How Not to Suck at Life-Quickstart Guide.

1. Find some people to share it with. Maybe that means getting married. Maybe it means getting some awesome friends. You need to have people who "get" you in your life. Trust me, there are others of you out there.

2. Don't be a jerk to those people. Think about them, and talk to them, and most of all, listen when they talk. Look at them when you're listening. Do things together that make you both happy.

3. Pay your bills, whatever they are. However you choose to live, be responsible for it.


That being said, don't forget that pretty much everything you do is for love or money. You need both to live. How you go about getting them, keeping them and giving them away--that's what makes up your character. I don't know everything about love or money, but I've made enough mistakes in both to write a book. Ok, it would be a weird book, and it would have you shaking your head sometimes, if you have any sense in there to shake. I'd have to call it How Not to Suck at Life.

Here are some other tips I have on how not to suck at life:


4. Learn about money so you can have some when you get too old to work. Everyone gets old. Even you. You might be old right now, but it is never too late to start.

5. Look in the mirror, sometimes. Make sure you know who you are. Ask yourself important questions.

6. Never stop being a student. There is always something someone can teach you. Even that person you think is a moron.

7. Read the news.

8. Vote.

9. Believe in something, but don't sacrifice your intellect or reason. If something doesn't make sense, don't be afraid to think critically, and ask questions.

10. Lose yourself in something.


Lather, rinse, repeat.

I don't have it all together, but you know what? You don't have to have it all together to do something meaningful with your life.

Have you ever packed for a huge trip somewhere and realized a couple hours after you left that you forgot something super important?? Of course you have. Unless you've never traveled, in which case, um....put on some pants and get out of your house before you start to grow down into your computer chair.
Anyway, that's how life is--it's a giant trip you won't ever be fully packed for, but that is totally fine, because you can always pick up what you need along the way. You're going to need to stop for dinner sometime, anyway. You can get a new toothbrush while you choose the perfect hot dog from that rolling heat rack cooker thing they have in the truck stop store. BAM! Two birds with one stone.