10 Easy Ways to Live a Better Life

Adrian Savage at Lifehack.org, a very interesting website that may have flown under your radar, has an excellent list of "10 virtually instant ways to improve your life".

Of course, these all seem to boil down to one simple rule, "become Buddhist," but why involve religion when you don't have to?

1. Stop jumping to conclusions.
2. Don’t dramatize.
3. Don’t invent rules.
4. Avoid stereotyping or labeling people or situations.
5. Quit being a perfectionist.
6. Don’t over-generalize.
7. Don’t take things so personally.
8. Don’t assume your emotions are trustworthy.
9. Don’t let life get you down. Keep practicing being optimistic.
10.Don’t hang on to the past. This is my most important suggestion of all: let go and move on.