I've lost the original source for this. Originally posted in 2013.

1. Smile, not just a small smile. It makes you look lighter in every way.
2. Breathe. Holding your breath is not going to help.
3. Step away form the camera. You look bigger when you fill most of the picture.
4. Watch your posture, stand tall with shoulders at relaxed right angles.
5. Don't stand with you arms pressed to the sides of your body.
6. Turn to the side, the angle gives you some depth versus the wider head on look.
7. Stand with one foot in front of the other.
8. Put your tongue against the roof of your mouth.
9. Push your jaw a bit forward or back to match up your front teeth, top and bottom. 
10. Angle your chin up, slightly. 
11. Camouflage your trouble spots by standing in front of something or someone or hold something in your arms. Set your laptop, purse or other bag at your feet to hide ankles.
12. If possible have the camera angle come from above you, nothing drastic, just enough to be slightly overhead.
13. Romantic, soft or dim lighting will help blur lines of your face and figure flaws too.
14. Wearing black is a long recommended way to look thinner, but wearing colours will actually help brighten up your look and make you seem happier and thinner.
15. Avoid tight clothing but don't wear something over-sized either. Baggy clothes make you seem bulkier.

Once I was the answer to life, the universe and everything. But, life carried on, with different questions.

This is what I was thinking as I woke up this morning. It doesn't fit as a haiku. So its just 'as is'.

I try not to focus on things I don’t like. But, its not easy to just carry on and get past everything. Some things should matter, even if they are kind of small.

One thing that bothers me, not quite enough to be a pet peeve, is having a short (one sentence or even less) reply to a note I’ve spent time to think about, write, and then post. A note being at least a medium length paragraph.

Maybe its something inherited from the cell phone people. Short, impersonal/ care free replies.

Anyway, I’m going to stop thinking about it and just make fresh coffee, throw in another load of laundry, and continue on with my day.

What would you need if you planned to live in a cave for a year? Think about things like a lack of sunlight, heat and the dampness. Also, basic essentials like clean water, sustainable food, something to sleep on, something to wear, and something to do day to day to keep busy. Forget your phone or laptop, the cave doesn’t get Internet for more than an hour a day when the signal hits it just right.

Might be an AI creation. Sad that you can't believe much of anything any more.