Time to take caregiver respite and get back some of your energy.
When you take a break, even a few minutes will do you good, you’ll take steps from surviving to thriving, and even finding the JOY in caregiving.
There are many styles of humor. I prefer ones that are uplifting, a bit humbling, and convey life’s truths. Sure, a cynical style helps strengthen one’s resolve to navigate life’s difficult paths; especially, when we share our cynicism with people on a similar path. However, the selection of jokes below that were culled from those shared widely online, are the uplifting yet humbling kind; unveiling truths about our lives.
Caregiver, when you feel burdened by another’s needs that you have taken steps to fulfill, you owe it to your own survival and even moments of joy to take a step back for a brief respite. You deserve laughable moments like these to tickle your funny bone.
Ahhhh, we humans… if we can’t laugh at ourselves, who…?
On the surface:
Cool as a cucumber.
On the inside:
Squirrel in traffic.
Grandparent to teen:
You think you know stress?
When I grew up, if you missed a TV show
you missed it. Forever!
No, I don’t use TikTok,
but I can write in cursive,
drive manual transmission, and
tell time on clocks with hands.
So there.
I can’t believe I forgot to go to the gym today.
That’s 7 years in a row, now.
The one thing no one ever talks about
when adulting—
how much time is spent
debating on keeping a box because
it’s, you know,
a really good box!
I’ve reached that age
where my brain goes
from
“You probably shouldn’t say that,”
to
“What the heck, let’s see what happens!”
You drop something when you’re younger,
you bend down and pick it up.
You drop something when you’re older,
you stare at it for a time
pondering,
Do I really need it anymore?
Brain: I can see you’re trying to sleep.
May I offer you a mashup of
all the worries you’ve had
for the last 20 years?
Older adulting?
Turn on the wrong stove-top burner
Heat the kitchen for 15 minutes.
I’ve been watching my weight.
It’s still there.
Saw a store sign:
We treat you like family.
Nope! NOT going in there!
It turns out
when asked who your favorite child is,
you’re supposed to pick one of your own.
I know that now.
The biggest lie I tell myself—
I don’t need to write that down
I’ll remember it.
At my age,
rolling out of bed in the morning
is the easy part.
Getting off the floor
is a whole other story!
If you laughed at these, great! Now, take that ounce of reclaimed energy to strengthen your funny bone.
Try this:
DIY Test for Humor – Lizard brain
Some of these jokes have been revised.
Thank you for tickling the nerve along the humerus bone, Kirk Bresee!
