Teach to use nail clippers


7



If it costs you your peace it’s too expensive.


19



Don’t use a bad word when you can use a good word.


10



In social situations it's better to talk too little than too much. Don't over-share with people you're not close to.


15



1

When making decisions or setting goals etc, approach from the perspective of your truest self. That’s integrity.


14, 18, 21



Failures are part of life. Feel free to fail. But behave with honor. Never do anything to tarnish your good name.


14, 18



Some relationships (or jobs) are f*cked, and cannot be unf*cked. Release them and move on.


21



Teach tuck to drive


15



Spend time with people you admire, in person and biographies, documentaries, novels and movies.


14-17, 21



Talk about how to be a good houseguest: Always bring something (food, wine, gift, etc) Make your bed, keep area clean. Enthusiastically accept your host’s hospitality but don’t make extra work for them. Contribute and pitch in where u can. Send a thank you note - or at very least, an email!


18



There are a lot of people I care about. But I’ve decided there are only four whose opinion of me I care about: My kid, my god, myself and my dog.


18



Always hold the door open for the next person.


4-14



Bring Christmas cookies to local fire station and police station. (Annually)


6



1

Educate yourself. You can't solve a problem if you don't understand it.


14-21



“All the best things in life live on the other side of fear.” - Will Smith’s grandmother.


20



Don’t play hard to get. Be hard to earn.


16, 21



On days when you wake up tired, sick or just not ready to deal with the morning, just get up and take a shower. Turn up the music. Rally!


17-21



To paraphrase Ted Lasso, it’s the people who think they’ve got it all figured out who delight in judging people and events. It’s better to be open minded, ask questions. Be curious, not judgmental.


15, 21



Sometimes I think the best way to take care of them is to teach them to take care of others: Littler kids, sick or disabled, those who’ve been left out.


5-7, 1Infant-12



“When you are not fed love off a silver spoon you will learn to lick it off of knives.” Lauren Eden (poet)


0, 20



It’s your civic duty to vote (including midterms!) Be an informed voter.


16, 18



Watch Abby Wambach's 2018 Barnard commencement address together.


16



Everything not saved will be lost. This is true for documents in Word and in life.


16



Ask: What are you responsible for?


15-18



Difficult conversations: Break-ups, layoffs, etc. happen. Practice delivering bad news and getting bad news.


15-21



Marriage vows won’t “fix” anything about a relationship. They won’t change how a person communicates. Never start out a relationship with the hope or expectation that your partner will change (or if they are hoping you will change.)It’s not fair to either of you. Everyone deserves to be loved for who they are, not who they could be.


21



Default to "nice guy." Meaning it should require something significant for you NOT to be nice. Give people the benefit of the doubt. Cut them (and yourself) some slack. Life is hard. We're all in this together.


12



Go on a tour of the Kennedy Center. Free guided tours through Friends of the Kennedy Center.


10



“I need help. But I don’t know what I need help with. Could you ask me a few questions and help me figure it out?” Keep this one in your back pocket.


5, 7, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21