You can't remember the last time you really laughed
You genuinely cannot recall the last time you laughed — really laughed, the helpless, joyful, tears-in-the-eyes kind. Your days have gone flat and humorless, and somewhere in the grind the laughter drained out of your life, leaving you wondering whether you have simply become a person who does not laugh anymore.
That you cannot remember your last real laugh is a sad thing to say to a fool — so let us fix it, you and I. Laughter is a muscle, and yours has gone quiet from disuse, not died; the heaviness of your life crowded it out, but you are not a joyless person by nature, only one whose laughter has had no invitations lately. So put yourself in the way of funny things — the friend who makes you laugh, the foolish film, the child who says absurd things, the company of the light-hearted, seeking them on purpose as you would water when thirsty, for laughter is catching. And let the small laughs count, and the big ones follow — welcome the little chuckle and the half-smile rather than dismissing them, for they are the kindling from which the great helpless laughter catches. The laugh is still in there. When did the laughter start draining out for you?
What changes unlock by starting
- You see your laughter is unpracticed, not lost
- You put yourself in the way of funny things
- You seek light-hearted company
- You welcome the small laughs and the big ones follow