Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for October 14, 2016
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11 Ways to be Unremarkably Average SOCIETY 1. Accept what people tell you at face value. 2. Don’t question authority. 3. Go to college because you’re supposed to, not because you want to learn something. 4. Sit at a desk 40 hours a week for an average of 10 hours of productive work. FACEBOOK 5. Go overseas once or twice in your life, always to somewhere safe and easy. 6. Get the largest mortgage you qualify for and spend 30 years paying for it. 7. Don’t try to learn another language. Everyone else will eventually learn English. Woman: Estoy trabajando muy duro. 8. Think about writing a book, but never do it. OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 9. Think about starting your own business, but never do it. 10. Don’t stand out or draw attention to yourself. 11. Jump through hoops, check off boxes. LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD HERE LIES AN UNREMARKABLY AVERAGE MAN You don’t have to live your life the way other people expect you to. - Chris Guillebeau
What if a nice, comfortable, average life is what you desired? Wife, three kids, home in the suburbs, 9 to 5 job, grandchildren, vacations each summer. Roof over your head, food in your belly, love of a good spouse, retired at 65 on a decent income adequate for your needs, grow old together, hand-in-hand. Do you realize how many people on this planet CRAVE such a life? Dream of it?