Rules

"If I make rules for myself, I can't break them. If I break them all the time, they're not rules. My spirit has value. I'm not willing to sell my spirit."
- L.J 2005

Dave heard these words and thought about the rules he had made for himself over the years. If a man says he will do one thing and then turns round and does the other, what kind of man is he? Luckily, Dave was a good man, he always did what he set out to do...

1. Thou shall wake up at 7am every morning when your wife has too...
...Or stay in bed till around 9:30.

2. Thou shall get up and do some house work before going to Uni...
...Or lie there and stare at the ceiling.

3. Thou shall do an increasing number of sit ups every day...
...Or spend an increasing amount of time sitting down.

4. Thou shall go swimming every day...
...for the first week of Uni, then forget about it.

5. Thou shall learn to speak Chinese...
...one day.

6. Thou shall study and work on your PhD for at least 6 hours a day...
... which includes an hour of email checking, 2 hours of deciding what to do and 3 hours of surfing the web.

7. Thou shall read more books...
...when you have time.

8. Thou shall teach your niece...
...at some point.

9. Thou shall take your wife to see the world...
... next year?

10. Thou shall not waste all day writing a blog...
...half the day is fine though.

Luckily, Dave was a good man, who had always done what he set out to.

Good boy, Dave. Good boy.