1. When making decisions, ask yourself what you’ll wish you would’ve done in hindsight. Another thing is to figure out what you’d say to a friend asking for advice. I wish I would’ve thought of this earlier. I’m much better with other people’s lives.

2. TSA would be better off confiscating the razor and haircutting shears from the foreign guy in front of me than taking away toothpaste from a suburban mom. Also, I would like to thank them for the compliment, “You don’t look like your driver’s license.”

3. Over the years, I’ve been told a few times that I am naïve and sheltered. I own rental units and my mother used our childhood home as a halfway house for her jail ministry. Hello. While we’re talking about it, I think it’s easier if you put your baggage in the closet instead of carrying it around with you your whole life.

4. Whenever we pray the Lord’s Prayer, I always skip the part, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” I don’t want God to forgive me the same way I forgive others. But not praying that doesn’t release me from the obligation to do so.