend. Silly is when you do something that you think is funny and when you don’t care what other people think because you are happy doing it. Silly is just for you since only you might like it.

I’ve heard the phrase “do something fun every day” and I thought it was great. But, when I tried to do it, it was so hard sometimes. Doing something fun seemed to take a lot of time and effort. True, reading a book or watching a good TV show might count as something fun, but something really fun felt like it needed to be more. It made me feel like I needed to go somewhere and do something, not just stay at home. I felt the pressure to go to a concert or museum or the beach. Sometimes, so much effort was put into doing something fun that when I was doing the actual activity, it wasn’t fun anymore. There had been too much anticipation and work towards it.

So, I came up with:  Do something silly every day. It will make you feel good and help you let go.  The whole point of this is to help you take your mind off of things and to help you relax and feel good each day.  When you are having a good day, that always seems easy.  But, when you are having a bad day, putting a smile on your face seems a bit harder. During those times, doing something silly will hopefully take your mind off of your problems and help you have a little fun in the process.

Silliness is usually reserved for little kids. When you were a kid, you probably heard that word all the time. But, as adults, that word is rarely used. Somehow, as we were growing up, something told us that we weren’t allowed to be silly anymore. I say, why not? Being silly helps you let go. Being silly helps you care less about what other people think. You know what you’re doing is a little bit funny, but it’s fun so you don’t care. When you were a kid and you were silly, did you worry about what other people were thinking? Probably not, it was too fun.

So, do something silly every day and try to find happiness out of the small things. Make a funny face. Walk backwards. Do the Roger Rabbit in the middle of the hallway. Think of something random that doesn’t fit into the word “normal” and do it. It will make you laugh or smile and somehow, afterwards, you will feel happier than before.