Playing by your Own Rules
I have a friend who is such a feminist that when she plays cards she makes it so the Queen is more valuable than the King. She is sick of the idea that the male card is more valuable than the female card, so she changes the rules. What about the Jack? I don’t know… so, I am not sure if I agree with the consistency of logic, but I definitely like the idea of changing the rules of the game when it does not suit me.
Sure, she is not playing cards by the universal rules, but who cares? Most people make up their own rules of games to make it more fun (I have seen all kinds of crazy rules around the "Free Parking" loot for Monopoly for example), or to make the boring parts of the game move along more quickly… so why not (like my friend) change the rules for ideological reasons as well?
The more that I think of it, the more I see room for changing rules and doing things my own way. In life, in work, in relationships… why not step outside, break the norm and do things differently? Maybe you can think of some ways to step out of the norm too. For ideological reasons, for fun or just to move more quickly through the boring parts 
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