Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to laugh out loud. Know what gives you
Speaker 1: a good laugh, and build plenty of that into your life.
Speaker 1: You might make yourself healthier, but you will definitely make
Speaker 1: yourself happier. So it probably goes without saying that we
Speaker 1: tend to laugh because we are feeling good. But this
Speaker 1: goes the other direction too. If you laugh, you will
Speaker 1: most likely feel better afterwards, even if you weren't feeling
Speaker 1: all that great before. Laughter brings us closer to the
Speaker 1: people we share a laugh with. There's even some research
Speaker 1: finding that laughter makes us healthier, doing everything from lowering
Speaker 1: blood pressure to boosting our immune systems. Chances are there
Speaker 1: is something that makes you reliably laugh out loud. I
Speaker 1: know one distinguished gentleman who is helpless in the face
Speaker 1: of slapstick. Show him a video of someone banging their
Speaker 1: head on a doorway, and he is in stitches. I
Speaker 1: know someone else who couldn't speak for a long time
Speaker 1: after watching a video about a prank where people were
Speaker 1: told they'd be switched to ten digit house numbers. Who
Speaker 1: knows why that did it? But boy did it? Ever?
Speaker 1: In any case, if you know this about yourself, great,
Speaker 1: If not, pay attention and figure it out. When are
Speaker 1: you overcome with the giggles. Maybe it's when you watch
Speaker 1: reruns of a certain sitcom, even if you have seen
Speaker 1: that episode a dozen times before. Maybe it's a good
Speaker 1: dad joke. But once you figure it out, try to
Speaker 1: build regular doses of laughter the best medicine into your life.
Speaker 1: If you like sitcom re runs, figure out which cable
Speaker 1: channels reliably show your favorites, and when you've got twenty
Speaker 1: two minutes to spare, go there first. If you've got
Speaker 1: a thing for dad jokes, check out a book of
Speaker 1: them with the Libby app from your library, so you've
Speaker 1: got them ready to go on your phone or e
Speaker 1: reader whenever you need them. If you've got a favorite comedian,
Speaker 1: you can perk up a brown bag lunch by watching
Speaker 1: a fifteen minute clip. Some comedians like Jim Gaffigan and
Speaker 1: Jen Fulwiler are reasonably safe for work. Or there's always headphones.
Speaker 1: You will start the second half of your work day
Speaker 1: with a lot of cheerful energy. I will put a
Speaker 1: plug in here for that genre of literature known as
Speaker 1: greeting cards. The UPS Store seems to stop greeting cards
Speaker 1: especially designed to make you laugh out loud, which can
Speaker 1: be a little awkward when you are waiting in line
Speaker 1: to ship a package. But it's great if you buy
Speaker 1: a few cards to make you laugh out loud in
Speaker 1: the privacy of your own home, and to send to
Speaker 1: friends and family to make them laugh too. Do you
Speaker 1: love the Farside or Family Circus or New Yorker comics great?
Speaker 1: Buy a book of them to peruse when you need
Speaker 1: a laugh, or get a comic a day calendar you
Speaker 1: can make changing the date part of your morning ritual
Speaker 1: and start your day in a much better mood. You
Speaker 1: probably can't watch all of Legally Blonde or a Monty
Speaker 1: Python movie between a stressful meeting and your next zoom call,
Speaker 1: but funny movies can be great for making you laugh
Speaker 1: when you have a little more time, so they are
Speaker 1: a good option for a weekend when you might otherwise
Speaker 1: be feeling a little blue. In any case, it behooves
Speaker 1: us to make an official LL list brainstorm everything that
Speaker 1: makes you laugh out loud, or even people who usually
Speaker 1: make you laugh out loud. Then when you need a
Speaker 1: laugh or a pick me up. You'll have plenty of ideas.
Speaker 1: There are very few things that can reliably make you
Speaker 1: feel better in short bits of time. Laughing out loud
Speaker 1: is one of them. So it's worth putting this medicine
Speaker 1: into life wherever you can. In the meantime, this is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening and here's and making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.
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