Tell me your life's top tip

[browniesandcakes]

I'll go first....

If you are feeling low, do something for someone else. Not because you have too, but because you can. I promise you will walk away feeling more inspired than you did before! Just be kind in life, it's so rewarding.

Smell the roses. I know it's a cliche but life's greatest pleasures are usually free and right under our noses. Look at the sunrise and sunset, watch the birds, smell the flowers, look at toddlers and dogs in the park getting enormous joy from a stick or a puddle, be glad you hear a snatch of your favourite song from a passing car or shop doorway. Just... take note of the tiny uplifting things each day. They keep you going and they are always there.

Don't borrow trouble from tomorrow.

I am prone to over thinking and micro managing and this is my mantra to stop myself getting in a stew!

Get rid of people who don't bring anything to your life.

• Never apologise - unless you know for sure you have done something wrong by your own lights.

• Try to think for yourself. Have a moral code and live by it.

• Don't steal, lie, cheat etc. Basically the ten commandments. Religious texts give good guidance about how to best live.

Lower your bar.

I'm quoting someone else here but "if they're not in your head, your heart or your bed their opinions don't matter"
I also believe it's the people who live under your roof who are the most important people, in my case my dc.

Don't think you can't do something because you can do anything you put your mind to!

“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” - value and enjoy what you have and don’t obsess about whether there was something better/more out there. You can miss so much searching for perfection and forget to enjoy what you do have.

This is absolutely genius! How have I got to 51 not thinking of this! @Billlius you are a life changer!

Stay away from drama queens.

I have several top tips sorry! Here goes.

Enjoy nature. Live simply. Try to declutter your life and embrace minimalism as much as you can feasibly cope with. Try not to take life too seriously. Always look after your health well.

Time spent sleeping is never time wasted.

No one has ever died of dust.

This is my mil's- you might shit on me once but I'm not giving you the chance to rub it in!

When you feel low and that depression is creeping in get up and make the bed. Now you can't get back in it.
Do something every day that a person who isn't depressed would do....clear up your kitchen, do your hair and put on something nice, change the sheets and towels, eat something bright, colourful and good for you.
When you are feeling crap go for a walk and walk as fast as you can with as much oomph as you can muster. Get your heart beating out of your chest. It will make you feel amazing. Then go back and tackle the stuff you couldn't face before

Plan for the future but make sure you live for now and enjoy every minute.

Always do the dishes before you go to bed.

Never let perfection be the enemy of good. Good enough will do . Now get on with it

Never be afraid to say Sorry, and admit it was your fault, we all make mistakes

Nothing good ever happens after shots…

A hospice nurse was talking to a very glamorous, wealthy cancer patient who was at the end of her life. She asked her what she would tell herself if she had her life again. The woman had lived in New York. She spent her life in the gym trying to be teeny tiny. She didn't meet friends for lunch / coffee and cake because food was the enemy so she didn't see friends as much as she could have. "Eat the cake " she said. Exercise is important but friends are important too.

Stop worrying what other people think.

don’t accept criticism from someone you don’t respect.

reset Sunday - fresh bedlinen, tidy bedroom, early night.

Try to be your own best friend. That inner voice?
set it to talking as if you were giving advice or support to your best mate. Just pretend
After a while it becomes stronger that inner positive voice.

If you have to pee in the woods, just take off your trousers, it is better to be very undressed for 1 minute, and to not piss on your jeans.

Car windscreens are not as strong as you think they'd be

Don't buy the cheapest clingfilm

Worrying achieves nothing and is a waste of energy

Develop self-reliance.

If your parents want you to take a particular path in life because it's something they approve of( teacher bloody training in my case) and you want to do something else be strong, tell them and do the something else. If it means you have to fund yourself with a part time job just do it . Your life belongs to you.

I’d also add drunk and horny

Deep, man, deep.