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50 Ways To Have A Good Life

  1. Keep one friend who remembers who you were before everything hit the fan.
  2. But remember: the most important friend is often the one who is of no use.
  3. Learn how to leave before they ask you to leave.
  4. Buy good pillows. Your neck carries enough already.
  5. Stop trying to become someone worthy of rest.
  6. Call your mother while she can still answer.
  7. Fall in love with things that cannot perform love back.
  8. Let people misunderstand you. Exhaustion is expensive.
  9. Save money. Life has a strange sense of timing.
  10. Understand that confidence is usually just repetition.
  11. Become the adult your younger self thought looked safe.
  12. Accept that healing is embarrassingly non-linear.
  13. Stay curious longer than you stay angry.
  14. Forgive yourself for how long it took.
  15. Stop asking “what if” and start asking “what’s next.”
  16. Own fewer opinions about people you do not know.
  17. Wear sunscreen every day. 
  18. Learn to speak more than one language.
  19. Spend time near water whenever possible.
  20. Notice when someone is trying. 
  21. Let yourself want things without immediately sabotaging the wanting.
  22. Stop explaining your life choices to people or dogs.
  23. Go to bed angry sometimes. Morning is often less dramatic.
  24. Keep a bookshelf of things you actually finished.
  25. Forgive yourself for what you could not give yourself.
  26. Also forgive yourself for still remembering it.
  27. Walk away from any room that makes you feel small.
  28. Learn to say “I don’t know” without shame.
  29. Spend money on anything that touches your body.  Vanity is your best friend.
  30. Delete one app every other month.
  31. Trust your gut. It has been collecting evidence your whole life.
  32. Don’t be sad. Be funny.
  33. Buy yourself flowers. It is good for you and good for the economy.
  34. Learn the difference between a challenge and a punishment.
  35. Choose the challenge. Walk away from the punishment.
  36. Have a meal alone in a restaurant.
  37. Notice when you are projecting. Stop. Then start again.
  38. Create something that outlives your bad mood.
  39. Accept that intelligence and wisdom are unrelated species.
  40. Stop competing. Start collaborating.
  41. Red meat, ice cream, and Peroni.  Always.
  42. Take your mental health to the aquarium. It heals.
  43. Learn to receive a compliment without immediately returning one.
  44. Carry yourself like someone worth returning to.
  45. Let yourself outgrow people.
  46. It’s okay to rest.  You can try again tomorrow.  At Tara.
  47. Understand that a good life is not about doing more.
  48. It is about knowing when to stop.
  49. Stand near the river one last time.
  50. And become someone you want to sit with.
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Sophia Bennett is an art historian and freelance writer with a passion for exploring the intersections between nature, symbolism, and artistic expression. With a background in Renaissance and modern art, Sophia enjoys uncovering the hidden meanings behind iconic works and sharing her insights with art lovers of all levels.

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