40 Tips For Better Life

From a site I stumbled upon... I have added comments (in green) where I thought appropriate.

40 Tips for Better Life - 2008

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
E - Not sure about this one but I have heard it often...
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
E - Even if its in the car while you drive. Try not turning on the radio for 10 minutes. Or use the last 10 minutes before you fall asleep to think.
3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
E - Watch those you really want to see when you have time, instead of watching the other garbage and staying up to see late night programs. I may stay up late but never to just watch television.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today.’
E - Or at least think about what you would like to accomplish or what you would like changed. Then do something about it.
5. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.
7. Make time to practice meditation and/or prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
E - More good advice I don't listen to... Yet.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
E - Everyone 'wants' to look good and be fit. But it doesn't come by accident. If you take the easy road and make the easy choices (eating sugary and fatty foods, not exercising) then you will shorten your life and eventually look like someone who eats sugary and fatty foods and doesn't exercise. It isn't rocket science.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
E - Avoid things with saturated fat, Crisco, etc. If it doesn't spoil or break down, why would you want it in your body surrounding your organs and floating through your veins? Does that even sound like a remotely good thing?
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, OR issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
E - Probably the most important step here. It goes well with Step 40.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
E - Unless, to you, that means boxed Mac N Cheeze ;-)
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the negative blues away.
18. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
23. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
E - Sure things can always get better or less stressful. But do not let that make you unhappy where you are now.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’
E - And "Can I change this so that it won't matter so much?"
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
E - FOrgive even if you can't forget.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. Remember God heals everything.
E - God or Time, whichever. Everyone has bad events befall them. Don't let them continue to drag you down any more than they have to.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
E - Not because someone will know. Not because you feel God is watching. Not because you'll get credit. Do it on principle and to make yourself a better person that you yourself can be proud of.
36. Call your family often.
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for _______. Today I accomplished ____.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.
40. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change.
E - And, of course, Treat others as you want to be treated. Do not do things you wouldn't want done to you.