{"id":137932,"date":"2023-06-25T14:01:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T07:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/trying-to-be-good-isnt-easy-where-do-i-begin-emma-beddington\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T07:29:39","slug":"trying-to-be-good-isnt-easy-where-do-i-begin-emma-beddington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/trying-to-be-good-isnt-easy-where-do-i-begin-emma-beddington\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying to be good isn\u2019t easy. Where do I begin? | Emma Beddington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nI\u2019ve previously shunned self-improvement, because it is not fun, but while tending for a garden, I am able to work on myselfHow do you go about being good? I ask because I\u2019ve been hung up recently on trying to be, well\u2026 better. It\u2019s a bit ridiculous and embarrassing; also, if asked to corroborate, my family would definitely say they haven\u2019t noticed. I\u2019m not aiming for saintly. I haven\u2019t started believing some celestial bouncer will decide whether I get to live on a cloud with Captain Tom, or send me downstairs to change king-sized duvet covers and parallel park for all eternity watched by Hitler and Stalin while listening to HMRC hold music. It\u2019s more that I\u2019m increasingly conscious of how far I still am from being a decent human, able to do what a person should: have healthy relationships, be compassionate, floss regularly, live within planetary boundaries, that sort of thing.It\u2019s a mini-midlife crisis, I guess. Wouldn\u2019t it have been more fun to try ayahuasca or get radicalised on Facebook and start attacking 5G masts (which seems to be a middle-aged thing round my way)? It\u2019s certainly new. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2023\/jun\/25\/trying-to-be-good-isnt-easy-where-do-i-begin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trying to be good isn\u2019t easy. 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