In no particular order…
- Have Goals. Work towards goals. Celebrate small victories and milestones. Celebrate failures as a testament your hard work and persistence.
- Go to the bathroom and pee before you leave, even if you don’t think you have to.
- Assume you’ll be doing more walking than you planned
- Let it go, or give and appropriate action/response, and then let it go.
- Take a break to help you keep going longer, fresher, better (faster, stronger!). Don’t take a break to put off things that need to be done.
- Turn ideas on their head, especially negative ones.
- Taking the T (subway) is almost like having a personal chauffeur if you think about it the right way.
- Don’t believe something or take something seriously because it’s popular, commonly accepted, etc. Question!
- If something isn’t working quite right, ask why and try to find an answer.
- Don’t assume you’re the problem.
- Forgive, but don’t forget.
- Allow people that influence your life negatively to drift out of your life. Even though there’s never enough time, try to remember to reach out to the good ones to let them know you care.
- Don’t eat the yellow snow.
- Call people on their bullshit, but try to do it in a way that gets them to think. You can’t change most people’s minds, but you’ll feel better doing your thoughts and values justice by expressing them well.
- Your body will get old a break. Don’t waste too much time on vanity.
- You will die one day, definately too soon. Still, you’ll probably wake up tomorrow and have to deal with things. Plan for tomorrow, but also seize today.
- Be well, but don’t try to live forever.
- Don’t let others tell you what you should value. Find your own truth.
- Games make your brain happy. Leave time for games.
- Moderation in all things, including moderation.
- Jealousy is useless. The rich and famous are just as miserable, if not more. Pay attention to your own lawn.
- You’re always competing with yourself and your own limitations. Learn from and share with others.
- It’s not okay to murder people when they tell you something is, ‘not that spicy’.
- Try new things, but you don’t have to try something if you don’t want to.
- You actually don’t have to overcome all of your fears. It’s okay to be afraid sometimes. You’re not Batman.
- Make rules for yourself, and change them when there’s a good reason. Hold fast when there isn’t.