Following are some tips on how laughter works in developing and improving your sense of humor

Give yourself permission to be silly when things get too serious. Sometimes nonsense makes the best sense.

Avoid negative people. Avoid negative situations and negative self-talk. Surround yourself with positive 'up-beat' and people.

Don't be afraid to release the child, or the clown from within you once in a while.

If you can think, or you say to yourself, someday I am going to laugh about this. Don't wait! Laugh about it now!

Don't restrict yourself to reading, listening, or viewing 'bad news' only. Opt for comedy TV shows, fun videos, CD's and audio's to relax with.

Watch and listen to children, and take a cue from them. They are our greatest source of spontaneous humor and laughter.

Use humor and laughter for stress release and relaxation.

When depressed, or in a 'down mood' - call a humor buddy!

Collect humor material - create your own humor resource library.

Review pictures that you took from 'fun events' once in a while and relive the good times.

Schedule 'fun' into your day-timer, or on your calendar. Nobody will do it for you, and if you don't, it won't happen.

Collect and keep fun items around you - toys, cartoons, pictures, posters etc.

Take your job and your responsibilities seriously, but learn to take yourself lightly.