A Fun and Easy Personal Growth Practice: Scheduled Laughter

As I shared in a recent post (you can read that here), the ongoing COVID-19 induced social isolation and break in routine has caused me to struggle emotionally.  I’ve been finding practices that are helping me regain my emotional balance. One of them is simply laughter. I wrote a post about this topic back in April of 2018 and decided to share it again. I think it’s safe to say that at this point, we can all use a laugh! Enjoy.

Sometimes you just gotta laugh. No, seriously. If you want to become a better version of yourself, laughter is a key discipline.

Sounds strange doesn’t it? To think of laughter as a discipline. But it can and should be. My accountability partner of over ten years, someone I deeply respect for his concerted effort to continually become a better version of himself, actually writes time for laughter into his schedule. It sits alongside his other disciplines like working out, prayer, and listening to personal growth audiobooks.

So in honor of that somewhat radical idea, I’m giving you an opportunity to laugh today. Instead of reading more of my words, I encourage you to read those of a traveler who many years ago had a comically bad day and was banned from a hotel. He got the ban lifted through owning his mistakes with humility and humor. You can read his story here.

So whatever it is that tickles your funny bone – streaming a favorite sitcom, reading the comics, or watching wipeout videos on Youtube – schedule some laughter into your daily routine. If you do, you’ll take another happy step toward Becoming Yourself.