Go Play and Laugh Often
“Glamour Goal” #3: Be Playful! One of my very favorite quotes is “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter” by E.E. Cummings. I do find laughter very glamorous. I truly love to laugh. And laugh often. It signifies happiness, fun, a sense of humor, a connection to someone or something. I love to share a good laugh. I actually don’t like being around people who don’t “get it”. Life is funny! I am fortunate that my kids have a great sense of humor (so glad my daughter cultivated hers-a little inside joke to Carlyle!). And of course, 24 years of laughing with my husband, Billy, is probably why we have been married for 24 years! Thanks for the laugh lines, honey!
Okay, so what if we are all adults here now, does that mean we have to be so serious all the time? Seriously!
Remember when you were a kid, how funny everything was? I actually had this conversation recently with my college roommate (and Maid of Honor in my wedding) Jackie, and we were talking about how we used to think everything was so funny! We just cracked up about everything, and this was in college.
Jackie is a talented choreographer and owns a dance studio and we got together at her studio recently to just hang out and dance for the fun of it. We had a ball! We just put on some great music and came up with all sorts of fun choreography and just let loose. And of course we cut up, like we always do. We had so much fun, that we have decided to make it a date the last Friday of every month.
The challenge this month, then, is to reconnect and go play with your inner child, you remember her/him don’t you? The knight, or princess, or the pony, or construction worker, or astronaut you used to be? Always remember to reach for those stars!
Play, laugh, dream, imagine. Wow! That’s where all the possibilities are. Go fly that kite, jump on that trampoline, find those four-leaf clovers, play those drums, put on those tap shoes, get out that telescope, dust off those riding boots and get back in the saddle. The point is to reconnect to something that you did as a child for the pure enjoyment of it. Maybe you even get back in touch with some old friends (hello fb!) and have that jam session (or dance session!).
Another favorite childhood pastime we had was playing board games or card games. We made so many memories and inside jokes with our cousins and neighbors, playing all kinds of games, especially outdoor games such as Kick the Can and Hide-and-Seek. Yes, I know they have been replaced by Wii and Rock Band (and those are cool) but I still love the games that leave us all in stitches from laughing so hard and we play a lot of these for our weekly “Family Night” game or during summer visits with our cousins. Anyway, my challenge is to let loose and have fun cutting up in the dance studio with one of my best friends and cracking up at how crazy we look trying to do all those moves we did when we much younger!! Now, go play! And laugh often.
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Lee Ann Brown is the author and creator of the Glamour Survival Guides lifestyle philosophy brand, whose mission is “Redefining Glamour: Your guides to living the glamorous life anywhere, at any age, on any budget”. It was only after several years of working as a model in Atlanta, New York, Miami and Japan, and coming back home to settle down and raise a family, that she realized what living glamorously was really all about, and enjoys sharing her lessons learned through her work and website 
