Exercise: It's your funeral

Die hypothetically, not on stage!

Sorry, but you died. Regardless of your religious beliefs, and money is no object, you’re being thrown a big fancy funeral with limitless attendees. Everyone’s there from your life, no matter how insignificant, or how real. And they’re all giving speeches! Most importantly, they all have to be nice! No matter what grievances they had with you, they have to put a positive spin on it. You never took out the compost bin? “She was an avid amateur biologist, as seen through her tireless search for new life in our compost bin” are you a bit of an alcoholic? Nobody would dare say that at your funeral! “Her knowledge of supermarket wines was unparalleled. Even when she brought round a screw-top, it was not that bad.”. Obviously there’s still plenty of room for passive aggressiveness and backhanded compliments, and some people won’t even pretend to be nice. And let's face it, most of them are going to make it about themselves ;)