Art before laundry.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Invent as many family rituals as you can handle with ease. Anything done on a schedule —large or small, significant or silly— can become a ritual. Repeated consistently small routines become legendary. Anticipation is key.

Re-visioning the ordinary is what art, literature, and comedy do. You can elevate mundane details into magical wonders simply by noticing them.

Right now no matter your age these are your golden years. The good stuff will yield golden memories and the bad stuff will yield golden lessons.

When you are stuck, make a long list of everything that cannot possibly work. On that list will be a seed that leads to a solution that will work.

Embrace pronoia which is the opposite of paranoia. Choose to believe that the entire universe is conspiring behind your back to make you a success.

To write about something hard to explain write a detailed letter to a friend about why it is so hard to explain, and then remove the initial “Dear Friend” part and you’ll have a great first draft.

The natural state of all possessions is to need repair and maintenance. What you own will eventually own you. Choose selectively.