A theory that has come in particularly handy over the last couple of years has been that life should never be taken too seriously for fear of giving yourself a headache! On Thursday I collected my first University assignment back after marking and I was asked if I was particularly pensive about getting my mark. The reality is the work had been handed in 3 weeks previously, wasn’t worth anything towards my final mark and was beyond my control by this point, so what would be the point in worrying then? I passed incidentally, as I was confident I would and I was proven right not to worry, but even if I hadn’t have passed, what advantage would I have got from panicking about it?
If ever I needed proof that I shouldn’t take myself to seriously it was the words of a friend 4 weeks ago that gave it to me…
“Every girl has a Taylor Swift song that they can relate to… What’s yours?” Well I would have been quite within my rights to point out that I am in fact not a girl, but I didn’t, I just answered the question because I felt like it at the time and despite the fact it could have made me look or feel silly to do so.
As well as the above incident there have been many, over the last year in particular that have suggested that I can’t be taken seriously so shouldn’t even bother to try. For example, whilst on a trip filming for my ill-fated Media video in the gardens of ST Pauls Cathedral, for reasons unknown even to me I thought I would shout “GERRARD!” before jumping over a bench and returning a ball to somebody on the other side of a fence. Whilst I probably don’t need to fill you in on what happened it still makes good reading so I will. I miss-judged the jump over the bench, got my foot caught and ended up flying over it parallel to the ground rather than feet first and landed with a series of inelegant combat roles, finishing up in a heap, it wasn’t particularly dignified but it was hilarious to those that saw me fly through the air and the end result, yet more people who will never be able to take me seriously, and another indication that I shouldn’t bother either!
Not being able to, or wanting to take myself or life to seriously is by no means a disadvantage though. If you don’t spend ages worrying about how you come across, how others perceive you and if you’re behaving in a way that is socially acceptable, you have more time to be yourself, do things you actually enjoy, have a laugh, and ultimately be a happier a person. It’s not full proof, but it’s worth a go!
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