Navigating the New Year: A List, Part 2

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow,  I'm posting a list I wrote at the beginning of the new year.  Don't take it too seriously, or take it very seriously - whatever speaks to you.  I'm not talking to anyone in particular, or everyone in particular, or quite possibly myself.

In other words, take it for what it is worth - not much, but there are a few laughs in there.  It has forty-five bullets, so 15 on each day.  Here are the next 15:

16. Change the sheets on your bed, even if you don't want to.  You will be glad you did.
17. Burn the candles.  Use the pretty printed napkins. Stop saving them. You will never enjoy them until you use them for the purpose for which they were designed.
18. In a public restroom, check for the presence of toilet paper. First.
19. Not only do you not always HAVE to be right, there are many times you just aren't right.  Be humble enough to see that.
20. It just is not necessary to point out every mistake you see or hear.  It's OK to let some of them go by unremarked.
21. Worry less.  Stop believing that the worst will happen.  You will miss the best of today.
22. When you say, "I don't know how to wash clothes" or "I can't cook," you just sound silly.  It's not rocket science, and you are a smart person - just go do it. (edit this to apply to whatever you are trying to avoid doing).
23. It always seems terrible in the middle of the night.  Wait until morning, and it will be less terrible.
24. Be an adult. Anticipate the results of what you are about to do.
25. Say thank you, and mean it.  
26. Do nice things for people just because it is an expression of the love of God. Grace is unearned and cannot be repaid. Give away happy.
27. What everyone else says and what everyone else does is rarely about you.  Stop assuming that it is.
28. Leave a conversation learning more about the other person than he learned about you.  If you don't, then you weren't listening.
29. The way you have experienced a situation may not be how another person is experiencing it, even if you think they are the same, so avoid saying, "I know what you are going through" very often.  You may not.
30. You will make mistakes sometimes; everyone does. The issue is not the mistake, it is how you respond to it. Be honest, do what you can to fix it, learn from it.  Take more responsibility for it than you think is yours.