r/MadeMeSmile • u/Ravekat1 • 3d ago

Favorite People Meeting Jack Black

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u/sunniblu03 3d ago

Anybody else insanely jealous of people who can find that level of joy in anything? Like, not manufactured joy for social media but actual unadulterated pure joy.

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u/PrufReedThisPlesThx 3d ago

It's something anyone can achieve, and much easier than you think! It's all to do with your perspective, and your attitude. When you're in a coffee shop, and there's crying babies, and loud talkers, and lots of people, instead of stressing about everyone else, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and focus on what you came here for: the coffee. Allow yourself to move past the inconvenience and not let it sour your enjoyment. If you figure out a difficult part of a larger project, celebrate that small victory!

When you're serious all the time, you're not having any fun. You're tense, easily stressed, and your mentality is "I haven't got time for fun, I gotta get this done". But there's fun in everything you do. You don't need to goof off or treat it as unimportant or anything, but there's still ways to make it less tedious. For example, making a beat! Get into the groove of things and make your actions rhythmic! Hell, that sometimes makes you work faster since you're giving yourself energy and motivation to keep that flow going~

Start looking for ways to enjoy the stuff you don't enjoy, drop the super serious attitude, and celebrate the small victories. That's how you set yourself on the path to unadulterated joy in life. It's something anyone can do with enough practice

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u/SkizzleDizzel 3d ago

The craziest craziest most insane thing that I've realized as an adult is that the reason I personally have not been able to achieve that is because of my fear of judgment from other people. I've worked on that (still working on it) and God damn I'm more self confident and happier than I've ever been. Working towards not giving a fuck what other people think is a game changer man

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u/PrufReedThisPlesThx 3d ago

Oh yeah, shaking that fear of judgement is hard, I agree. I'm battling that as well, and the reasons behind those fears are an even bigger challenge to face. But you're right, it's so rewarding to exist independently to other's lables and just be you

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u/RoboGandalf 2d ago

Ive been preaching this since I was a kid and it's been so difficult trying to get people on board. Like a girl I'm seeing, I'm trying so hard to get her to loosen up cause she cares so much what people think and it causes her to get anxious and will sometimes can damper a really good night out.