Turning 40 has me in a contemplative mood, so here are a few things I’ve learnt in the past four decades.
1. Yelling at the TV does nothing for the outcome of your favorite sports team
2. Arseholes get promotions
3. Once you’ve been burgled, you’ll never arrive home and think you haven’t been
4. Tequila is Satan
5. Girls come and go. Friends go and get beer
6. Aging doesn’t just happen to other people
7. Persistance isn’t sexy
8. No one knows what they’re doing. Those who look like they are, can only explain it by looking back
9. You’ll never stop writing ‘Yes please’ when a form enquires about your sex
10. Any funeral will set you off if you have formerly lost someone close
11. Don’t offer to write on the whiteboard if you don’t know how to spell
12. You will cry at the birth of your first child. Or any child for that matter
13. And probably at your wedding
14. Nothing beats learning a musical instrument or a language.
15. Crazy socks matter
16. Bad smells can bring good memories. Sewerage for this author = Barcelona
17. Sleepwalking can be dangerous
18. That hipster over there likes Huey Lewis and the News but can’t tell anyone
19. Everyone is facing their own battle
20. Eating green leaves gives you energy
21. Mechanics confuse you on purpose
22. Even Hawaiians have Mondays
23. Your parents knew where you were every goddamn second of the day
24. ‘Two sides to every story’ is a cliche until your friend ends up in the shit
25. Instead of giving us time to relax, modern technology just makes us do more
26. Life speeds up mainly because, unlike kids, adults do the same dreary stuff every day
27. You can have crap days on holiday
28. Just because the title says ’40 THINGS’ doesn’t mean you need to write ’40 THINGS’
Set your own rules. Use the force. Have an awesome life.
