100 Things I Know
- Love is the answer.
- Change is only difficult if people don't understand why and aren't supported.
- We are all islands.
- We are all connected.
- Photographs can overwhelm the actual memory of that moment.
- Trust is a rare commodity, don't give it away without reason.
- Ask for what you want.
- Belly laughs are the best. Laugh often, laugh at yourself, laugh with others, laugh when you're alone.
- Kairos is how to measure life.
- Being kind is active, brave, and fun.
- Always check and change the defaults. Repeat often.
- Hugs, ask before going in for one, and, if ok, make it last at least 20 seconds.
- Read.
- New Years resolutions don't work, but a theme for your year does.
- The best support for a business is to become a customer.
- Don't compare the yoof, they aren't living in your olden times.
- Music wasn't "better back then".
- Science doesn't always know, but it's raison d'être is to keep asking.
- Talking about it always helps.
- Being stuck with thoughts, habits, and behaviour from your past makes life tough.
- Old stuff (music, movies, books, paintings) are not irrelevant.
- We would worry less about what people think about us when we realise how rarely they do.
- Everyone feels warm and loved when asked how they are going.
- Memories ground us, music is best but smells are quicker.
- It's the Walk of Shame or the Stride of Pride.
- If you don't like poetry it just means you haven't found the right poem yet.
- Life is not a straight highway, the best paths meander the countryside. This is the norm.
- There is no law that says work has to be hard, boring, or even "work".
- Getting out on the skinny branches now and again is the spark of life.
- Organisations are not 'loyal', you don't have to be either, it's business.
- It's ok, you don't have to be an expert in every new gadget, tool, or service that comes at you.
- Open beats closed, every time and in all circumstances.
- Life is too short to drink bad wine.
- Try it, you might like it.
- Hardly anyone on their death bed recalls work, money, or items they owned.
- Live entertainment is best. Go see a band, comedian, play, concert, or busker.
- Knowing how something works removes the fear, be that a car, a website, democracy, disinformation, the universe, or yourself.
- Ask yourself, are you the problem?
- Not knowing something is ok - if it's important to you though then go find out.
- Being smilingly amazed at new technology keeps us human.
- You're weird.
- Remember to bring a plate.
- Life is not about getting from birth to death without being embarrassed.
- Always say, "Thank you", when given a compliment.
- Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think.
- Try to apologise as soon as you realise you're mistaken.
- Shouting at the TV when watching sport is not only allowed, it's required.
- Forgive and move on.
- When a relationship ends remember why you liked that person, focus on the good times, and stay in touch.
- We all truly know when we've reached the limit, but sometimes ignore it.
- 'That' point of view is not shared by everyone, or anyone - try to find the common ground as fast as possible.
- Shut the gate behind you.
- Tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, tell them what you've just told them.
- Using a cardboard tube to wrap Christmas Tree lights will save hours of untangling.
- Always look on the bright side of life.
- If you're going to have a physical fight there are no rules, just win.
- Don't believe anything you read. Don't distrust everything you read.
- I've seen a house fly, and I've heard a rubber band.
- You are not your sports team.
- Love what you love and never call it a guilty pleasure.
- Have a happier life by not watching the news on TV.
- If you're in the age or race bracket for prostate risk, or if you feel like something is off somewhere else, get it tested.
- Nothing tastes as good as home cooked ... apart from that awesome restaurant you love.
- Always get explicit consent.
- The difference between one million and one billion is absolutely massive.
- Ask that question. You're asking for others that aren't comfortable asking it.
- You are loved, sometimes people forget to tell you.
- If someone says something sexist, racist, ageist, homophobic, sizeist, or acts like a twat, be the one to point it out and stop it.
- You don't have to finish the course to finish the course.
- "No because .." is fine.
- Language is a bridge, build it.
- Counselling is hard hard work but so worth it in the long run. Change counsellors until you get one that is willing and able to go deep with you.
- If you want it cooked, you have to wait.
- It's a joke, no-one is compelled to find it funny, but it's still a joke.
- Depression is almost always an invisible disease.
- Always look up, especially in cities.
- Make what you do bigger than yourself.
- Pay it back, even if it takes decades, pay it back.
- Men, sit when you have a pee, no splashes.
- True friends will always be there for you, be there for them.
- Only you can define best when 'living your best life'.
- Never put off that event, buy the ticket and worry about it later, it'll be an amazing memory.
- Trust your gut, even if you're wrong you'll be happier.
- No, you don't have to do that.
- That story is probably not your story to tell, check first.
- Don't always try to be perfect, sometimes good enough is good enough, and done always beats perfect.
- Always wash your brushes and put your ladders away.
- Throwing yourself wholeheartedly into rituals will make you safe - if not, dump them.
- Nothing says Fuck Off, like Fuck Off, except maybe, "We refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram".
- You can leave a cinema, theatre, book, TV show, gig, protest, game whenever you want.
- Being curious with 5 "why's" leads to deep insights.
- Always blow on the pie (safer communities together).
- The universe we know is strange, beguiling, and beautiful - we don't need no steenkin' sky wizard myths.
- Don't like someone's behaviour, before diving in boots and all, give a thought to their context.
- Being white, male, and English speaking means we should step aside often.
- You are good enough, you always were.
- That song IS your song, play it loud and let it wrap itself around you.
- Sex is important.
- Remember just how amazingly unlikely is your birth.
- This life is not a rehearsal, go for it.
There ya go, my list of 100 things I know to be true, I hope you take at least one nugget out of it .
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See also:
- 25 Things I Have learned in 50 Years from Dave Barry (2005)
Fun, serious, insightful, frivolous. Just like life!
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