One Weirdo Way to Lighten The F Up

Posted by Therese on July 9, 2012 • 38 comments

You know those weekends where, instead of obsessively obsessing over every word of your Monday blog post, you instead decide to hang out with a plethora of awesome peoples, eat a ridic & embarrassing number of Voodoo Donuts, get totally ignored by your dream man, and generally have a shit ton of fun? Then you wake up on Monday morning at 6 am like, “Crapola, I have nothing to post on the bloggy-blog today?!”

Yeah, me neither–

that is, not until now.

Also, you know those weekends when you realize that, Holy shizeez, all this crap I stress out about all the time–

all this stuff I think is so DEATHLY REDONKULOUSLY SERIOUS–

just maybe

it actually isn’t?!

Like, just maybe

you could lighten up a little and the world wouldn’t end!?

Like, you could even miss a Monday blog post or use “your” when you’re supposed to use “you’re” (PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS) and the world

wouldn’t

actually

end?!

[But then you'd end up pumping this post out after all, because HOLY CRAP I love you guys and how could I live a week without you?!]

Anyhow, the moral of the story is just this:

Havva little fun today, you guys.

Heck, havva little fun for the rest of your life.

Fun is the sexiest-sexy-sex-thing in the entire world.

- Therese Schwenkler

You know why?

Because fun is fun.

And because it’s sexy.

And also, because I said so.

Take a deep breath rightnow and try asking your surrious self this one weird question:

WOULD THE WORLD END IF I WERE WILLING TO HAVE MORE FUN TODAY??

For some strange reason, most of us have this idea that the stuff of life is so DEATHLY SERIOUS. We wanna say the perfect thing. Wear the perfect thing. Do the perfect thing. Be the perfect thing.

We’d better not screw up; we’d better get this right; we’d better not miss that deadline, or else…

or else what?!!

Excuse me for a quick sec, guys…

HAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAH

*inhale*

AAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!

Ahem…

That is all.

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http://www.vidyasury.com/ Vidya Sury

Fun IS sexy. And you were right about the post – ah lurrrved it.

The photo of the dog is just superb. Reminds me of my deceased Caesar. Sigh.

High-five to you!

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

High five right back atcha, Vidya! The dog IS pretty cool… Sorry to hear about Caesar :(

http://about.me/clayforsberg Clay Forsberg

Been there! Not getting a blog post out exactly according to schedule isn’t going kill anyone … including yourself. After all, blogging is really for you the blogger. What everyone else gets out of it is a bonus.

If you decide your time and energy is better put somewhere else ~ then go for it! We all will have to wait till next week :)

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Hey Clay,

There’s NOTHING I love more than spending my time & energy on this bloggy-blog… So much so that it starts to get a little TOO serious for me sometimes, and I have to remember it’s not a life or death matter :). I don’t think I would ever *want* to skip a week, but you’re absolutely, absolutely right…

Thanks dood!

:)

http://curvesnangles.wordpress.com/ Karen J

Happy Wednesday, Therese!
Hey, don’t forget the option of posting your Monday-Thing On Tuesday, too!

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

True, Karen!

DJ Bobby C

Young people these days have far too much fun already. I try not to smile for more than 5 seconds per day. I’m believe in being eco friendly by saving the energy that my cheek muscles would use.

I tried to read this post with my usual deadpan face. I failed. I haven’t laughed like that in over 42 years* – thank you!

* As well as never smiling, I have a propensity for unnecessary hyperbole. And using long words.

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Hahahaha.

HAHAHAHAHA!

HAHHHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

You are f$&@ing hilarious!!!

http://NoMoreHoldingBack.com/ Larry Hochman

Fun is the sexiest-sexy-sex-thing in the entire world.

Sitting in the profundity of that phrase….and am now going to take it out for a spin. ;)

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Please do!!!!! (Report back.)

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=59100325 Ashley Brillhart

Looooooove the quote ;)

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

I knew you would, Lady Lulu!

http://www.triplestrength.com/ Jason Beck

There’s definitely such a thing as being too serious!

But I also know that there’s lots of “fun” that isn’t actually all that great, when I compare it to things I find uber-important, like learning lots of new things and feeling like I spent some time being creative. And, because I’m pretty weird, spending 6 hours on a Friday night reading a non-fiction book that teaches me more about myself or how to do something I didn’t know how to do or why some people or businesses succeed is something I consider “fun!”

I mean, not the sexiest-sex kind of fun. Being the only guy invited out to a bachelorette party and dancing my silly ass off even though I was sober; well that was super-sex-like sexy fun! And totally worth doing over the “you must get drunk to have fun” party I skipped. But only because of what’s important to me.

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Dear Jason,

I totally, completely, absolutely agree with you.

Sincerely,

Therese

navin singh

Rightly said. There is no excuse for having fun, you have it whenever you want it.

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Yeahhh. All this stuff we worry our brains off about does not deserve nearly as much energy and seriousness as we end up giving it…

http://www.breakingthehabitofme.com/ Breaking The Habit Of Me

The majority of what we take seriously really isn’t if we stop for a second and take a look at it. The longer you go without fun, the harder it is to recognise it.

And as Jason said in his comment, fun doesn’t have to be someone else’s idea of fun. We all need to take a moment to breathe, smile and say F#*& It! once in a while :D

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Absolutely!

http://remadebyhand.com/ Erin

Uh, just opening up this post and seeing that AWESOME photo you selected brought some more fun into my life. Excellent advice, as usual.

Also, it’s kind of great that you weren’t going to post, and then you realized you like to hang out with us, so you did. Forcing yourself to have fun :)

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Concurred– GREAT photo! And yeah, I mean, I don’t think I was ever going to skip the post altogether, but only that I realized I wouldn’t die of it was a little late or if I hadnt thought it out carefully farrer in advance to make sure it was PERFECT!!!!

Sally Hope

AHHHH It was SO great meeting you this week lady! I’m a bit bummed we didn’t have more time, BUT I will be passing through Idaho on my way to Montana in the next coupla months. Re-match on our hang time?

Xo,
Sally

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Yeah, hit me up and we’ll se if we can make it happen! Would love that!

Xoxo

http://www.30yearoldninja.com/ Izmael Arkin

Therese this post is coming just in the knick of time!

You see, I have really wanting to be more sexy as of late. The problem is that my love of excel spreadsheets, reading non-fiction books, and enjoyment of videogames isn’t what most of the world classifies as sexy.

But with your superb advice I am now on the road to sexy :).

Before we know it, I will be strutting around all of Japan in a small tank top, tight biker shorts, and breaking hearts left and right!

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Dear Izzy,

I, too, love excel spreadheets and nonfiction books (but not video games). These things should not be immediately dismissed as non sexy-sex things. However, the biker shorts idea is genius. Please do it and report back. Kthx.

http://twitter.com/downfromtheledg down from the ledge

*exhale* Your right. Except in telling you’re readers they have permission to swap those two. What’s next their for you, there?

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

WHATEVER, are you loosing your mind??! Has your brain been seriously effected???!!!!!!!

http://twitter.com/jodymlamb Jody Lamb

You are perfect, mi amiga. A perfect…..

WEIRDO! :) :)

Thanks for a giant smile. This is one of my favorite posts. Can you believe it? And to think it was hardly planned at all! Sometimes the best ideas come when you think awesome isn’t going to happen. And if all else fails, just post a blue-eyed dog.

:)

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

Thanks lady, glad it entertained!

(& )That dog is seriously amazeballs; I’ll give you that.

http://www.simplemindfulness.com/ Paige – simple mindfulness

I read this right after rolling around on the floor with my 2yr. old daughter. We were both having so much fun playing! I wanted to kick myself in the head for thinking (while we were playing), “I should cut this short because I have to clean the kitchen pronto.” AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!! I gladly did not cut the play session short. And thank you so much for the reminder that I made the right choice.

My ultimate question to every “what if?” – What’s the worse that could possibly happen? If it’s not my immediate death, it’s not that bad.

I had to post a special tweet of your very sexy quote!

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

“If it’s not my immediate death, it’s not that bad. ”

I like that!!!

http://www.theunlost.com Therese

& thanks for the sexy tweet! :)

amelia

Awesome!
http://www.moneyspruce.com/ Jeffrey Trull

Love this! It totally makes sense for me after experiencing WDS, too. And I’m glad we got to meet!