Eat less, exercise more.
Live within your means.
Take care of yourself and your people.
Keep your ego in check. Know that you are a minuscule part of a vast ecosystem.
Associate with only one.
There are a handful of simple rules for living an excellent life. Yet, our minds seek pleasure elsewhere. We often come to realise when it is too late. For example, I left home for school, and distractions kept me from losing my sense of time and direction. When I reached school, it was too late.
The path appears simple, yet the mind keeps looking for pleasures, wondering around the starting point.
