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Change your routine once a week.
Change this routine once in a while.
Limit your intake of sugar without being obsessive about it.

Give up trying to be something special.
Don’t smoke.
Don’t get obviously drunk or slur your words.
Don’t physically hurt any living thing.
When in a dialogue, get in touch with that part of you that
is nosy but not intrusive, remembering that real life is far
more interesting than television.

Don’t be anxious to verbalize a parallel from your own
experience.
Don’t act out your joy to the point of being phony.

Don’t let your sadness turn you into the kind of grump
that’s a pain in the ass to be with.
Do not use hair slick’um.
Don’t repeat yourself.

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I’ve left some blanks here for you to list a few of your own notions
relevant to the Pleasant Person Act. You might want to use this information
as a basis for shoring up your own act, so make sure that what you write
reflects your conscious choice and not your gremlin’s shoulds and fears.

Remember, you’re not your act.