20 TID BITS

1.  Wash that make-up off of your face every night before going to bed.  Make it easier for yourself
     by washing off your make-up as soon as you get home.  This way it's already done before you
     get too busy or plop into bed or on the sofa with the desire but not the energy to get back up to
     do what you should.

2.  Give your grandchild (godchild, niece, nephew) a gift of stock or a savings bond instead of a
     video game.  They may hate you now, but you know how fast time goes and how good it feels
     to have something stashed away for a rainy day.  Do this especially when they are young and do
     not know the difference.

3.  Empty your purse each night of all of your loose change and save it.  You will be surprised how
     quickly this change adds up.

4.  Walk, walk, and then walk some more.  If you already walk daily, then add additional steps.  It is
     recommended that we try to walk 10,000 steps each day.  Wear a pedometer and track your
     steps.  You will be amazed at how short we fall of the 10,000 step recommendation.

5.  Call 2 friends you have not talked with in a while.  Call them at a time when you really can
     talk as long as they need.

6.  Call 2 relatives you have not talked with in a while. Call them at a time when you really can
     talk as long as they need.

7.  Visit Paris at least once.

8.  Do not repeat gossip, no matter how scintillating.  A dog that brings a bone will carry one also.

9.  Volunteer each year on your birthday.  Take a friend with you.

10. Keep all of your doctor's appointments and ask for a list of all of the tests that are
      recommended for your age and/or medical condition...and, then follow up with these tests.

11. Try a fruit you have never eaten before.

12. Try a vegetable you have never eaten before.

13. Open a Christmas club account (remember those???)  Have a set amount automatically
      deposited.  This way it really is painless to add to on a regular basis.  The money will come in
      handy and perhaps prevent you from overspending at Christmastime.

14. Fill up your car with gasoline in the evening before going into the house.  (You know we don't go
      back out once we get home.)  This way we don't have the extra stress of deciding whether to
      stop for gas in the morning when we are running short of time.

15. Read to the blind on the radio.

16. Send a hand written "Thank you" note to your Pastor.  (You know he prayed you out of that
      mess.)

17. Contribute financially and regularly to your alma mater.

18. Send a check to someone's child who is in college.

19. What the heck...make a Vision Board.

20. Wear sunscreen every day.