Shouldnts

Ramaratnam
1 min readNov 4, 2022

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Right from childhood we have been fed innumerable shouldn’ts

He is a short list

You shouldn’t

  1. Tell lies
  2. Steal
  3. Cheat
  4. Eat junk food
  5. Be lethargic
  6. Decide when emotional
  7. Engage with bad company
  8. Get up late
  9. Sleep late
  10. Eat fast
  11. Worry for everything
  12. Waste time
  13. Be impatient
  14. Be stingy
  15. Be jealous
  16. Be envious
  17. Be chronically angry
  18. Keep justifying
  19. Keep complaining
  20. Keep blaming
  21. Be selfish
  22. Be toxic
  23. Be opinionated
  24. Generalise
  25. Be a racist
  26. Be grumpy
  27. Pull a long face
  28. Overthink
  29. Be unsympathetic
  30. Be stuck up
  31. Be a spoilsport
  32. Be a black sheep
  33. Be arrogant
  34. Be supercilious
  35. Indulge in self pity
  36. Be a fair weather friend
  37. Be untrustworthy
  38. Be disloyal
  39. Be a show off
  40. Talk out of turn
  41. Be disrespectful
  42. Put down anyone
  43. Procrastinate
  44. Hate anyone
  45. Hold grudges
  46. Forget to ….
  47. Make others wait
  48. Spend beyond your means
  49. Give up on yourself
  50. Be a loser
  51. Be sarcastic
  52. Be cynical
  53. Be stubborn
  54. Be unkind
  55. Adopt double standards
  56. Regret the past
  57. Go back on your word
  58. Be superstitious

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Ramaratnam

Live in Chennai, India. Interested in life subjects and how the mind works. Articles attempt to give perspectives on life