What you laugh at when you’re alone, before you check whether it’s cool, is a good look at who you are.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
A laugh with nobody around is the one reaction you never get to edit. In company, humour gets tuned to the room, slightly up or slightly down depending on who is there, which makes the solo version unusually accurate. Whatever gets you at midnight with the door shut is a fair portrait of your actual taste. It is also often sillier than the version you perform.
Notice what got the real laugh out of you this week and stop filing it as a guilty pleasure. Send one to a person who will get it. Liking something stupid on purpose is a small and genuine freedom.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Does what you laugh at alone match what you share?
MORE IN SOLITUDE & SELF-KNOWLEDGE
- What you spend your first free twenty dollars on says something about what you value. Pay attention.
- Before you chase something, ask yourself alone at night why you want it. The real answer is usually quieter.
- Ask what you’d do differently if you could redo the last twelve months. That answer is a plan, not a regret.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.