It's a long way to the top

It's not easy is it? Whatever it is.

It is:

1. being a bloke
2. being a dad
3. staying sane
4. staying
5. earning money
6. knowing what the right thing to do is
7. loving people
8. saying no
9. finding a 255 numberplate
10. remembering what needs to be remembered
11. forgetting what needs to be forgotten
    
12. living for the moment
13. planning for the future
14. supporting a football team
15. feeling valuable
16. listening
17. keeping hold of dreams
18. sleeping
19. not drinking
20. not eating
21. being interesting
22. explaining to myself why no-one is reading this blog
23. fitting everything into one day
24. or one life
25. finding silence
26. to ignore a ringing phone
27. to accept that other people find these things easy
28. to explain exactly what you mean
29. to say what you want at the right moment
30. to live according to a set of principles
31. to paint a sash window so that it still opens
32. to work on your own without going crazy
33. to work with other people without going crazy
34. to organise childcare during school holidays
35. to go out and stay in at the same time