37 Lessons at 37

I haven’t written a post in a long time.  I almost didn’t write this one.  But, I want to write more, so I simplified the lessons and left out the explanations. 

1. You could use more sleep.
2. Get sunlight in your eyes at the beginning and end of the day.
3. Wait 24 hours to argue with your brother.
4. Give the Bo Berry Biscuits at Bojangles a chance.
5. Play sports, especially as you get older.
6. Don’t play golf if you don’t like it.
7. Shit eating grins give you courage.
8. You can be happy without pizza, sex, or a mortgage.
9. Don’t suggest a separation in a moment of frustration.
10. Wendy’s was the best fast food restaurant in the 90’s.
11. Most business books could be a blog post.
12. Games on your phone are productivity wasters.
13. Take advantage of being an adult.
14. Drive if a trip is seven hours or less.
15. Slippery slopes aren’t as dangerous as they seem.
16. Boredom kills progress.
17. Good qualities always have a flip side: Funny people are mean; fit people are boring.
18. People don’t change that much.
19. No matter how bad your day is, you’ll be in your bed at night.
20. Synthetic sugar food sucks; Synthetic sugar drinks are the best.
21. Tell people they did a good job.
22. Problems make life worth living.
23. In a negotiation, the person who cares less wins.
24. Extremes get attention.
25. Say “Hi” first.
26. The work you choose is more important than how hard you work.
27. Leave the THC at home when traveling to Russia.
28. Spend your life making sure you don’t let yourself down.
29. No aliens existing is more concerning than a lot of aliens existing.
30. Think in probabilities not certainties.
31. People would rather be unhappy than uncertain.
32. Time moves faster as you get older.
33. It’s more important to be kind than right.
34. There are people out there who will be happy when you’re gone.
35. Call your mom more often.
36. Quit drinking so much caffeine.
37. Write down your lessons, so you can remember them when writing this next year.