- People are usually far too immersed in themselves to spare the time and effort to hate you as much as you think they do.
- Do a little each day, and you'll get a lot done (with thanks to Gretchen Rubin and Michael Nobbs)
- You don't have to be good at everything.
- You don't need at outfit for every occasion in your wardrobe.
- Not everyone is going to like you.
- Never have anything to do with a man who says, "I love you, but as a friend...."
- Don't sleep with the boss.
- Always keep a supply of spare light bulbs and loo paper in the house.
- Don't sleep in after the age of 40.
- Always keep a journal.
- Take a sweater (and an umbrella).
- Eat your frogs first...
- Wrap cut onions in foil before you put them in the fridge.
- You can't change other people; you can only change yourself.
(Oh, and apologies, but I still can't get my machine to upload photos onto Blogger, so I am sorry for the lack of illustrations lately.)
I looked up the book on amazon, and it seems like a really fun project - maybe I'll have to borrow it? Here are my thoughts...
ReplyDelete* Read what you want to read not what you 'should' read, life's too short!
* There is nothing nicer than clean bedding.
* Don't talk about customers on the shop floor - even if you think they're gone, they always re-appear!
* Buying cheap shoes is a false economy.
* The best friends are the ones you can not talk to for weeks then it's as if you've never been apart when you do talk.
Also, I definitely agree about the lightbulbs; i never have any and it's a real pain in the bum!
And I'm thinking of starting a blog...
Love Amelia :)
* The easiest way to chop leafy herbs is in a mug, with scissors.
ReplyDelete* Panicking never makes anything better.
And I entirely agree with the point about friends, but as a lousy letter writer with friends scattered across the globe I've discovered the time frame is much longer. A true friendship can take a break of over a decade without missing a beat; even a gap of quarter of a century can be bridged by a long lunch.
I think that:
ReplyDelete*Holding a grudge is a waste of time and energy.
*Regrets are much the same - accept that a mistake was made and move on. Time travel to correct previous errors is not yet possible and so fretting over what has been is pointless. Just don't do it again.
*Cats are the best solution to just about any problem. And what cannot be solved with a cat can be solved with tea.
*It doesn't matter what car you drive. Just having something with wheels that goes forwards is a real blessing.
And, like Amelia said, the best friends are the ones you just know are there, regardless of how often you see them.