I feel like most of the time people think I make fun of myself to make up for my lack of self-esteem, confidence or self-worth. To that you are correct — kind of. I started off making fun of myself and using self-deprecating humor in middle school to deflect how I felt about myself. Instead of people judging me for how I looked, they laughed at the weird things I said. My sarcasm and self-deprecation endlessly flowed from my mouth. Eventually, when I got to college (so just a few short years ago) I realized how awesome I was.
I wish people would realize how cool they were. We’re all such awesome beings we should be confident enough to say so. I honestly get so tired of hearing young women who are absolutely beautiful tear themselves down. Looking at a year old picture of themselves and saying, “Ugh, I look so gross”. News flash: you don’t look gross. You look like a goddess that was spat out of heave to grace the peasants on earth.
I don’t use my humor anymore to make myself feel better. Rather, I like to keep myself grounded and humble. Speaking as someone who knows how awesome they are, it’s very hard to find people to tell you to calm down and remind you that you’re not actually that cool (Especially when most of the day is spent alone writing new jokes). I use comedy to remind people that you should think you’re all that, and you should know it, but that doesn’t mean you have to be a pompous butt hole about it.
Honestly, there are so many entitled people in America right now I give up on counting after 12 because my poor little lady brain can't handle it. And to be frank, one person is too many. For all of you entitled, privileged humans, that’s awesome that you can live off your privilege and use it to your advantage. But that doesn’t mean you should go around showing off your privilege like a dream internship. I mean, would you post about how #blessed you are to be privileged? Probably, you do it already, we all do. But let’s be cognizant of it. Let’s make fun of us and bring our selves down! Honestly it is the best form of therapy. We all need a piece of humble pie. Wouldn’t it be nice if we treated our selves to a slice instead of it getting handed to us?
Contrary to popular belief, making fun of yourself is a major key to success. Don’t worry, I asked DJ Khaled — he agrees. So climb off your high horse real quick. Realize you are awesome but you’re also awesome enough to know when you’re not! Laughing is the best form of medicine.
Laugh at yourself sometimes; be open to embarrassing yourself, calling yourself out and making fun of yourself in anyway possible (when you’re sober). It’ll do you good, I guarantee.
