We met ♥ on Facebook
Yeah, it happened eons ago…
Was new on Facebook; connecting with "friends," playing games, and liking random pages.
PJs fascinated me, memes intrigued me, and sarcasm pulled me in.
And in there, somewhere, I met with the inner Chandler.
But the cherry didn’t blossom well. There weren’t other cherries around to support. Only coconuts. And they were tough to crack.
Not many appreciated my new “skill.” And my sarcasm-o-meter kept fluctuating. It was either too high, or null.
So, I found myself another home. A ramshackled, dilapidated cabin, where no knowns came - Twitter.
I found people who appreciated my lame humour, just like you still here. Trying to understand what this newsletter is even about. (Thank you)
I grew lamer. I found a few fellow cherries. And I found (relatively easy to crack) apples and oranges too. So, there I was, shit posting, without any fear of rejection.
Still am. And I know things are going well. A friend gave me Humour Seriously last month just so I can do more memes and PJs. Yeah, that was the message written in bold and blue. No, bold and black it was. (I lost the slip actually)
Now, the book is nothing about humour, yet everything about it. Yep, being funny doesn't have anything to do with fun. The eternal and holy sense of humour grows from how present you're into a situation, how well you understand it, and how lightly you can take it.
Humour Seriously does have a few tips, tricks and techniques to help you understand how elves whisk their mysterious potion of amusement. But much of the book just gives examples after examples, to prep you to be humorous.
Going through the features, benefits and myths of humour, pushes you to start incorporating humour in daily life (more often).
But in the end, it's you and your confidence to pull things up together. You need to find the funny in nooks and crannies, form the funny, and deliver it painfully clear. Humour asks you to be bold and authentic.
TL;DR:
If "being funny" is an outcome, and if you focus on that outcome too much, like if you're too much in your head and you start to focus on where the ball is going, you can lose the flow. Your mind is going to find something to focus on.
Much better not to focus on being funny. Let the funny just take care of itself. Be more focused on having fun than being funny.
Yeah, that’s all for today.
Will see you with another irregular newsletter soon. 🐼
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