Stumbled across these recently and thought I’d pass them on, here’s the first ten,
1. Love – perhaps the most important. Fall in love, if you aren’t already. If you are, fall in love with your partner all over again. Abandon caution and let your heart be broken. Or love family members, friends, anyone – it doesn’t have to be romantic love. Love all of humanity, one person and a time.
2. Get Outside – Don’t let yourself be shut indoors. Go out when it’s raining. Walk on the beach. Hike through the woods. Swim in a freezing lake. Bask in the sun. Play sports. Walk barefoot through the grass. Pay close attention to nature.
3. Love food – Don’t just eat your food, but really enjoy it. Feel the texture, the burst of flavours. Savor every bite. If you limit your intake of sweets, it will make the small treats you give yourself even more enjoyable. And when you do have them, really, really enjoy them.
4. Create a morning ritual – Wake up early and greet the day. Watch the sun rise. Out loud tell yourself that you will not waste this day, which is a gift. You will be compassionate to your fellow human beings and live every moment to its fullest. Stretch, meditate or exercise as part of your ritual. Enjoy some coffee.
5. Take chances – We often live our lives too cautiously, worried about what might go wrong. Be bold, risk it all. Quit your job and go into business for yourself (plan it out first!), or go up to that girl or boy you’ve liked for a long time and ask him or her out. What do you have to lose?
6. Follow excitement – Try to find the things in life that excite you, and then go after them. Make life one exciting adventure after another (with perhaps some quiet time in between).
7. Find your passion – Similar to the above tip, this one asks you to find your calling. Make your living by doing the thing you love to do. First, think carefully about what you really love to do. There may be many things. Find out how you can make a living doing it. It may be difficult, but you only live once.
8. Get out of your cubicle – Do you sit all day in front of a computer, shuffling papers and taking phone calls and chatting on the Internet? Don’t waste your days like this. Break free from the cubicle environment, and do your work on a laptop, in a coffee shop, or on a boat, or in a log cabin. This may require a change of jobs, or by becoming a freelancer. It’s worth it.
9. Turn off the TV – how many hours will we waste in front of it? How many hours do we have to live? Do the maths and then unplug the TV. Only plug it back in when you have a DVD of a movie or show you want to watch. Otherwise keep it off and find other stuff to do. Don’t know what to do? Read much more.
10. Pull away from the Internet – OK you are looking at the Internet right now. It is a remarkable thing, but like all good things you must control it and use it in moderation, otherwise you are going to waste a lot of time just surfing around doing nothing in particular.