- It’s ok to turn off the news if it is scaring or depressing you.
- Never wear a jacket to an interview, they should hire you for your brain not what you are wearing.
- Always say hello to a cat if you see it on the street, their time is more important than yours.
- Don’t hang out with people you don’t actually like; your energy is too precious to waste.
- Clothes that make you smile are just as important as clothes that make you feel stylish.
- Always tell friends when they have done something amazing or brave, we don’t get enough credit for adulting.
- Don’t feel bad for giving too many fucks or not enough fucks, find your own fuck level.
- When someone tells you how to live your life, mostly it is because they want you to be happy and the advice is how they managed it.
- Give yourself as many options in life as possible.
- If you hate it that much, leave.
- Never start an email with ‘I just’.
- Make your own measures of success, everyone’s milestones will be different and all of them are worthy of celebration.
- You don’t have to smile unless you want to.
- Do scary things every day, but you can decide for yourself what counts as scary.
- Never feel guilty for what you are eating as long as you are enjoying it rather than eating it mindlessly.
- Take time to tell people ‘they can’, other people did it for you.
- No one else’s success will take away from your success.
- You can never guess what someone is going through, they might not be a bitch they might just be hurting.
- If emotion is overwhelming you check to see if you are actually just hungry.
- Silliness is important.
Absolutely love this list – agree with every single one!! Especially agree with #3 – superbly important 😉
Yes!! I’m not that fond of cats but sometimes I speak to them anyway. I tell foxes to jog on if they get in my way on my walk home (we have foxes outside Zone 1).
I wore a jacket to a job interview last week but I teamed it with a charity shop dress and minimal makeup. I got the job.
I went through this thinking “I’m going to tweet my favourite” but there are too many so I’ll just have to tweet the whole thing 😉
I am guilty of #11 though, whoops.
4, 7, 10, 12 – probably my favourites. But it’s hard to pick!
#17 is the best of the (very good) bunch. I’ve seen so many people making themselves miserable by failing to apply that rule…
And taking a leaf out of Rule #6, your blog (and those pesky videos) are amazing! Keep up the good work 🙂
Thanks,
Brian.
I just want to start my emails any way I bloody well like, stop telling me what to do, just because it made you happy OMG I’M HUNGRY AREN’T I? ?
In all seriousness, number 17 should be emblazoned upon more places. On the tops of coffees in cinnamon. On passing t-shirts. Shaved into the backs of cats you’re casually chatting to in the street. It’s a useful reminder.
You’re just like the wisest woman I know with all your awesome posts at the moment. Life is being a right pain right now for me and I feel like you need to just share all your wisdom with me. With brunch. Plz?!
These are all right on. Love #9, 10, I do #11 all the time and have to stop. Really well done!
These are wonderful! Remembering these for later x