How to improve your life

You know what really annoys me these days? Productivity blogs. Why? Cos they're almost cultish in their devotion. Many was the time I would read posts, trying to find a quicker way to do something other that is meaningless, dull and adds little or no quality to my life. Now they're like a whole industry and you know what? They have no wisdom to impart other than "Relax. Too much stress is bad. Throw away the crap that you don't need." And people read through the same advice recycled ten different ways and reposted with addendum on a bunch of other productivity blogs. Then "Buy the book that is basically this blog but maybe some other stuff we wrote so people who read the blog don't feel like total mugs."

The only help you will ever need by Marc Jones.

Be healthy. This means do exercise sometimes and get fresh air. Don't eat just chocolate. Walk sometimes. Don't smoke. Try not to drink, and certainly don't drink enough to get a hangover.

Relax. Stress is bad. Nothing matters. If the apocalypse happens tomorrow, nothing you have done will really matter, nor will anything you haven't done. So you burned some bridges. Wow. Don't worry. If you really are worried, try to change what you're worried about. Eliminating all stress is unrealistic but try not to stress about the minutiae.

Throw away the crap you don't need. For those in the West, there's EBay. For those of us in Japan there are Yahoo Auctions or second-hand shops or the dustbin. You don't need it all. You don't even have the room for it.

There probably isn't a shortcut. Persevere. Life's a bitch.

Buy my book. There isn't a book, certainly not for advice, but you can always email me if you want to get my address to send me some money. About a million quid would do.