- Always do the right thing, even if it’s uncomfortable.
- Try to breathe through your nose, not through your mouth.
- Get enough sleep, but not too much.
- Eat real food that makes you feel good.
- Develop an internal sense of self-worth.
- Be actively engaged in whatever you’re doing.
- If your pants have belt loops, you need to wear a belt with them (or suspenders). Yes, this includes jeans.
- Clean up after yourself, more than you think is necessary.
- Be surprisable.
- If you love something, it should hurt at least a little bit. Sometimes it should hurt a lot.
- Never, ever, ever forget to unload a package of butter from your car after grocery shopping on a hot summer day.
- Have fun, but try to have fun while doing something else as opposed to fun for fun’s sake.