Top Tips for a Happy Life

[Olga4real]

#101: Don't let money control your life!

"If you want to be happy, be."
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

[Vonny]

#102: Once one's basic needs are met, all happiness and joy comes from within - (and from friends and animals, but certainly not from lingerie and jewelry.)

[MarkBastable]

#100: .... there's no worse feeling in the world than bills coming in the mail that you can't pay....

...oh, there must be.

[Vonny]

...oh, there must be.

You got me here! There are many worse things! But it's not a lack of lingerie and jewelry.

[MystyrMystyry]

103 - Take lazy afternoon naps

[MarkBastable]

Tip 104: "I find that ninety percent of the things I worry about don't happen. Also, of the things that do happen, it wouldn't have occurred to me to worry about half of them. Therefore, the more things I worry about, the fewer things are likely to happen."

[Olga4real]

Tip 105: Never lose your ability to laugh.

#102: Once one's basic needs are met, all happiness and joy comes from within - (and from friends and animals, but certainly not from lingerie and jewelry.)

I've never said that lingerie or jewelry cam make anybody happy, it gives some feeling for comfort, I personally appreciate these things more than any money on my account.

[Lokasenna]

Tip #106: Learn to say 'no'.

I'm awful at this.

"Hey David, would you mind giving up an entire day's work to run through mindless-exercise-number-forty-two with me?" "Hey David, would you mind proofreading my 20,000 word thesis on Marxist economics?" "Hey David, would you help me build a three-room extension on my house?" "Hey David, would you help me dispose of the bodies?"

Life is dumping far too much work on me at the moment, but I'm still pathalogically incapable of turning down a request for help...

[jajdude]

A good idea that I tend to forget is to take a certain amount of cash with me when going out and leave the bank card behind. I've had some expensive nights knowing I had that card. Just make sure you've got enough to get a cab back if needed.

[MarkBastable]

#102: Once one's basic needs are met, all happiness and joy comes from within - (and from friends and animals, but certainly not from lingerie and jewelry.)

I have to say that I've had more happiness and joy from lingerie than from the entire animal kingdom.

[Vonny]

I have to say that I've had more happiness and joy from lingerie than from the entire animal kingdom.

I'm glad you like sexy women! But I generally get more happiness and comfort from my flannel and my down comforter (which requires geese) and being able to heat my home in winter.

Several years ago a guy friend of mine asked me if he could have a pair of my panties. I thought it was an odd request, but I said okay. He went through my drawer and picked out something. I was surprised at what he wanted. It was one of the most worn out and cheapest items I owned. (And now I'm reminded that guys like cheap.) Months later, or maybe a year later, I was at his home and he opened his drawer, and I couldn't believe that those underwear were in his drawer. He still had them! I still wonder what he was doing with them. I'm not sure how this fits. I just think that a lot of that sexy lingerie looks uncomfortable and is unnecessary, unless a woman wants to attract every lecher in the kingdom. Nowadays I like good underwear that fits well, but to me it's always called underwear.

[MarkBastable]

I was at his home and he opened his drawer, and I couldn't believe that those underwear were in his drawer. He still had them! I still wonder what he was doing with them.

...............don't type anything, don't type anything, leave it be, don't type anything...

[MarkBastable]

Tip #106: Learn to say 'no'.

A corollary of this would be

Tip 107: Doing nothing is often something.

I used to go to a lot of pubs and parties and restaurants just because people would call and say, "You doing anything tonight?" and I'd confess I wasn't. Then they'd invite me somewhere and I'd feel that, having said I was doing nothing else, I was obliged to go. The only way out of it was to lie at the outset.

"You doing anything tonight?"

"Yeah - I'm, er, going to see my sister in hospital."

In my thirties, when a lot of stuff was occurring to me about myself, I realised that the choice was not simply between whether to acquiesce or to tell fibs.

"You doing anything tonight?"

"No."

"Great! Want to meet me at The Grapes for a game of pool?"

"Sorry, I can't. I'm not doing anything tonight. That's what I want to do."

The principle applies to problems, too.

"This is going to be a mess. What are you going to do about it?"

"Nothing."

"You've got to do something!"

"Yeah, I know. I'm going to do nothing. If we leave it alone, it'll sort itself out."

A lot (but not all) problems will simply run out of gas and collapse if you don't keep topping up their tank with energetic attempts to 'do something'.

[Paulclem]

#99 if you are a gentleman buy some nice lingerie for your lady.

I'm afraid that it'll elicit a response like - "You want me to wear what!!"

That was just for a suggestion about a scarf...

I tend not to make suggestions about clothes... anymore.

If buying clothes was a skill in a computer game, I'd be a Level 4 Inept.

[Vonny]

I'm afraid that it'll elicit a response like - "You want me to wear what!!"

That was just for a suggestion about a scarf...

I tend not to make suggestions about clothes... anymore.

If buying clothes was a skill in a computer game, I'd be a Level 4 Inept.

Paul, if you are a gentleman you hand over your credit card. It's very simple to please a lady.

Tip #106: Learn to say 'no'.

A corollary of this would be

Tip 107: Doing nothing is often something.

These two are really good!


#108: Never do more for other people than they do for you.