The stuff I thought mattered that really didn't. Top of my list, written in all caps and underlined twice: 'ALWAYS FINISH WHAT YOU START.' I hammered this into my boys from day one. Didn't matter if it was Little League, a school project, or learning to wire a three-way switch. You start it, you finish it. No exceptions. Know what that actually taught them? That being miserable was more important than being smart about your choices.
I spent forty years trying to impress people who probably forgot my name five minutes after I left their house. That's a hell of a thing to admit at sixty-six. But there it is. I've been retired for a couple years now, and the quiet has taught me things I was too busy to learn when I was running around with a van full of wire and a head full of worry.
"As soon as we boarded the cruise ship, we began noticing strange details. Chipping paint, broken deck chairs, torn sun umbrellas. Above deck, the ride was choppy at best, and people all around us were getting seasick."
You will have to make very practical (sometimes very cold) decisions about what you want from life and what you're willing to give up. And if you don't make them, then life will make them for you.
My parents showed me that even with different interests and conflicts, a marriage can thrive through shared values like love, learning, and family.
"I was a musician and I suppose, really, I always wanted to get into performance. But I didn't realise it - and that's a big problem too..."
Writing 'In the Chair' helped me appreciate the quiet ways our lives change as we get older. I used to feel a constant urge to grow up, to reach the next stage. But now, at eighteen, I'm beginning to understand the beauty of being young and curious, and I hope that part of me never fades.
Andrews told reporters, describing what might be the worst garnish in culinary history. The snake, who seemingly was unimpressed with the establishment's mixology skills, proceeded to wrap itself around her straw— the serpentine equivalent of a drink review.
"We're mostly all homebodies. We love to be at home, but as our kids get older, I've learned what a gift it is to step away from the day-to-day with its schedules and rhythms and to-do's and have that intentional time as a family."
I probably figured this out in my late teens, but when I was a kid and my mom had to get a mammogram, she would bring my brother and me, and we would wait in the waiting room. The clinic was next to a Hooters, and I assumed the sign outside was for that.
"Good enough is as good as appeased." I love this phrase because it helps me let go of perfectionism. In my case, perfectionism not only makes a job take longer, but it also keeps me from starting it in the first place...Mary Poppins reminded me that good enough is, well, good enough.
I never invested in stocks. I've been putting my money in CDs, probably at 4-5%. It just keeps growing without even trying. It's just amazing that I have so much because I didn't plan for it.
"Last month's article outlined three emotional buckets that contain most of life's experiences: Tears, Laughs, and Chill Bumps. These experiences enrich our lives and each is equally important in living a well-rounded emotional existence on this earthly plain."
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