2. Shhhh
Your housemate believes in fate and won't even set her alarm. 'Because you wake up at God's own time.'
Give a giggle when she tells you she got to work at 10.00am. It is almost impossible to change another human without arguing.
You have opinions? Keep them to yourself. You will have better peace.
3. Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice!
You want to eat healthy? Cook a full meal with proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins just like they taught you in home-science class.
And that means getting off Facebook, walking to the market, or supermarket to get all these things together, cheaply. This also goes to having a neat house, a clean yard, clean clothes. Not much self improvement comes as a result of staring at your iPad for five hours.
4. Be on top of things
When stuff goes awry; don't panic, don't get angry. Don't blame anybody.
Be a storm inside but serenity on the outside, the inside will catch up too.
So your guests don't eat read meat and pepper?
Those tinned sardines you keep better come out of the cabinet this minute.
5. Dress up and show up
I've realised that whenever I make the effort, and put on slight make up; even the matatu conductors are not hesitant to give me back my change.
Your head is splitting from a cold and you have a meeting at 9.00a.m?
Dress up, show up. You never know, they might end getting you a cup of hot lemon with honey.
6. Respect your friends
There is a reason they've been putting up with all this long- could it be, they love you? Trust you? Yes they do.
Respect them. Don't treat them like trash, call them, listen to them . The rest are
Maintain quality friendships. The same goes for clothes, shoes and household utensils. Get rid of everything rubbish.
7. Love objectively.
I used to think- what do I get out of this relationship? I'm learning to think- what can I give to make this last? My grandmother can no longer give me succinct advice, but she can tell me about her father who had many many goats. And that is enough to sustain a relationship. Loving objectively is teaching me to respect her feelings, even though hearing this same story for the fifth time today.
8. Keep Learning
This year, I took it upon myself, though with very slow progress; to Interior Decorate, the inside me.
How to be slow tempered
How to be forgiving
How to be giving
How to not give in to poop thoughts.
9. Rest
My dear, late nights are no longer part of life at three and 10 and beyond. It will show in the morning, in your eyes, and skin.
Watching a series is not rest. Put on something loose, brush you teeth, keep away the phone and get into bed. Sleep.
10. On love: Don't be jealous.
So he was speaking to her for a quarter of an hour longer? Get a life. Get on pintrest and read about ice fishing. Practice the lyrics to that song you've been practicing. You are not attached to his hip.
Jealousy shows, and all it does is make you very stooopid. I know.
11.Budget
Budget your time, your cash, your emotions. Know how much you can spend on a certain activity, purchase, person. Otherwise utapangwa (you will be budgeted).
12.Get proper medication
Your body is not what it used to be. Avoid self medication at all costs, unless you are a GP, and I doubt they also self diagnose. If you delay proper treatment, you only end up getting worse, wasting time and spending more more at the hospital.
My friend keeps essentials in the house though: Pain killers and sleeping pills.
Three and 10 is a rather, comfortable age to be , ukitulia (if you take it easy). You don't have the hot blood you had at 22. You are not set in your ways like you will be at 45.
You can be sensible, lovely, even cute, all rolled up into one. Don't be surprised if they think you are 25, just don't act it.
I'm still learning. And not thinking too much of it.
Your housemate believes in fate and won't even set her alarm. 'Because you wake up at God's own time.'
Give a giggle when she tells you she got to work at 10.00am. It is almost impossible to change another human without arguing.
You have opinions? Keep them to yourself. You will have better peace.
3. Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice!
You want to eat healthy? Cook a full meal with proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins just like they taught you in home-science class.
And that means getting off Facebook, walking to the market, or supermarket to get all these things together, cheaply. This also goes to having a neat house, a clean yard, clean clothes. Not much self improvement comes as a result of staring at your iPad for five hours.
4. Be on top of things
When stuff goes awry; don't panic, don't get angry. Don't blame anybody.
Be a storm inside but serenity on the outside, the inside will catch up too.
So your guests don't eat read meat and pepper?
Those tinned sardines you keep better come out of the cabinet this minute.
5. Dress up and show up
I've realised that whenever I make the effort, and put on slight make up; even the matatu conductors are not hesitant to give me back my change.
 |
| look the part |
Dress up, show up. You never know, they might end getting you a cup of hot lemon with honey.
6. Respect your friends
There is a reason they've been putting up with all this long- could it be, they love you? Trust you? Yes they do.
Respect them. Don't treat them like trash, call them, listen to them . The rest are
Maintain quality friendships. The same goes for clothes, shoes and household utensils. Get rid of everything rubbish.
7. Love objectively.
I used to think- what do I get out of this relationship? I'm learning to think- what can I give to make this last? My grandmother can no longer give me succinct advice, but she can tell me about her father who had many many goats. And that is enough to sustain a relationship. Loving objectively is teaching me to respect her feelings, even though hearing this same story for the fifth time today.
8. Keep Learning
This year, I took it upon myself, though with very slow progress; to Interior Decorate, the inside me.
How to be slow tempered
How to be forgiving
How to be giving
How to not give in to poop thoughts.
9. Rest
My dear, late nights are no longer part of life at three and 10 and beyond. It will show in the morning, in your eyes, and skin.
 |
| nights are for sleeping, day-times too |
Watching a series is not rest. Put on something loose, brush you teeth, keep away the phone and get into bed. Sleep.
10. On love: Don't be jealous.
So he was speaking to her for a quarter of an hour longer? Get a life. Get on pintrest and read about ice fishing. Practice the lyrics to that song you've been practicing. You are not attached to his hip.
Jealousy shows, and all it does is make you very stooopid. I know.
11.Budget
Budget your time, your cash, your emotions. Know how much you can spend on a certain activity, purchase, person. Otherwise utapangwa (you will be budgeted).
12.Get proper medication
Your body is not what it used to be. Avoid self medication at all costs, unless you are a GP, and I doubt they also self diagnose. If you delay proper treatment, you only end up getting worse, wasting time and spending more more at the hospital.
My friend keeps essentials in the house though: Pain killers and sleeping pills.
Three and 10 is a rather, comfortable age to be , ukitulia (if you take it easy). You don't have the hot blood you had at 22. You are not set in your ways like you will be at 45.
You can be sensible, lovely, even cute, all rolled up into one. Don't be surprised if they think you are 25, just don't act it.
I'm still learning. And not thinking too much of it.
Wow, excellent Cecilia!
ReplyDeleteThank you Angie!
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