{"id":2108,"date":"2021-07-15T03:02:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T03:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keithjlang.com\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2022-01-31T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:59:43","slug":"rules-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keithjlang.com\/rules-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules For A Better Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Don't think twice about buying books &#8211; books are a source of pleasure and knowledge. Few things in life offer both. Be an interesting human being &#8211; buy books!<\/li><li>Drink more plain water than you think you need. Water is life<\/li><li>Travel more &#8211; travel will destroy any concepts of &#8220;them vs us&#8221; you might have.<\/li><li>Get sunshine as early as possible every day &#8211; the light of the sun is an absolute necessity for health<\/li><li>Walk every day &#8211; we've evolved to be the world's <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/energy-efficiency-doesnt-explain-human-walking-39161215\/\" target=\"_blank\">most efficient mammals at walking<\/a>. Use it or lose it!<\/li><li>Ignore other people's opinions about you &#8211; as soon as you wonder what people might think of your actions, thoughts, and beliefs, you\u2019re losing the game of life. Stop doing that! You are not that important and people don\u2019t care that much about this stuff.<\/li><li>Remember that <a href=\"https:\/\/keithjlang.com\/you-are-not-your-job\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"829\">you are not your job<\/a>.<\/li><li>Avoid toxic people &#8211; if someone seems like a pain in the ass on first encounters, they probably are. Life is too short to figure everybody out. Stick with the good guys.<\/li><li>Avoid people that suck all your energy but don't drain all your energy doing so.<\/li><li>Avoid herd-mentality when it comes to social media, or anything in life. You do not need to be on the latest social media channel, or any of them for that matter.<\/li><li>Write every day &#8211; take notes or journal your thoughts. Improve your skills in one of the most important modes of communication in the modern world<\/li><li>Social media is not important. End of.<\/li><li>Spend time in nature. Mitigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/keithjlang.com\/digital-overload\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1521\">effects of digital overload<\/a> by exploring the natural world. This will lead to a happy life.<\/li><li>Be different! Doing what everyone else is doing will not help you live the good life.<\/li><li>Learn how to be a good conversationalist &#8211; only in movies do bad conversationalists succeed.<\/li><li>Be 100% present when talking to someone &#8211; don\u2019t browse the web while they're talking to you. Don\u2019t scroll through Instagram when you should be engaged with the real person on that phone call.<\/li><li>If you find yourself virtue signalling, stop that shit! Then take a serious look at your values, friends, and how you present your fake life to the world online.<\/li><li>Don't waste time and energy trying to find your purpose &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/keithjlang.com\/dont-follow-your-passion\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"820\">Nobody was born with a purpose or a passion<\/a> so you do not need to \u201cfind it\u201d. That\u2019s a myth perpetuated by gurus selling courses. Find something you\u2019re good at and try to turn it into something you enjoy and can make money from. Your only purpose is to be a good person.\u00a0<\/li><li>Try to live like a kid every now and again &#8211; have fun, don\u2019t worry about tomorrow, run aimlessly, fall down, go on an adventure, make a sandcastle, or just lie on the grass and look at the trees.\u00a0<\/li><li>Avoid negative people &#8211; needs to be said twice or thrice.<\/li><li>Diversify your income &#8211; just as you wouldn\u2019t put all your money on one number on the roulette. wheel or on a single stock, don\u2019t restrict all of your income to one single point of failure, like a job. Start with a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/zeroniche.com\/graphic-design-side-hustle\/\" data-type=\"post\" target=\"_blank\">side hustle<\/a>.<\/li><li>Get health insurance. <\/li><li>Focus on one thing for long periods of time &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3yYTG0x\" target=\"_blank\">deep work<\/a> is better for mental health.<\/li><li>Read books &#8211; listening to an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/keithjlang.com\/audiobooks\" target=\"_blank\">audiobook<\/a> while you're driving or scrolling through Instagram is <em>not<\/em> reading, just as you weren't reading when your dad told you bedtime stories. <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/keithjlang.com\/book-summary-apps\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"692\">Don't read book summaries<\/a> unless you're planning to be a professional party bore.<\/li><li>Don't read self-help books!<\/li><li>Avoid discussing your goals and projects before they are completed. Doing so will make you less inclined to complete them.<\/li><li>Always be learning.<\/li><li>Save money when you can an invest. Make your money work for you. <\/li><li>Don't sweat the small stuff. Try to keep your focus on systems and goals. Everything else is just life and there's not much you can do about it. Roll with the punches<\/li><li>Be nice to people!<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t think twice about buying books &#8211; books are a source of pleasure and knowledge. Few things in life offer both. Be an interesting human being &#8211; buy books! Drink more plain water than you think you need. Water is life Travel more &#8211; travel will destroy any concepts of &#8220;them vs us&#8221; you might [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Rules For A Better Life - Some Tips On Being A Better Person","_seopress_titles_desc":"These rules may make you smarter, fitter, healthier, better to know, easier to work with, happier in life, and more open. 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