Ten Tips for finding Nourishing Humor

Here are a few of the many tips collected from 3.000.000 participant in the Humor Project’s program over the years .By drawing from their tips and creating your own, you can
add years to your life … and life to your years

• Make a long list of things to do around the house each weekend ( Title it : “ Ways to Procrastinate “ )

• Have a Smile Day at work each month : Free lunch for the 10 biggest smiles in the office .

• Seek to reframe stressful situations into laughing matters by asking yourself , “What woult my favorite comedian see or say if he or she were in my shoes”

• Make your kitchen refrigerator into a humor bulletin board. Keep a variety of cartoons, fun quotes and photos that elicit a smile .

• Look for funny signs around town. One example is a doctor’s sign that reads “ Specializing in ear, nose and throat. Office in the ear .“

• Turn Sunday into “Fun day” by creating a weekly dinner-table ritual with your family and friends. Everyone seated at the table shares a funny incident or situation that invited laughter last week .

• At work ,hand out “va-va-voom vouchers” which can be cashed in when needed. The vouchers can be good for anything from “a one-liner” to “five minutes to help you with one of our talks.”

• Send fun and unusual postcards to friends and relatives .

• At home ,practice playful ways of entering a room. Find mischievous ways for you and your kids to jump out of a closet to greet your spouse upon arrival home .

• Watch old videotapes of family and friends. It’s a sure-fire way to laugh your ways down memory lane .