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Old 05-02-2010, 11:16 AM   #1
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Default How Seriously Do You Take Yourself?

My goodness, I take myself so damn seriously sometimes it's funny. Then sometme I look back, and I just gotta laugh at my sh#t. Laugh to keep from crying (says the serious side).

How seriously do you take yourself? How seriously would you ideally do so? Where do you draw the line? Is this topic asking you to take yourself too seriously? Can you take yourself not seriously enough? Do you manage your attitudes in this regard?
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Old 05-02-2010, 11:35 AM   #2
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Default I replied "pretty balanced," but...


I find myself entirely ridiculous.

Especially when I take myself seriously.

Or, when naked.
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I find that as I age, I can't take myself very seriously. Life is too short to be stressed out all the time. About the only thing I take seriously is my career, and my relationship, if I were in one.
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There is a time and a place for everything; including serioiusness.

The older i get, the less i want to grow up.

i like little girl things, teddy bears, and sparkles, pretty colours, and crayons, playing on the swings and having water gun fights at the beach.

But then, when i put on my corporate wear, i also try to remember the matching hat of seriousness

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I only really take myself seriously when I'm having a serious sit-down discussion, or someone's really boiled ma piss!
The rest of the time I prefer walking through life with a smile and more often than not laughing at myself because I've managed to, yet again, make a complete tit of myself/dropped a major bollock!
Life's too damn short to be serious 24/7!!!





(Btw I'm British, hence the odd sayings nobody's ever heard/seen before!)
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I think I am pretty balanced. I take myself seriously when the situation warrants it. I also try to remind myself not to when I see that I am doing it too often.

I try to balance it while wearing a Mickey Watch or randomly singing Disney tunes or commercial jingles when least expected.

One perfect example was the day when I was exchanging World Cup album stickers with the President of Lufthansa Cargo while sitting in the boardroom.

One thing I do often is laugh at myself, especially while in the company of my friends
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Hm. I like Mr. Bent's answer.

I tend to take aspects of my life very seriously i.e. responsibilities, values, beliefs, family. When stressed, I can make Orrin Hatch look like a radical.

On the other hand, I am looking at my bag of beach toys complete with flippers, mask, snorkel, boogie board, remote control boat. I have 1 and a half tattoos of a duck on my arm/shoulder.....its a long story. I have wind up toys for bath time.

I hope I am good at being serious when I need to be, and irreverent when the mood strikes.

Regardless, I'm not as attached to things and outcomes as I used to be. What will be, will be is a good motto and a lot less stressful. And, I no longer have illusions about life, fairness, politics, employers, etc. So, it is easier to see the folly of human existence, the futility at times, and the just plain funny things people do and say.

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Not especially, when I have, it's given myself some of my best laughs. I don't take people who take themselves too seriously, too seriously either... though they don't think it's quite as funny... :l
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If I don't, who will?
There is a time and place for everything.
I do enjoy being silly, but in the grand scheme of things balance in all things.
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There are times when I need to take myself seriously to give myself a kick in the ass. Overall, I do find the more I can just laugh at myself (which I do do quite often) the easier it is to get through life.
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Default Not at all

I try not to take myself too seriously. It has nothing to do with not feeling proud of my accomplishments or having self-confidence; it's about being able to keep perspective and realize that I'm just one of about 6 billion people on this planet. The sun doesn't rise and set just for me. I don't ever want to get to a point in my life where I can't laugh at myself or revel in the absurdity of many aspects of my life.
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Am I the only one who takes themselves damn seriously? Doesn't mean I'm not balanced. Well maybe... at times... just a bit unhinged.
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I take myself seriously. I have had others interferre with my life, and livelyhood, and that is when I learned about life & living. It is each man for himself in today's world.

Good thread Nat. I enjoy reading what others have to say. Thanks!

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Today, much too seriously.

But most of the time I find that humour (regarding life and myself) is my friend and life coach.
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Serious enough to not take words for granted, relaxed enough to be able to laugh at myself.

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There have been times that I took myself so seriously, I couldn't enjoy anything. That was a long time ago. Then, I had a few years, not that long ago, when I felt much more balanced and healthy. Lately, I'm noticing signs of seriousness and I don't like it at all. It's one thing to have a functional philosophy of life, but it's another thing entirely to be able to live it out in real life. My opinion: far too many of us struggle with finding that balance, no matter how philosophical we want to be about it.
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Overall, my view of myself is fairly balanced. I do have those 'my world is ending' moments and I'm entirely egocentric and very serious in regard to whatever it is that I am dealing with but I also have those moments where I can choose to laugh at myself and/or the situation or sit and cry. Most of the time, I choose to find the humor in the situation.

I'm very serious when it comes to my livelihood and money, my friends and family (in a protective, mafia love kind of way), and my intimate relationships. The rest I have to learn to laugh at or go mad.
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I take myself and my needs very seriously, while at the same time being pretty fun.
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Myself? Not at all...
I think life is both a cruel joke, and a gift - depends on the day and my mood...
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