1. You want to write? Get your ass in that chair and do it. Even if it’s ten minutes every three days.
2. Stop making excuses about everyone else’s time/schedule/lifestyle/ability – you will never be anyone else but you. Be the best you you can be.
3. Keep your shit together in public
4. Dignity Costs Nothing
5. Don’t email angry. Wait a day, even an hour before you hit send.
6. Just because you can wear your underwear as clothing in public doesn’t mean you should.
7. If you preface something, “Not to be racist/sexist” etc, you are and don’t say it.
8. Suck it up
9. Don’t call your ex boyfriend or look him up on myspace just because you’ve had a fight with your current partner or when you are drunk or PMSing.
10. Don’t tell an editor your manuscript is the book of your heart.
11. Don’t give up.
12. Be grateful and humble about your successes and don’t forget to tell people you appreciate them.
13. Don’t take the low road. There’s not a damned thing wrong with being positive, especially in public.
Thursday Thirteen: Numerology
Click these links to find out your numbers! And maybe let me know how accurate it is?
Numerology’s Cornerstone – How You View the Material World
by -- a metamorphoself of gabrielle May 16th, 2007 at 8:07 pmCornerstone (C)
This letter empowers your creativity. You tend to be outgoing, to express yourse…
If you want to keep something private, but have an intense need to share it with the universe, write it on a piece of paper, burn the paper, then stomp it into infinitesimal pieces of ash.
by Kelly May 16th, 2007 at 8:14 pm1. Eat wasabit peas for they are the seekrit
2. When playing water volleyball and you happen to fall against your hot, half naked male partner, it’s totally okay to boytouch
3. Own it
4. Not everything in your head has to come out through your mouth!
by Sparkles May 16th, 2007 at 8:20 pmGreat list, especially #9. Very bad impulse to follow!
by Nicole Austin May 16th, 2007 at 8:22 pmI am doing #12 for this week TT. Thanks for your advices.
by Xilly May 16th, 2007 at 9:39 pmI like Advice #9. It kept me from making a fool out of myself a lot of times hehe :-)
by Prudence May 16th, 2007 at 9:47 pmExcellent list! Thanks for the reminders. :)
by Kate Davies May 16th, 2007 at 11:43 pmheh. i felt like saluting and yelling “m’am, yes m’am!” on the first four!
by rhian May 17th, 2007 at 4:13 amNever look up to see a pigeon.
by Riley Merrick May 17th, 2007 at 4:26 amSome of these are great ones to remember and to pass on. Thanks!
by Alexis May 17th, 2007 at 4:53 amLove your Thursday 13 graphic!
by Charlene May 17th, 2007 at 5:28 amDon’t wear clothing that is three sizes too small for you.
No TT today, just wanted to stop by and say HI!
by anya bast May 17th, 2007 at 6:39 amLots of excellent advice…and so timely!
by Ann(ie) May 17th, 2007 at 6:53 amI think “suck it up” is the best advice I could have heard today ;o)
by Ciar Cullen May 17th, 2007 at 7:01 amGreat advice. I love the suck it up. Oh, and don’t let that green-eyed monster get a toehold cause he/she is a bastard to get rid of!
by Lorelei James May 17th, 2007 at 7:22 amNumber 8 should be in the Tao. No shit. So should number 9 for that matter.
by lili May 17th, 2007 at 7:42 amAND DON’T FORGET TO WEAR UNDERWEAR. Seriously, this happened to me once. I was in the middle of class, absently scratching under the waistband of my jeans when I noticed something… I couldn’t feel the waistband of my panties. I went to the bathroom to check it out and sure enough, in my rush to get out of the house, I forgot to put on some panties.
by bam May 17th, 2007 at 8:38 amWonderful advice!
by R.G. Alexander May 17th, 2007 at 8:42 amI personally like the underwear as clothes thing, but thats just easy on the eyes.
by Sparky Duck May 17th, 2007 at 9:23 amGreat advise….thanks
by Lori May 17th, 2007 at 9:34 amHeh… I know where some of these pieces of advice are coming from. :-)
They’re all good ones, though.
And you all have finally convinced me to join the Thursday Thirteen posse — I started with 13 recent allergy-free dinners. :-)
by Jennifer Dunne May 17th, 2007 at 9:37 amGood advice. Am very carefully biting my tongue today.
by Jorrie Spencer May 17th, 2007 at 9:43 amGreat TT, Lauren. I keep reminding myself about number one every time there’s a day of no writing that I write more days than not and that has to be good enough.
by May May 17th, 2007 at 9:53 amGreat advice… I’m going to have to print them
And especially highlight #1, lol
by Ali May 17th, 2007 at 11:02 amNote to self: No more saying, “Not to be a bitch….” *Sigh*
by Amie Stuart May 17th, 2007 at 11:59 amYouch! Great advice and a couple too close to home. *gluing butt to chair*
I’m up too. Happy TT!
by Anni May 17th, 2007 at 12:35 pmGreat advice! Keep control of the green-eyed monster. Don’t compare your progress to others because everyone is different!
Smile. It’s catchy
by Shelley Munro May 17th, 2007 at 12:38 pmWise words, Lauren. Timely, too.
Happy TT!
by Susan Helene Gottfried May 17th, 2007 at 2:24 pmAmie – I think one should just own one’s bitchiness. Just be a bitch, LOL!
Shell – yes, comparing yourself to others is the bane of this darned business!
by Lauren May 17th, 2007 at 2:47 pmOh Megan – OWN IT should be a national slogan.
LOL Bam – yes, remembering your underpants is always a good thing.
by Lauren May 17th, 2007 at 2:49 pmYay Anni! I’ve missed seeing more entries from you!
May – yep, number one is my mantra along with number 2
by Lauren May 17th, 2007 at 2:50 pmGreat advice and words to live by.
by N.J. Walters May 17th, 2007 at 4:17 pmWell, chicklet, you sound like a wise woman ta me!
TJ
by TJ Michaels May 17th, 2007 at 7:44 pmThis is a fantastic list :) Great rules to live by! lol I especially like the ’suck it up’ rule.
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