Twenty-one life tips for happiness and longevity

When you’re cleaning the fridge and you can’t identify a substance, toss it. If anyone complains, say you ate it.

Never comment on a woman’s pregnancy unless you have indisputable confirmation that the woman is genuinely and thoroughly pregnant.

Be sincere when you say “please” and “thank you,” even if you don’t mean it.

Take your shoes off and put them near the door when you enter your home. You won’t have to vacuum as much.

Read novels occasionally.

Until you turn off your computer, assume anyone in the Zoom or Skype meeting you just left can hear you.

If you reduce the number of objects you...