🤪 TREE 579: Silly silly silly

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I took this picture in 2021. It’s one of my favourite photos. It makes me happy.

Being silly is very important to me. I’m a strong believer in truth of the mangled Wilde quote: Life is too important to be taken seriously.

I delight/annoy my family daily with dad jokes, puns and general nonsense. I watch lots of comedy and John Wick films. When I’m in important meetings or bored, I doodle things like this:

and this:

and this:

Because all those things are fun. They help me see the world differently. They make me more creative. But mostly they are fun.

I urge you from the depths of my soul to devote large portions of your life to silliness.

Of all the people I know, my mom is the best at seeing life as a game. She’s very good at it. A couple years ago, she and I recorded a conversation about her life game skills to share with you. These 24 minutes contain a book’s worth of practical wisdom about how to live life as an adventure, deliberate practice and playfulness. I’m not exaggerating. Stick with it past my initial inability to complete a question. My mom will improve your life.

Gorgeous song and I totally want the house the video was filmed in.

Grow slowly
Jeff