Be gracious. This is hard when you have kids – and people invite you for dinners – and you want to control the eating hours to fit your schedule. Let go of the control and be gracious.
Send out good karma. Volunteer at school because it is good karma. Many parents can’t volunteer/go on field trips/work on the parent counsel – remember this. Repeat to self: volunteering at school is good karma not time & energy suckage.
Ask friends for advice. When you have a decision and are fence sitting – a good friend will happily kick your butt to the other side.
If you are invited to someone’s house for dinner take any combination of these three things: white flowers, fruit tray, Rosé d’Anjou.
(I will regret this particular bullet point should my prince ever read it) Do not die an unlived life. Well, most importantly don’t die right now…but don’t die without having LIVED. Take a risk for adventure, growth and sheer experience. I think at the end of your days – you regret the things you haven’t done more than the things you did do (that is unless the things you did do were really very bad)
