No one is thinking about you as much as you are
Cut your nails after a bath or shower as they will be softer and cut smoother
2 I try to live by
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start in the way you intend to continue - so don’t just accept something you can’t stand forever as you may not be able to change it. it’s much less work overall to deal with problems upfront and then not have to deal with the little consequences of ignoring them for months/years/etc.
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don’t put it down put it away - so many messes are created by setting stuff down for a minute and never coming back until there are 30 more things on top of it and it’s an archeological dig to clean. if it takes less than a minute to put away properly then just do it immediately instead of creating hours of cleaning for you or your partner when you finally can’t stand how cluttered and dirty your place is
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Don’t take stairs with hands in your pockets.
When my brother was around 12, he was standing still, then burst into movement, had socks on while standing on tile floor and his hands in his pockets. His feet went backwards and face planted him on the tile, landed directly on his chin.
Surprisingly it didn’t break anything, just made a huge cut and spewed blood everywhere. Wild to think about it now.
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Don’t be shitty.
Dad: “Look both ways before crossing the street”
Me as a child: “But this is a one-way street”
Dad: “You look both ways because people are idiots”
My dad had a saying, “you’re dead right”. Doesn’t matter if you’re right, you’re still dead if they come the wrong way
Don’t make promises when you’re happy; don’t make decisions when you’re sad.
Death doesn’t care if you had the right-of-way
Immediately put things away once you’re done with them, otherwise they start piling up.
In shared spaces when you’re cleaning up/tidying/whatever, do one more thing than just your own things, no less, but also no more than that. Everybody forgets to do some of the shit they’re supposed to deal with sometimes so it’s probably your own crap anyways or compensates for that, but don’t go clean up everything that others leave out/unfinished or you risk becoming the person who’s always cleaning up after others.
Don’t give more information than you need to when talking to authority.
Late to work? Say “sorry I’m late”. Don’t give a reason unless asked. Need to take a day off? Say “I’m taking Friday off” or “I am taking a sick day”. Unless asked for a reason don’t explain further.
Stopped by a cop for speeding? Answer plainly with one word sentences. “Do you know why I stopped you?” “No.”
People often dig themselves holes by offering too much information when simple information would have been sufficient. I’ve seen it happen in real time, where a coworker was denied time off because of the death of a pet because the boss didn’t think that was reason enough to take time off, when the coworker could have just said “family emergency” and explained no further.
Its a great little piece of advice that has served pretty well over the years.
I keep trying to tell this to the people I manage. I don’t need to know why you’re calling out. You have sick time, you can use it. I don’t need 3 paragraphs explaining why.
Still extremely relevant: Don’t talk to the police
Also, remember what day it is.
Every day is STFU Friday.
Working hard is pointless and everyone should go fuck themselves.
Regarding marriage and relationships
I saw a reddit thread many years ago before I met my wife asking for advice from long-time couples.
I was single at the time, and was pretty comfortable with that, not that I wasn’t interested in being in a relationship, but it wasn’t a priority for me and I never had much luck picking up girls.
Most of it was the usual stuff about communication, and sharing housework, respect, and all of that.
But the one that stood out to me was
“Don’t forget to date your wife”
A good many years later, I managed to stumble my way bass-ackwards into dating my now-wife. A few years later we were married.
And for a lot of couples, dating kind of slows down at that point. One or both of them stop putting in effort, and they just kind of stagnate and drift apart.
That’s far from the only reason relationships fail of course, but I think that’s a bigger part in a lot of cases than many people think.
So I always keep my ear to the ground for cool events, restaurants, shows, places to go, things to do, etc. and make sure that there’s always something coming up on the horizon for us to look forward to. Sometimes it’s a simple dinner at a restaurant we’ve been to countless times, sometimes it’s a big elaborate day out where we get dressed up, find our way to a couple different nice bars and restaurants, walk around a museum, see a show or to an orchestra performance, etc.
I try to have at least one thing planned a month, not always successfully, but more often than not, and we sometimes squeeze in another little spontaneous date night or two here and there. Most of the time we’re out doing something fun as a couple at least once a week.
Good job. I share your approach. I just took my love, my life and my wife out for a date a couple days ago. All her boyfriend wants to do is fuck but I take her dinner and a movie.
Adulterers must be stoned to death in public.
Executing people is always unethical. But in this case it’s not even necessarily adultery, it could be polyamory (or some other ENM).
Life: Being poor ain’t no excuse for being filthy
Work: if you’re gonna go down, take people with you. (thanks HR lady!)
If it’s worth doing right it’s also worth doing half-assed.
To me this means it’s better to let go of perfectionism lest it becomes paralyzing. Strive for the best conceivable result all you want but be content with the best achievable result as well.
I don’t know about best but I sure as hell remember it: When I was 13 I was at a wedding and an very drunk old man gave me some sage advice completely unprompted - “when you have sex don’t fuck her in the ass, you’ll get poop everywhere”.
Sounds like you get shitty advice.
