#NotesToSelf

: Be completely independent and then be completely reckless.

:  Look for positives in people, unless they're competing directly with you. J

: Make Health, Convenience and Good Life your priority.
: Be grateful and gracious, as far as possible.
: Don't think about people's intentions when they're dealing with you. Instead, focus on your intentions while dealing with people.

:  Never be afraid of what people might think cuz being afraid is mediocre.

: From time-to-time, take a step back and look at the big picture. Get a perspective.

: When something starts disturbing you, explore new stuff!

: Hold onto your ideas (unless you think they're extremely stupid); There's only so much risk that one lives to take, anyway!

: Do or say little, but do or say it right.

: Value yourself and ensure to communicate it to others.

: Ensure to smell good, all the time. J

: Humor is important. Humor > Sarcasm.

: Never give out your opinion unless you're paid to do so or it directly affects you. J
: Let only your actions do the talking.

: When in doubt, keep a low profile.

Com-part-mental-izing

How good are you at compartmentalizing? (According to Thesaurus: Compartmentalization is the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)

We all compartmentalize, by default. We do it to avoid too many conflicting values, disparate lives, mental discomfort or our reality, temporarily. We live several lives, in compartments - like panels in a cartoon strip.

How we start our day, who we meet and how we traveled to where we are - they are all markers, ways we space things out. Walking into our home or the office or the lover's pad are physical acts that change our psyche. As soon as we walk into a conference room, for example, we change! As soon as we walk out of it, we change again! Some, struggle to keep office affairs from personal affairs. Some, successfully create parallel lives for 'emselves and live 'em well while they last.

I'm at the tipping point of all my successfully acquired parallel lives, living one moment at a time. All of this has a shelf life, an evolution, I know. How I feel about each, changes from time to time. But what really matters is that the Memories are etched, and they shall remain irrespective of which of the lives they belong to.