Personal Manifesto!

Creating a personal manifesto was another assignment I had while in college. My manifesto was supposed to be a more career-minded manifesto, but I believe that our working lives and our personal lives are very closely intertwined, no matter how much we'd like to leave our work (and frustrations, anger, but perhaps not the supplies) at the office. Therefore, I found no reason to make one manifesto based solely on my career decisions, and a separate one for my personal life. These are the points, that no matter how mundane, I must remind myself to follow. Otherwise, my life may suck. The quotes at the end are in my manifesto because, well, sometimes other people just say it better.

Never compromise your happiness.
Don’t dwell on the things you cannot change.
Smile even when you don’t feel like it. You will feel better.
Make time for your family. Value that time.
Be generous. Even when you want to be selfish.
Never stop learning.
Love unconditionally.
Learn from your mistakes.
Always work as hard as you can.
Don’t forget to play hard, too.
Be confident in who you are.
Do not identify yourself by your career.
Stand up for what you believe in.
Appreciate the small things.
Do not get “too busy” for those you love.

Work your body as much as you work your mind.
Do not have children until you’re willing to place them before your career.
Do not validate yourself through others.
Learn to keep your mouth shut. Sometimes.
Embrace change.
Remember that material things aren’t what’s important in life.
Don’t forget to look at the stars.
Take risks. 

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
Dr. Seuss

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those that mind don’t matter and those that matter don’t mind.”
Dr. Seuss

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
Benjamin Franklin

“Fight for your opinions but do not believe that they contain the whole truth or the only truth.”
Charles Anderson Dana

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
Abraham Lincoln

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
Anais Nin

“You’re so crabby all the time you’ve forgotten how to smile!”
-Linus, Peanuts

“They always say time changes things but you actually have to change them for yourself.”
Andy Warhol

“At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished.”
Golda Meir

“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
Socrates