Being angry takes too much energy.
Everyone is a stranger until you get to know
them. They tell us not to talk to strangers, but how do we meet people?
Read the fine
print. Even if it is just for fun, and especially prior to signing your name on
the dotted line.
Learn phonics. It will teach you to read and
write in a language one understands instead of “txt tlk.” Huh? Would you like
to buy a vowel? Vowels are important. There are five of them, sometimes six.
Watch Wheel of Fortune.
Play Scrabble. Even if it is against
yourself. Don’t laugh, it is very possible.
Having street smarts usually means you know
what common sense is and you also possess common sense.
Sing karaoke at least once in your life.
You are not afraid of the dark. You are
afraid of what could be lurking under the shadow of darkness.
Relax.
Shrug things off. You do not have to make a
gigantic ordeal out of everything. Others’ issues do not have to become your
issues and vice versa.
Don’t look for love in the workplace.
Discipline your children. Don’t let them
become part of the “entitled, gimme, gimme” of the future generation. Teach
them how to work and respect. Because my carpal tunnel probably isn’t from
playing hockey for 13 years; it’s probably from writing Ephesians 6:1 500 times
or more by the time I was 10. Yes, I am 30 and have never forgotten….
Dream.
Keep a journal.
Journal about your dreams. Those you have
while sleeping or awake.
Take pictures. Lots of them. And back them
up online or on discs and keep them in a safe place. Because photographs and
humans are about the only two valuable things that cannot be replaced if
destroyed by flood or fire.
Don’t rush into marriage and starting a
family. Having kids is great, but also, doing things alone with your
significant other is amazing. Things you have always wanted to do but would be
more difficult with an infant, if time even permits. I don’t know any young
parent who regrets having children, but know plenty who have said they wish
they had waited longer.
Always go with your gut instinct. It’s
usually right.
Pay attention to the weather.
