Take 10 minutes a day to sit and do nothing.

No phone, no TV. Just sit and do nothing. Sure some music is fine in the background. Sure it’s okay to look out a window or something.

I find it makes me feel better day over day to sit for 10 minutes and just do nothing. It feels really uncomfortable/unnatural to do at first. It feels incredibly long too. Life moves fast and all. Years come and go. But I swear, 10 minutes of just sitting doing nothing, emptying my mind, tends to feel like a long time.

Nice to do. Try it.

When you find your old vacation pictures twenty or thirty years later, it's the pictures of people, not buildings, that will interest you most.

Don't answer those social media posts like: "Your first car, first street you lived on and first dog is your rock star name" Countless people are sharing these and answering them without realizing it is security questions 101 for all of your online banking and many other security measures.

When starting a new hobby or pursuit, resist the urge to invest in the "good" gear or supplies. Get by with what you have, borrow, or get relatively cheap, even if it makes you look like a noob or less serious. Reward yourself with something nice for every level you improve.

Never, ever give up on cooking because your first try was bad. You will always eventually find that one key point commonly skipped that will turn your dish into perfection.

Embrace monotasking: Instead of juggling multiple tasks at once, focus on one task at a time. Devote your full attention and energy to each task before moving on to the next. This allows for deeper focus and can improve efficiency and quality of work.

Ask a person you are dating what their values are on dating/marriage, kids, religion, politics, and other non-negotiables of yours in the first few weeks. Waiting for the “right time” results in unnecessary heartbreak due to emotions being overly invested months down the road.

When feeling overwhelmed by adult responsibilities, remember that you can always hide in a blanket fort with snacks and watch cartoons. Embracing your inner child can be a humorous reminder to not take life too seriously all the time and can provide much-needed stress relief.

Professional house cleaning is cheaper than you think and can relieve stress in your relationship

Depending on your lifestyle, twice a month may be enough to keep your living space clean enough. This can offload chore burden as well as the resentment burden in many relationships. A cleaning session can run between $80-$150 depending on the size of space. Completely worth it in the long term.

Doing things when you don’t want to do them is a skill that you practice, so take advantage of times where you especially don’t want to do something to practice your mind

Always be nice and patient with customer service people. We have a lot of tools to help you, but we will conveniently forget them if you are rude.

don’t tell tired looking people that they look tired.

If you’re cleaning broken glass from the floor, dim the lights and hold a torch parallel to the floor to illuminate small shards you may have missed

Take walking breaks when going out for a run. You’ll be less likely to be discouraged, and you’ll build a tolerance without noticing

if you know you’re going to be alone somewhere, bring a book with you. Any book will keep you company.

When eating at someone else’s house, intentionally take small portions of everything - it is easy to politely finish everything they made for you even if you didn’t like it, and it is flattering to ask for seconds of the things you liked.

Before buying something, ask yourself two questions – “Where will I store this thing?” and “How difficult will it be to clean this thing?”