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Ten Tips for Adding Humor to Your Life

by Carol Schlef, RNC, MSW, IBCLC



 
  1. Start each day with a smile--even if you have to fake it!
  2. Fit in five minutes of "mirth-ercise" daily, to stay humorously fit.
  3. De-stress your life, by shaking off distress with a full minute of belly laughing.
  4. Read at least one funny story, cartoon, or riddle daily.
  5. Collect something child-like: funny buttons, Pez dispensers, practical jokes, balloons, silly glasses/masks, kaleidoscopes, etc.
  6. Share a smile with at least three people every day.
  7. Keep a journal: each night record at least three observations, events, or activities from your day that you can smile/laugh about.
  8. Add color to your wardrobe. Buy at least one outlandish tie, scarf, tiebar or lapel pin, and wear it regularly--and proudly!
  9. If you watch the nightly news, create a new, uplifting ending to ata least one news story.
  10. Let your children (or your friends' children) see you modeling "fun", playful behavior at least once each week.


BONUS: ALWAYS KEEP A SMILE ON YOU TO GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS ONE!

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