Let’s find an activity where you can work with your hands


11



If you’re unable to help someone, help someone else. Throw some goodness or beauty in the bucket of humanity.


16



“Your goals will kick you in the shins and steal your lunch money.” -Jon Acuff. You have to fight back, even though some days you lose. Failure is part of the process. Keep going.


19



Violent thunderstorms can be dangerous. Avoid driving or being out in severe weather: car accidents, downed trees, high winds, lightning, flash floods, etc. are all potentially deadly. Don’t take your safety for granted. If the weather is severe, stay sheltered unless you absolutely positively have to be out and about.


12-14, 16, 21



Theme this year: Self Control (Repeat every year until age 99)


6



“Success is liking who you are, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” - Maya Angelou


13, 15, 21



Get at least 2, preferably 3 estimates on any major expenses for home or car.


21



Zootopia is a good movie to illustrate what a bully is and how we should stand up to them when they are hurting or taunting other kids.


5-8



“Human beings are linked, not ranked.” - Gloria Steinem (f*ck the patriarchy)


15



“I don’t give a rat’s $@!#% how much respect u garner out in the world if you don’t show respect and love and serve those you love at home.” ____loosely quoted from Glennon Doyle’s ‘Untamed.’


14, 19



Imagine hearing the apology you need to hear. Often times that really helps, even if the person never actually says it. It makes it easier to forgive and move on.


18



So many young adults (and older one too) suffer from a lack of direction, living life without a sense of purpose. ______Here’s my advice: **Do what you love**. ____If you don’t know what that is yet (totally okay) then *go where you’re needed.**___ Make yourself USEFUL doing some sort of work that makes the world (or your family or your community or your country) a better place. Please don’t sit around playing video games or goofing off. That will make you miserable! ___ AND it’s a waste of God’s work (you.) Get busy. _____Stay involved in anything you care about deeply, or that needs you desperately. It will feed your soul and open all kinds of doors.


12, 14, 17



Physical contact between two people is only fun / appropriate / legal / healthy if both people are into it. If one party objects, demurs or even acts less-than-interested, that’s the ballgame. Stop physical contact immediately. Be kind and respectful at all times.


15, 18



“How we learn to hold what hurts shapes so much of who we are. What we choose to do with our pain defines us more than most things.“ -Chani Nicholas


11, 14, 17



Don’t stay down too long.


16, 19, 21



Look into Rustic Pathways to see the world and do some good.


15



“Bullies are scared people hiding inside scary people.” -Michelle Obama


8-12



“Courage is cheaper than Channel. It works better too.” - Scott Galloway


14, 15, 16, 21



Ask: What are you responsible for?


15-18



Watch Ken Burns’ “The US and the holocaust.”


17



“You belong in every room you enter.” - Shonda Rhymes


6-21



Don’t ask for anything until you’ve done what has been asked of you.


5



Keep stories about younger years to tell them later: You used to call yellow “lellow” etc. Ten years from now you think you’ll remember this stuff but you won’t.


2



Biographies: Be inspired.


12



Toddler years: Tater tots make everything better. The smaller ones cook faster and you don't have to turn them.


2



Model being a considerate person.


2-18



Just focus on shining on your own terms. Your shine is not dependent on anyone or anything else.


15



“You can miss a person every day and still be glad that they’re no longer in your life.” — Oprah Winfrey


19



At the start of a day / project / interview / date / etc. Do this one simple thing: State your intention. How do you want to carry yourself? What is the goal for the outcome? Just take a moment to imagine how you want to behave, react, appear, etc. What impression do you want to leave with the people you interact with? Of those things that are in your control, what outcome would make you proud?


15, 20



American Sign Language course


15