Find Humor in Life – Rewire Your Brain
When stressed or angry or frustrated or feeling brain fogged, try to find a bit to laugh about. Think of something silly about it – anything. Then laugh about it. Find humor in life and everything!
Laugh at yourself when you can! If you do something “stupid” – don’t beat yourself up over it and just laugh to relieve stress. When you are a downer about things, your brain keeps going there, but to find humor can rewire your brain to keep being more amused or happier.
Maybe it’s the face your boss makes, his ears stick out, or she snorts when speaking? Some sentence or word was off – maybe it was even funny? What kind of humor can this have to it?
Finding humor in a stressful situation is a great self-management tool. If you can see some humor in your work, in moments of stress, you can diffuse a lot of anxiety and nervousness. Rewire your brain for humor. Then you can hopefully think more clearly. Find humor in life in any and every aspect you can.
Mistakes are a learning process. Find humor in the silly mistakes you did on the job. Then tackle it the better way.
The more you find something funny or peaceful about your situation, the more you rewire your brain to get out of your funk. Start with some point and keep it going.
Laugh to relieve stress and let your tight muscles relax more.
The more you practice and do this, the easier it will get and soon you’ll function better! You will rewire your brain from the fight or flight habit.
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P.R.