How do I take life less seriously?

J0NVIC · 2021-05-25T07:24:46+00:00

Your bike is your psychologist

Trashness__Quarterly · 2021-05-25T11:39:02+00:00

Ironically enough when I take myself more seriously and really hammer it out at the gym and take care of myself I become a lot more happy-go-lucky. When I become undisciplined and let myself go I take everything way too seriously

drakos500 · 2021-05-25T08:14:18+00:00

for All it's worth life is Absurd qnd So is Our world. So it's not worth to overthink shit when you Are in a world where there are doctors who get payed less than people who are just famous because they sing something.... or shake their Booty. i Just accept the shithole that is our world and i'lltry to enjoy my life at it's fullest if i Can.

Dependapotamus209 · 2021-05-25T05:52:33+00:00

You don’t thats nihilistic and isn’t a good/ healthy approach to life... For all we know we only have one life so take all those things accept the truth OF those things and do the best with the life you have no matter what. Life isn’t that serious but don’t give yourself an excuse not to live a good life. It’s like playing a video game and just sitting there idling saying what’s the point?

Solo_and_Simple · 2021-05-25T11:18:07+00:00

I have a document on this, where I've collected some ideas and quotes that help me, because I struggle with this, too -- taking myself and life too seriously. I'll share a couple.

First is from Deepak Chopra, who is full of shit most of the time, but I think he got it right here:

"The ego is serious. It is solely concerned with power, control, and approval. The ego is easily offended. Whatever arrogance or self-importance people may project, if they are dominated by their ego, their underlying experience is one of fear - fear of losing control, fear of losing power, fear of losing approval. This fear leads to seriousness and the tendency to be easily offended. When you shift your internal reference from ego to spirit, you relinquish your need to control. This creates a natural state of ease, which predisposes you to lightheartedness."

This one I believe is from Bertrand Russell:

“A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matters which are causing anxiety. Our doings are not so important as we naturally suppose; our successes and failures do not after all matter very much . . . One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster. If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.”

CuriousIncel2 · 2021-05-25T07:02:29+00:00

Just self awareness and self observation. Step 1 is to be able to catch yourself when you're having an emotional reaction about shit that doesn't matter (prime example is rejection).

HeyIAmKP · 2021-05-25T05:34:31+00:00

Amor Fati.

Crafty-Tackle · 2021-05-25T13:36:13+00:00

Read the Stoics.

atheos42 · 2021-05-25T12:25:56+00:00

Watch every episode of "Rick and Morty".

pissedoffgaza · 2021-05-25T17:44:34+00:00

Zen Buddhist and daoist philosophy combined with meditation or weed or alcohol.

TigPlaze · 2021-05-25T15:29:16+00:00

Find whatever humor you can in everything. Watch stand up comics if you need to learn how. Make fun of stupid shit. There's plenty of stupid crap to make fun of. You'll never run out of material.

daniellederek · 2021-05-25T12:48:31+00:00

Just remember, everyone "living their best life" on social media outside of the 1 per 10 million successfully monetizing are dead inside and 1 pays tub away from bankruptcy.

lycanroc-lez-go · 2021-05-25T08:26:19+00:00

Get a motorcycle.

Extension_Welcome769 · 2021-05-25T09:12:25+00:00

Get some good hobbies and mind your own business. When you stop caring about other people and society at large, things become real easy

thewitcheraddict · 2021-05-25T10:19:48+00:00

Realize that analysis paralysis is actually a huge liability. I remember back when I was middle school aged I would not fight back to bullies because I would worry about the damage to my reputation if I was seen as a "snitch". I had the same worry with my failures, but I've realized that many of my failures were just pages in the storybook of my life. You can leverage these stories as things to tell to family and friends and have a laugh about. As memories from your past will go over when you are older and reminiscing.

CoolPressure3782 · 2021-05-25T16:39:52+00:00

I see our species as a flawed and hostile collection of animals. I just live my life peacefully and productively. Find something in life that fulfils you and makes you smile. Painting, motorbike, engineering, programming, hunting, sport, weightlifting, art, movies, video games, 3d modelling, travel, cooking, religion, work, etc.

KingofAmarillo17 · 2021-05-25T16:58:01+00:00

https://youtu.be/8LNRQOLa_GY Become the pouch

Yasai101 · 2021-05-25T08:01:11+00:00

Become smart and or nihilistic. One typically supplements the other.

TheApricotCavalier · 2021-05-26T02:52:15+00:00

Take the honk pill. Its the only reallity

Lost_Musashi · 2021-05-26T19:07:09+00:00

This usually comes from the ego and your seriousness has probably served you well at some point in your life, either as motivator or as a defense mechanism. It's alright.

Realize that you are safe (at least I hope so) and you can explore the world and need not worry about being important. Keep working on yourself but drop your high expectations.

You need to decide when you want to be serious and when you don't to be that way. When the wind blows off my hat, I can laugh about it. But when somebody stole my car, that is nothing to laugh about for me at all.

Some might even laugh about having their car stolen. It's really about your personality and your values.

tiger-tael · 2021-05-27T02:05:26+00:00

Jiu Jitsu.

delsystem32exe · 2021-05-26T01:13:17+00:00

im the expert on this...

lol...

I am a nihilist, so by definition, I believe that life, the world, etc is objectively meaningless... Realize the condition, objectively, as I can subjectively pursue or evaluate my open subjective meaning onto it... Most nihlists and absurdists take life not seriously at all, because they realize how absurd their existence is...

Alan Watts, the philosopher has great lectures on this which i enjoy.

Title	How do I take life less seriously?
Author	WiselyLonging
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Date	May 25, 2021 4:49 AM UTC (5 years ago)
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