Humor Hobbies

Hobbies and Humor

Humor is a valuable life skill that can improve our overall well-being. Hobbies can introduce more laughter into our adult life.

Benefits of Humor

• Health Benefits: Laughter exercises your diaphragm, enables you to take in more oxygenated air, stimulates your lungs, and relieves physical tension in your muscles. It can also boost heart health by increasing your heart rate and lowering your blood pressure. Moreover, laughter has been shown to improve your pain threshold. After all, laughter is the best medicine.
• Social Benefits: Humor can strengthen social bonds, defuse tense situations, and foster emotional connections. Humor can make you more likable and attractive. In fact, 90% of men and 81% of women report that a sense of humor is the most important quality in a partner.
• Stress Relief: Humor is a great way to relieve stress. Less stress means a stronger immune system, better health, and better overall well-being. A study has shown that reduced stress due to laughter can even improve memory.

This is a partial list of humor’s benefits. Of course, many other benefits can be derived from those listed – which makes humor a valuable life skill.

Hobbies Can Introduce Humor Into Our Lives

As beneficial as humor is, it can be rare and missing from our lives. Being serious is almost a synonym for being an adult. As adults, we don’t have many opportunities to enjoy the humor of others, let alone express, enrich, and sharpen our own sense of humor. Hobbies can introduce us with exactly these opportunities, and bring more laughter into our lives.