Over 40? Noticing you have less energy than you used to? After almost 6 years of detailed observation and study, here are this Mum’s Top Ten Tips for returning to the boundless power of your youth:
- If you open a drawer or cupboard door, don’t close it; imagine how much effort you’re saving.
- If you can’t find something, DO NOT search for it; call out loudly for its whereabouts, and miraculously someone else will know exactly where it is.
- When you take the lid off the toothpaste, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE replace it.
- Minimize all cleaning/tidying/sorting activities as soon as possible- it’s best to urgently install a house keeper and butler to ease those daily needs (see #1, #2, & #3 above).
- Maintain an intense focus for hours on surfing clips, music videos, and occasional computer games, but REFRAIN from studying too much, it’s bad for your eyes.
- Practice the ability to party all night in 4 separate locations, then sleep half the day [*see Footnote 1 below].
- Maintain an unrealistic view of all financial activities which involve parental loans and repayment agreements.
- Manage an extensive social circle comprising of every teenager and leisure event within a 50km radius, but “forget” to tell significant family members what time you will actually be home.
- Ensure continuous uptake of fluid and food stuffs, including muesli and/or toast at maximum two-hourly intervals.
- Use your inherent capacity for innovation and rebellion to continually improve the smallest of tasks, which all add up to preserving your finite power stocks (Exhibit A below):
Move as little as possible #selfcare #wellbeing #kitchenhabits #teenagers #over50 #lifestyle
[*Footnote 1: I still miss this a lot]
In gratitude for teenagers showing us the error of our ways, even when it comes to practical ideas for dirty-dish stacking, G xO
bone&silver 
He’s clearly a sculptor, creating brilliant artworks out of found kitchen objects 😉
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lol, yes- let’s try not to encourage that particular arts practice 😘
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Heh, heh, heh. 😀
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hehe! Well this took a much different turn that I was expecting
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I’m glad I’m keeping you on your toes T 😘
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Hehe that you did! 💛
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All I can see in the photograph is a “noir” (OK, black-and-white) mug… 🙂
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That’s cos you’re old like me… he’s stacked those plates as high as gravity will let him 🙄
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Oh, I got that…I am just riveted by anything “noir.” 😉
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Gotcha! 😬
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Love the stacking job. Do you get the comic strip Zits in AU? It would resonate
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No, but I’m gonna look it up right now, thanks Steph 😊
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Haha this is gold!!
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Glad to make you smile Jad : ) x
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It sounds bad to say it, but I honestly don’t miss my son’s teenage years all that much. He was a sweet and sensitive little boy, and is a funny, loving and hard-working adult. But when he was a teen, there were moments when I could have happily throttled him. And as teens go, he was actually on the tame side!
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Lol- it’s ok Ann, this is a safe space for adults- you can admit that stuff! Mine was horrible aged 14-nearly 16 a lot of the time, and thought I was the dumbest Mum to grace the earth 80% of the time… but we still found some small joys. Now that he’s nearly 18, and can drive his own car, we have a lot more fun, & a lot more space from each other. Teenage years are a challenge, for all parties, for all reasons. Bless them! ❤
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They certainly are! What kept me sane as a parent was remembering my own teenage years.
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Yes- I was so BAD 😖
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Now for the important question… Does he at least rinse things before stacking them? (That way there’s less of a smell, so no one can get too mad.)
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Are you kidding me!?? No way 😫
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