By Damian DeHaven

I believe that if you use your humor correctly it can help you so much in life

So you might be thinking “ what is this person talking about,being funny can't be that important” but it has helped me out throughout life and it has probably helped you. You also might be asking when this will help me in life, well let me answer that question. When I was little I didn't really know what my thing was. Was I going to be the funny guy or the guy that can't stop talking about sports? You understand what I'm saying. And I remember just sitting down on my bed one day just thinking to myself what if I just start making jokes. And what I thought back then that jokes where like why did the chicken cross the road then it slowly evolved into my humor today.

The first time I really saw this belief come into play was when I joined Waverly. Sure I used this belief a lot but it made a big difference then. I remember coming in and sitting down next to someone I forgot who but I was super nervous and I could tell so they were,so as an ice breaker I was making jokes as usual. A few days later I got the guts to ask a group of people to hang out with them and they said yeah. When I was sitting with them it was really uncomfortable,it was so quiet you could hear a pen drop. I remember grabbing a star wars book because we were in the library and I started making fun of it and they started laughing. In that moment I was so happy,one that I made new friends and two, I could show that yeah being funny does help.

Now you might also be thinking well when is a time to not to use your humor.There's some circumstances where it might not be the right choice. Well you also might be saying dear reader why are you talking bad about your own belief. Well with something like this that not all people will agree with there has to be some disclaimers. So a time not to use my belief is in serious situations. Sure this might lighten the mood but that's only when it’s a not so serious scenario. But when something is really serious it might not be the right choice. Also let’s say you’re at school or work you can't be making jokes especially if a superior is talking to you. So i say use this belief at your own risk

So now dear reader this is why you in your everyday life use your humor as a tool in life. ( now looking back at it i should have done this for the first paragraph) so humor can help you meet new people,so if you paid attention I told the story of how I made new friends at my current school just by being funny and it has also helped a lot in making friends in middle school. Now this might sound a little selfish… but, it can help you get things that you want.For example I as of writing this I recently had a school interview and I was making a few jokes here and there and it made the interview go better then if you were just serious. It also goes deeper than just helping you with simple things, if you use your humor correctly and at the right time it can help you so much in life. Because one simple choice that you can make,one simple decision can affect how you move through life and how you see it as well. So yeah i would say try to be the funny guy in the room.