These are the key life skills I'd like to teach my 6 wonderful kids (and anyone else who's interested):
Mindset
- Flexible mind
- Embrace discomfort
- Deal with anxiety
- Learn self compassion
- Learn contentment
- Limit possessions
- Have a daily gratitude session
- Learn how to change/create habits
- Have confidence that you're awesome
- All you need for happiness is within you
- Savor life
- Play
- Meditate
- Eat whole foods
- Exercise almost daily
- Make your exercise social
- Consider a vegan diet, for reasons of compassion
- Limit sugar/flour
- Learn to cook, & cook meals at home
- Floss before bed
- Build relationships
- Open your heart
- Let love be your rule
- Be trustworthy
- Deal with anger
- Coping with loss
- Learn how to meet people
- Meeting new people: be curious
- Surround yourself with positive friends
- Let go of jealousy
- Love what you do
- Take pride in what you do
- Start your own business
- Limit how much you do
- Learn to beat procrastination
- Help others
- Become great at a skill you love
- Good writing is clear thinking
- Blog -- as a way to reflect, and share
- Failure is just a lesson
- Spend less than you earn
- Avoid/eliminate debt
- Save/invest automatically
- Don't put off taxes & accounting
- When you have kids, create a trust
- Be there
- Teach, don't control
- Model the behavior you want them to learn
- Read to them regularly
- Love them without qualifications, unconditionally
- Be patient & compassionate
- Consider unschooling
