This is the Holstee Manifesto, which I encountered in a distant colleague’s blog for the first time today. (If you’re interested, here is the blog: http://bsix12.com/ It’s much better than mine!)
OK, so the Holstee Manifesto is not revolutionary nor is it profound. However in my humble opinion it does encapsulate what life should be about. So many of us (myself included) spend precious time doing things we don’t want to do, seeing people we don’t want to see and generally letting life, in the grander sense, pass us by.
Of course, for all its apparent simplicity, the manifesto may not be that easy to follow! For me, the real toughie is “If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV.” I wouldn’t like to begin to count the hours I’ve wasted watching meaningless drivel because it’s the path of least resistance.
It’s also very easy to say “if you don’t like your job, quit” but not so easy to do if you have a mortgage to pay and you want to eat once in a while! I’m trivialising for comic effect, of course. The seed of the idea is the important one.
I guess the whole of the manifesto could be summed up as ‘carpe diem’ but it is stated so much more eloquently and elegantly in these 18 (or so) phrases.
What’s your toughie? What’s your favourite and why?
