As I was pinning on Pinterest this morning I stumbled upon a picture that read {100 Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life} Had to click on it and read more.....LOVED IT! HAD TO SHARE IT! I found this on LIVE THE CHARMED LIFE. After you read these just imagine if 1/4 or the world did 1/2 of these. Man, the world would be a much better place. Think about it... Try it...
1. Don’t try to read other people’s minds
2. Get up 30 minutes earlier so that you don’t rush/get a ticket while driving too fast/have to explain why you’re late/get fired
3. Get 8 hours of sleep per night, so that you think more clearly
4. Stick to your budget
5. Start saving and investing every week, no matter how little you can spare
6. Balance your checkbook
7. Don’t try to be friends with everyone. Cultivate closer relationships with fewer people.
8. Don’t try to do business with everyone. Identify your target client and take very good care of them.
9. Before getting angry, ask yourself if it will really matter in 20 years
10. Focus on being a good person, not on pleasing others
11. Stay home this Saturday and finish off that nagging chore
12. Kiss and make up
13. Make a weekly menu, and shop for only those items at the market
14. Ask your grandparents the best way to uncomplicate life, and try it for a month
15. Fill up your gas tank when it’s half full
16. Don’t drink alcohol when you’re tired, sad, or mad
17. Pay your bills on time
18. Get an annual physical examination
19. Say “I love you” to your significant other and to your children. Studies show that more marriages last, and fewer kids use drugs, when these words are spoken every day
20. For just one day, imagine everyone’s intentions are good because most people’s are
21. Give away clothes that haven’t been worn in two years
22. Throw out clothes that are in disrepair and that can’t be mended
23. When you have a conflict with someone, talk it out. Don’t let it turn into more than it is
24. Know what your priorities are in life, and act as if they are your priorities
25. Tell the truth
26. Don’t cheat
27. Don’t steal
28. If you’re holding on to a ridiculous grudge, let it go
29. Clean your house weekly, so that it doesn’t become too large a chore
30. Do your best at work, or at school
31. Don’t eat when you aren’t hungry
32. Eat when you are hungry
33. Be yourself
34. Say no unapologetically
35. Cook simple meals
36. Don’t try to keep up with the Joneses
37. Pay off your car before buying a new one
38. Organise your desk at the office
39. Change your smoke alarm batteries when the clocks spring forward, and again when they fall back
40. Organise your important paperwork
41. Take only half the clothes that you planned to take with you on holiday
42. Help your children with their homework every night, and have an open dialogue with their teachers
43. Have white sheets and white towels in children’s rooms/bathrooms, because they’re easily bleached
44. Spend your time with nice people
45. Avoid drama
46. Don’t text or talk on the phone while driving
47. Turn off the television/video games/computer; they’re time consumers
48. Don’t engage in office politics
49. Refuse to gossip, or talk behind other people’s backs
50. Do the dishes right after dinner
51. Never go to sleep angry
52. Ask nicely for what you need and want
53. Walk 10,000 steps per day to help your heart
54. Do 20 push-ups before speaking in anger
55. Leave work at work
56. Don’t befriend anyone that isn’t trustworthy
57. Don’t envy others
58. Have your oil changed
59. Take vitamin C BEFORE you catch a cold
60. Don’t work more than 8 hours per day
61. Weed your garden weekly
62. Wash your car weekly
63. Have a spring cleaning month every year, and do one room at a time
64. You don’t need to be best friends with work colleagues, but build respectful partnerships
65. Don’t drink and drive
66. Don’t look for reasons to be angry or sad, look for reasons to be happy. You’ll always be able to find plenty of each
67. Be friendly with your neighbours
68. Return emails and phone messages promptly
69. Schedule in free time
70. Don’t procrastinate
71. Do what you say you’ll do, when you say you’ll do it
72. Be more flexible when you’re able to be
73. Forgive and forget. End of story
74. Break the consumerism habit…put a three month moratorium in place on buying anything not deemed a necessity
75. Start your diet on September 1, rather than January 1, so that you won’t also have holiday pounds to lose
76. Take care of any health issues or concerns
77. Have your tires rotated
78. Have your brakes checked
79. Have your eyes checked
80. Don’t let your imagination run away with you
81. Let go of perfection in others
82. Let go of perfection in yourself
83. Don’t try to help those that refuse to help themselves
84. Find a way to reduce your commute to work
85. Have an alloted amount of worry time per day/week, that you strictly abide by
86. Drink more water
87. Eat more salmon
88. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill
89. Wear your hair in a classic, easy to care for style
90. Finish what you start
91. Wear classic clothes and shoes that never go out of style
92. Create a daily routine
93. Have a 1, 5, 10 and 20 year plan for your financial and life goals
94. Slow down
95. Eat out less often
96. When you ask your husband which outfit looks best, thank him for his answer and wear the one he liked rather than focusing on why he didn’t like the other one
97. Allow your children to grow up
98. Clean out your garage, and donate anything that hasn’t been used in the past year
99. Stretch every day
100. If a relationship is over, let it go
and I guess folks enjoyed the first 100 that they added another 100. ENJOY!!
1. Believe that everything will turn out just fine in the end, because it usually does
2. Learn the basics of investing, so that you’re able to grow your wealth
3. Say exactly what you mean with kindness
4. Believe in something bigger than yourself
5. File your taxes promptly
6. Be a peacemaker, not a warmonger
7. Eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per
day
8. Don’t confuse love with sex
9. Before making any major decision, sleep on
it
10. Pray, meditate or reflect every day
11. If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say
anything at all
12. Do unto others as you’d have them do unto
you
13. Find a reason to laugh every day
14. Teach your children about art, music, and
literature
15. Teach your children how to save, invest and
manage money
16. Don’t blame others for your situation
17. Accept that you can’t change anyone’s
nature, including your own
18. Don’t be sad in order to make someone else
happy
19. Don’t be less than you are to make someone
else more comfortable
20. When you move to a new city or town, make
friends quickly
21. Don’t harbour ill will towards authority for
no valid reason
22. Don’t complain unless you have a
solution
23. Make peace with your parents
24. Tell your young children “no” when
necessary
25. All things in moderation
26. Buy white dishes that never go out of
style
27. Take good care of yourself so that you’ll be
able to do more for others
28. Understand that no one was put on this earth
to make you happy
29. Allow others to make themselves happy
30. Be tolerant of other cultures, lifestyles,
and religions
31. Don’t be defensive. Listen calmly to
constructive criticism, act if it’s accurate, disagree politely if it
isn’t.
32. Tell yourself the truth
33. Stop making negative comments about your
body, your mind, or your beauty
34. Work harder on making the inside pretty, and
less on making the outside pretty
35. Make due with what you have
36. Work to live, and live to eat
37. Fall madly, deeply, crazy in love, and don’t
hold anything back
38. Take people at their word, until you’ve been
shown that you can’t
39. Have your teeth cleaned every six
months
40. Floss
41. Have a weekly date night with your
partner
42. Don’t let your children become the center of
your family; they need to begin their own life someday
43. Don’t make your children feel guilty for
beginning their own life
44. Smile at others as often as possible
45. Be too busy to care what others think, but
not too busy to care for others
47. Live by the phrase “vive le
difference”
48. Be monogamous
49. Cry when you need to
50. Tell your children that you believe in them,
and be their number one fan
51. Agree to disagree
52. Don’t try to control others, accept them
instead
53. Don’t try to control the situation, accept
it instead
54. Don’t let pride stand between you and
something you want
55. Let your silly side out more often
56. Sit up straight
57. Stand up straight
58. Stay home and rest when you’re sick
59. Don’t pretend to be sick
60. Don’t drive when you’re tired
61. Do your best to make others feel
comfortable
62. Don’t keep guns in your home
63. Set healthy boundaries with others
64. Be careful not to say something in anger
that cannot be taken back
65. Learn to like yourself
66. Take responsibility for your actions, even
if it’s embarassing
67. If you don’t know the answer to a question,
say so
68. Learn how to find the answers to things you
don’t know
69. Stop smoking
70. Break your addiction to your iPhone or
Blackberry
71. Create a basic wardrobe of quality classics,
and only buy what you need to replace what has worn out
72. Have your pets checked regularly by their
vet, including their immunization records
73. Stop waiting
74. Start living
75. Write thank you notes
76. Don’t compare yourself to others
77. Be part of the solution, not part of the
problem
78. Read more
79. Skip more
80. Remove the television from your
bedroom
81. Be present more often
82. Be a human being, not a human doing
83. Don’t wait until it’s too late to tell
someone that you love them
84. Laugh at yourself
85. Stay in touch with people that remind you
where you came from
86. Don’t be ashamed of your upbringing
87. Stop thinking the world owes you
something
88. Realise that you owe the world your best
self
89. Honour your elders
90. Be careful not to become self-absorbed
91. Give up the belief that great wealth, great
beauty, or great fame will make you happy. It won’t.
92. Learn what does make you truly, utterly,
undeniably happy on a lasting basis
93. Give more than you get
94. Stop making excuses
95. Stop being angry at the world
96. Throw out the self help books and get on
with it
97. Don’t over analyze
98. Realize that no one in your life is perfect,
and neither are you
99. Let out a huge sigh of relief at that
realization
100. See change as a lovely ending to a book
you’ve just finished reading, and go out and find the next book
