{"id":17675,"date":"2021-01-02T08:13:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T15:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=17675"},"modified":"2021-01-02T08:14:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T15:14:34","slug":"overnight-news-how-do-you-make-the-most-of-the-new-year-rule-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17675\/overnight-news-how-do-you-make-the-most-of-the-new-year-rule-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: How do you make the most of the New\u00a0Year? Rule\u00a0#7."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_16586\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ya think it's easy?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI had a New Year&#8217;s play date with my favorite puppy. I&#8217;m exhuasted \u2013 but I smell like\u00a0puppy,\u201d<\/p><\/div>The seven rules of The Church of Splendor are mental- and moral-management strategies for an appropriately-prioritized anarchist egoist life \u2013 that being mine. You&#8217;re free to make free with them:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I don\u2019t go to your church.<\/li>\n<li>I am not arguing with you.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t be an asshole.<\/li>\n<li>Butthurt is not contagious.<\/li>\n<li>Never play the other man\u2019s game.<\/li>\n<li>Keep your own counsel.<\/li>\n<li>Look out for your own.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The one that matters most right now? Rule #7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My perennial New Year&#8217;s admonition:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/selfadoration.com\/want-to-be-a-better-more-perfect-version-of-yourself-master-something-difficult-this-year\/5383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Want to be a better, more-perfect version of yourself? Master something difficult this year.<\/a> My bite of the apple: I already know how to play the ukulele, so this year I&#8217;m going learn how to work the supply side of the real estate market.<\/p>\n<p>In a world without real estate news:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The New York Post:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/01\/portland-kicks-off-2021-with-another-riot-for-the-new-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland kicks off 2021 with a riot for the new year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glenn Greenwald:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/greenwald.substack.com\/p\/the-kafkaesque-imprisonment-of-julian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Kafkaesque Imprisonment of Julian Assange Exposes U.S. Myths About Freedom and Tyranny.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FEE.org:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/the-fight-to-keep-schools-closed-has-proven-thomas-sowell-right-about-teachers-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Fight to Keep Schools Closed Has Proven Thomas Sowell Right About Teachers\u2019 Unions.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Barone:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/michaelbarone\/2021\/01\/01\/the-year-america-went-crazy-n2582400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Year America Went Crazy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The National Pulse:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/exclusive\/former-reps-sponsored-trips-to-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Senior U.S. Officials Taking CCP-Subsidized Trips, Dinners For \u2018Favorable Coverage\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The New York Post:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/01\/2020-sees-north-american-box-office-plummet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 was an absolute bloodbath for box offices.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fender.com:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fender.com\/articles\/play\/7-reasons-to-play-ukulele\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 Reasons You Should Play the Ukulele.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspiration:<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dEDHdBG_5ac?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI had a New Year&#8217;s play date with my favorite puppy. I&#8217;m exhuasted \u2013 but I smell like\u00a0puppy,\u201dThe seven rules of The Church of Splendor are mental- and moral-management strategies for an appropriately-prioritized anarchist egoist life \u2013 that being mine. You&#8217;re free to make free with them: I don\u2019t go to your church. I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18060,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18060\/overnight-news-the-first-rule-of-riot-club\/","url_meta":{"origin":17675,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: The first rule of Riot\u00a0Club&#8230;","author":"Greg Swann","date":"April 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I am training a puppy this weekend, so my concentration comes in batches as big as 90 seconds at a time. 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