Life is funny, and very warped. The sooner you can figure that out, the better off you're gonna be. This doesn't mean that you laugh at inappropriate times, or that you point out absurd humor at inopportune moments. It just means that if you don't take everything so seriously, life is going to be a lot less annoying.
Try looking for the humor in stuff. Seriously. There are a lot of entertaining things in daily life. Try to find at least one per day be it something someone said, a sign, a strange coincidence that no TV writing team could concoct. You don't have to share this with anyone. It's solely for your entertainment.
Learning to laugh especially applies to being directed at yourself. I am convinced that most people have no idea how funny they are. I was walking around with a box of mac and cheese in my hand today, and trying to text my sister at the same time. I vocalized how complicated this really was. A random person suggested (with a raised eyebrow) that I put the box in my bag. I felt like a moron, but after I got past that, I found it really funny. We all have moments like that, and if we could get past the embarrassment, and go to the funny part, it wouldn't be such a travesty when we do something dumb. Doing dumb things is inevitable, but how we respond is completely under our control.
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