Rules for life

[mumda]

Am I being unreasonable asking you to help create some general guidelines for life?

This is what I've got so far this morning. Perhaps I should read fewer threads on mumsnet?

1. Don't lend friends money
2. Don't lend family money
3. Call 111 if you can't get a GP appointment and you're increasingly unwell.
4. If you think he's cheating, he probably is.
5. If you catch him cheating, he'll do it again.
6. If he hits you, leave.
7. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
8. You get what you pay for,
9. If you don't need it, don't buy it.
10. All governments are stupid, some are more stupid than others.

Clean up your own mess.
Treat other people with decency.

No is a full sentence.

If you want to spend it and don't need it put the money you are planning to spend into your savings account

Don't make life harder than it has to be.

You are the company you keep.

Do as you would be done by.

Have awe every day. Just take a moment to appreciate the sunrise/ sunset/ moon and stars/ frost on the window panes/roses in bloom/ dog raving across the park. Sounds cheesy but it genuinely makes you happier, is free and accessible to everyone.

Don't make big decisions in a hurry, take a bit of time to think things over.

You aren't responsible for others actions, but you are responsible for your own reactions to them.

• Don't trust how you feel in the mornings.
• Avoid scrolling on your phone in the morning.
• Middle and old age do not need to be awful if you take care of the foundations (nutrition, exercise, rest etc)
• For most if not all things is good enough.
• Banish should from your vocabulary especially with regards to your self.
• Never let anyone intimidate you.
• Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
• You can only control so much.
• There is always something to be grateful for.
• Don't take people for granted.
• Never be too egoic to apologise.
• Forgive yourself for everything.
• Always have something to look forward to.

If an app is free then you are the product.

Be prepared.

Don't hitch hike
Don't hit and run. Stay and call the emergency services even it's your fault
Always were clean undies
Don't shoot up
Never trust a man with a moustache

Eat vegetables

Tell more people to fuck right off.

Damn! My mantra moving forward.

Treat people how you want to be treated yourself

Only try to control yourself, no other adult.

Life is meaningless and everything dies

If you are asking yourself whether you should stay or leave a relationship, you should definitely leave.

If you post on AIBU, someone will disagree with you, and will usually not be polite about it. Be prepared!

I’m not obliged to do something profound with my life. I don’t have to “live my best life”; “make each day count”; “unlock my greatness”; “reach for the stars”. I’m just another mammal shuffling along the mortal coil with no sort of obligation to fulfil wonders. It’s absolutely fine to just faff about and have fun and like material stuff and pursue trivial amusements, to be entirely mediocre and to live a mediocre life, finding satisfaction in being comfortable and in the small things, and generally trying not to leave people worse than when you found them. The vast majority of people ever to walk the planet have and will live this way, and it isn’t some sort of moral failing not to achieve greatness or purpose.

Mind, body, and soul are the priority.
Mind- educate yourself, read, don't scroll your life away.
Body- work out, stay fit, don't be afraid of getting yourself checked out.
Soul- be a GOOD person. Do your best to be nice to everyone, but conversely, don't be a mug. Stand your ground and cast aside the toxicity.

Also - forget being concerned about how others perceive you or whether they think you look silly doing something. Because a) most people aren’t thinking about you at all and b) the sky doesn’t fall in because of other people’s invisible thoughts in their head, anyway.

I forgot…

You don’t have to stay in contact with abusive toxic people just because they are family

If your gut says “no” heed it
Don't feel obliged to accept every invitation
Nothing is often the right thing to do and always a clever thing to say
Don’t chase anyone; if they want to see you they’ll make the time
Always have a hair of the dog
Always have a good Christmas

I keep telling my kids this. It's ok to just do enough!

If you could have, you would have (ie don’t have regrets about things you couldn’t manage)

Social media always makes you feel worse about yourself

You can’t change other people, only your response to them

All children are different

Parent the child you have

Neither a borrower nor a lender be

When someone tells/shows you who they are, listen

Lift weights

If you’re 50/50 on whether you want a child, don’t

Never have a child to please someone else (partner or sibling)

Save into ISAs and a pension, ideally starting in your 20s. Compounding works wonders

Nobody needs a huge pile of presents

Never start Elf on the Shelf

Agree with if you are 50:50 on having children don’t.

All stages of parenting are just a season, the good bits won’t last forever and the bad phases won’t last forever either

If you have grouchy kids, get outside or put them in the bath

Oh and in the words of the song… Wear sunscreen

Animals are kinder and more worth your time than most people.

Something will always come up.

Karma is a beautiful bitch.