Twelve rules is over for now….

I will just make mercifully short (for me). TwelvesRules is a great idea – I believe it will thrive, but not for me, not right now. So, it is not dead – but in hibernation. Thanks for watching.

Peace,TG

Only a fool would live on the North Shore

The North Shore is one of the greatest places to live in the World! – Shhhhhh – we don’t want everybody knowing it! Let’s keep it to ourselves. So here are some great lines when people ask you where you live:

– “The Lions Gate Bridge is always a nightmare….”
– “How would you like to live in a community the highway runs through…”
– “It’s so much more convenient to live in Vancouver than here…..”
– “Have you seen our tax rates!…..”
– “Having to connect to the mainland via bridges makes you feel like an outsider…..”
– “The best restaurants are across the bridge…..”
– “Yes we have the mountains but there’s really nothing cultural to do here…..”

Don’t forget to look sad and apologetic when using these lines. You get the idea and I’m sure you can think of your own lines, but feel free to start with these.

Peace,
Tarry G

Rule #3

No food consumption three hours prior to bed time – in a perfect world I’m eating well combined meals that should be digested in 3-4 hours, so that when I’m sleeping  – all of me is actually getting rest.  If you go to bed with undigested food your body "works" digesting food when it actually should be getting a good nights sleep.  Depending on what you ate that is still undigested, you may find yourself affected mentally too. 

Ever gone to sleep just after eating a bunch of pepperoni pizza – nightmares, indigestion and you wake up feeling like you never slept.  That’s you’re body working all night instead of resting.  Don’t do it.  It’s my new rule.

BTW in case you’re wondering how I know this – I read it in a book, I’ve experienced it, and it makes sense.  Yeah I know my "fact credibility" ratings just dropped – its okay, it was too high anyway.

Tarry G
(calculating what time 3 hours after this little snack will be……)

Encouraged……

So…. a friend of mine was asking me earlier today about my next rule – my response was along the line of "I’m not sure how to articulate my failure and yet keep adding more rules".  I guess that had a "I’m failing at this and ready to quit already" tone to it (which was not too far off the mark). 

His response was as follows:

• (warning explicit language) "You can never expect any success if you allow your failures to be compound versus simple.  So, it hasn’t been exactly as you had anticipated, big f**king deal. Get back on the horse, get up at 6, drink your water, and make up your next rule.  You stuck your head up on this one as I presume you wanted some accountability – so here it is – DO IT!."

I’m an encourager, this is the primary work that I do every day.  I do it all the time and yet I forget how powerful words can be – even in a email.  Thank you, (you know who you are).  I’m back and with vigor. 

Rule 3 coming up…..