100 Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life Stick to your budget

My grandfather used to say that we were born as smart as we’d ever be, and that we became less bright with age. I never understood what he meant, until today.You see, when we’re born we see the world in an uncomplicated way. We know what we need, and we ask for it. We like nice people, and we don’t like mean people. We sleep when we’re tired, we eat when we’re hungry, and we stop eating when we’re full.As we grow older, we eat and drink to console ourselves, rather than addressing what’s bothering us. We overwork to avoid close relationships, rather than finding people we can trust to form strong bonds with. We hold grudges, play games, spend more than we make, want things we don’t need, and we get too far away from our basic human needs. In other words, we complicate things.Today, on what would have been my grandfather’s 88th birthday, I dedicate this list to my Papa. Thank you for everything. I finally get it.If a relationship is over, let it go

1.  Don’t try to read other people’s minds
2.  Get up 30 minutes earlier so that you don’t rush/get a ticket while
3.  Driving too fast/have to explain why you’re late/get fired
4.  Get 8 hours of sleep per night so that you think more clearly
5.  Stick to your budget Stick
6.  Start saving and investing every week, no matter how little you can spare
7.  Balance your checkbook
8.  Don’t try to be friends with everyone. Cultivate closer relationships with fewer people.
9.  Don’t try to do business with everyone. Identify your target client and take very good care of them.
10.  Before getting angry, ask yourself if it will really matter in 20 years
11.  Focus on being a good person, not on pleasing others
12.  Stay home this Saturday, and finish off that nagging chore that you need to finish
13.  Kiss and make up
14.  Make a weekly menu, and shop for only those items at the market
15.  Ask your grandparents the best way to uncomplicate life, and try it
16.  Fill up your gas tank when it’s half full
17.  Don’t drink alcohol when you’re tired, sad or mad
18.  Pay your bills on time
19.  Get an annual physical examination
20.  Say “I love you” to your significant other and to your children. Studies show that more marriages last, and fewer kids use drugs,
21.  For just one day, imagine everyone’s intentions are good because most people’s are
22.  Give away clothes that haven’t been worn in two years
23.  Throw out clothes that are in disrepair, and can’t be mended
24.  When you have a conflict with someone, talk it out. Don’t let it turn into more than it is.
25.  Know what your priorities are in life, and act as if they are your priorities
26. Tell the truth
27.  Don’t cheat
28.  Don’t steal
29.  If you’re holding a ridiculous grudge, let it go
30.  Clean your house weekly, so that it doesn’t become too large a chore
31.  Do your best at work, or at school
32.  Don’t eat when you aren’t humgry
33.  Eat when you are hungry
34.  Be yourself
35.  Say no unapologetically
36.  Cook simple meals
37.  Don’t try to keep up with the Joneses
38.  Pay off your car before buying a new one
39.  Organise your desk at the office
40.  Change your smoke alarm batteries when the clock springs forward, and when it falls back
41.  Organise your important paperwork
42.  Take only half the clothes that you planned to take with you on holiday
43.  Help your children with their homework every night, and have an open dialogue with their teachers
44.  Have white sheets and white towels in children’s rooms, because they’re easily bleached
45.  Spend your time with nice people
46.  Avoid drama
47.  Don’t text or talk on the phone while driving
48.  Turn off the television/video games/computer; they’re time consumers
49.  Don’t engage in office politics
50.  Refuse to gossip, or talk behind other people’s backs
51.  Do the dishes right after dinner
52.  Never go to sleep angry
53.  Ask nicely for what you need and want
54.  Walk 10,000 steps per day to help your heart
55.  Do 20 push-ups before speaking in anger
56.  Leave work at work
57.  Don’t befriend anyone that isn’t trustworthy
58.  Don’t envy others
59.  Have your oil changed
60.  Take vitamin C before you catch a cold
61.  Don’t work more than 8 hours per day
62.  Weed your garden weekly
63.  Wash your car weekly
64.  Have a spring cleaning month every year, and do one room at a time
65.  You don’t need to be best friends with work colleagues, but build respectful partnerships
66.  Don’t drink and drive
67.  Don’t look for reasons to be angry or sad, look for reasons to be happy. You’ll always be able to find plenty  of each.
68.  Be friendly with your neighbours
69.  Return emails and phone messages promptly
70.  Schedule in free time
71.  Don’t procrastinate
72.  Do what you say you’ll do, when you say you’ll do it
73.  Be more flexible when you’re able to be
74.  Forgive and forget. End of story.
75.  Break the consumerism habit…put a three month moratorium in place on buying anything not deemed a necessity
76.  Start your diet on September 1, rather than January 1, so that you won’t also have holiday pounds to lose
77.  Take care of any health issues or concerns
78.  Have your tires rotated
79.  Have your brakes checked
80.  Have your eyes checked
81.  Don’t let your imagination run away with you
82.  Let go of perfection in others
83.  Let go of perfection in yourself
84.  Don’t try to help those that refuse to help themselves
85.  Find a way to reduce your commute to work
86.  Have an alloted amount of worry time per day/week, that you strictly abide by
87.  Drink more water
88.  Eat more salmon
89.  Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill
90.  Wear your hair in a classic, easy to care for style
91.  Finish what you start
92.  Wear classic clothes and shoes that never go out of style
93.  Create a daily routine
94.  Have a 1, 5, 10 and 20 year plan for your financial and life goals
95.  Slow down
96.  Eat out less often
97.  When you ask your hushband which outfit looks best, thank him for his answer and wear the
98.  Allow your children to grow up
99.  Clean out your garage, and donate anything that hasn’t been used in the past year
100.  Stretch every day