Remember being a kid when recess was the best part of the day? You had one important decision to make: dodgeball, swings, or trying to convince your friends that the grass was actually lava. Life was simple. Nobody expected you to answer emails, attend meetings, or remember seventeen different passwords.

Then adulthood arrived.

Now our version of recess is standing in the kitchen eating shredded cheese straight from the bag while pretending we’re “making dinner.” We don’t play tag anymore—we play “Where Did I Leave My Phone?” at least six times a day. Somehow, the highlight of adulthood is finding an empty parking spot close to the grocery store. That’s not a dream. That’s a cry for help.

And let’s talk about naps. As children, we fought naps like they were punishment. As adults, if someone told us we had thirty uninterrupted minutes to sleep, we’d cancel plans, silence our phones, and probably send them a thank-you card.

We’ve also reached the age where making strange noises while standing up is completely normal. Nobody asks if you’re okay anymore. They just nod because they made the exact same sound getting out of their car.

Maybe the real problem isn’t that we’ve grown up. Maybe it’s that we stopped giving ourselves permission to laugh at how ridiculous adulthood really is. We take everything so seriously when, in reality, we’re all just trying to remember why we walked into the kitchen.

So here’s today’s challenge: take your own version of recess. Laugh with your friends. Tell a terrible joke. Eat dessert before dinner. Dance in the living room for absolutely no reason.

Because adulthood is expensive enough—you might as well get a few laughs out of it.