Some Great Life Advice

Here’s a great list I read one day that I find truly helpful.

Look it over and see if you agree (i hope you do):

• Don’t try to read other people’s minds.

Don’t make other people try to read yours.

Communicate.

• Be polite, but don’t try to be friends with everyone around you.

Instead, spend time nurturing your relationships with the people who matter most to you.

• Your health is your life, keep up with it.

Get an annual physical check-up.

• Live below your means.

Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.

Always sleep on big purchases.

Create a budget and savings plan and stick to both of them.

• Get enough sleep every night.

An exhausted mind is rarely productive.

•  Get up 30 minutes earlier so you don’t have to rush around like a mad man.

That 30 minutes will help you avoid speeding tickets, tardiness, and other unnecessary headaches.

• Get off your high horse, talk it out, shake hands or hug, and move on.

• Don’t waste your time on jealously.

The only person you’re competing against is yourself.

• Surround yourself with people who fill your gaps.

Let them do the stuff they’re better at so you can do the stuff you’re better at.

• Organize your living space and working space.

Read David Allen’s book(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0142000280?ie=UTF8&tag=marandang-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0142000280) for some practical organizational guidance.

• Get rid of stuff you don’t use.

• Ask someone if you aren’t sure.

• Spend a little time now learning a time-saving trick or shortcut that you can use over and over again in the future.

• Don’t try to please everyone.

Just do what you know is right.

• Don’t drink alcohol or consume recreational drugs when you’re mad or sad.

Take a jog instead.

• Be sure to pay your bills on time.

• Fill up your gas tank on the way home, not in the morning when you’re in a hurry.

• Use technology to automate tasks.

• Handle important two-minute tasks immediately.

• Relocate closer to your place of employment.

• Don’t steal.

• Always be honest with yourself and others.

• Say “I love you” to your loved ones as often as possible.

• Single-task.

Do one thing at a time and give it all you got.

• Finish one project before you start another.

• Be yourself.

• When traveling, pack light.

Don’t bring it unless you absolutely must.

• Clean up after yourself.

Don’t put it off until later.

• Learn to cook, and cook.

• Make a weekly (healthy) menu, and shop for only the items you need.

• Consider buying and cooking food in bulk.

If you make a large portion of something on Sunday, you can eat leftovers several times during the week without spending more time cooking.

• Stay out of other people’s drama.

And don’t needlessly create your own.

• Buy things with cash.

• Maintain your car, home, and other personal belongings you rely on.

• Smile often, even to complete strangers.

• If you hate doing it, stop it.

• Treat everyone with the same level of respect you would give to your grandfather and the same level of patience you would have with your baby brother.

• Apologize when you should.

• Write things down.

• Be curious.

Don’t be scared to learn something new.

• Explore new ideas and opportunities often.

• Don’t be shy.

Network with people.

Meet new people.

• Don’t worry too much about what other people think about you.

• Spend time with nice people who are smart, driven, and likeminded.

• Don’t text and drive.

Don’t drink and drive.

• Drink water when you’re thirsty.

• Don’t eat when you’re bored.

Eat when you’re hungry.

• Exercise every day.

Simply take a long, relaxing walk or commit 30 minutes to an at-home exercise program like the (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TG8D6I?ie=UTF8&tag=marandang-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000TG8D6I).

• Let go of things you can’t change.

Concentrate on things you can.

• Find hard work you actually enjoy doing.

• Realize that the harder you work, the luckier you will become.

• Follow your heart.

Don’t waste your life fulfilling someone else’s dreams and desires.

• Set priorities for yourself and act accordingly.

• Take it slow and add up all your small victories.

• However good or bad a situation is now, it will change.

Accept this simple fact.

• Excel at what you do.

Otherwise you’ll just frustrate yourself.

• Mature, but don’t grow up too fast.

• Realize that you’re never quite as right as you think you are.

• Build something or do something that makes you proud.

• Make mistakes, learn from them, laugh about them, and move along.

All the credit for the list should go to: www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/01/60-ways-to-make-life-simple-again