Lighten Up and Laugh Often
I’ve been at my new job for just under six weeks and I’ll admit it probably hasn’t been long enough for me to say I’ve totally adjusted to the new schedule. However, I am glad to say that I am doing well at adjusting to making time to write every week. I’m very pleased with the amount of time I’ve been able to work on (yet another) edit on my first book, as well as the amount of time I’ve been able to spend writing on my second book.
Besides spending time at work (not to mention getting ready for work and driving to and from work), spending time with family, spending time working on the craft of writing, and, God willing, at least 7 hours of sleep, you can imagine there isn’t much time for anything else in any given day.
It’s not often we serious, hard-working adults get to do that, is it?
E. E. Cummings said, “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
I ran across something the other day and it gave me a good laugh…not because it’s the funniest thing I’ve ever read but because after going back to work full-time in an office setting again, it made me wonder how my co-workers would react if I were to exhibit the following behavior:
It might be fun for a day.
But whatever tickles your funny bone, I hope you find it often; whether it’s with your family, your friends, a book, an old series like Friends or Frasier, or even your pets (mine make me laugh often).
“You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.”