This Could Be Just As Important

I heard a saying once a long time ago that made profound sense to me, "You don't get what you don't ask for." In the context of the time it was meant to convey the idea in a relationship that the other person is most likely not a mind reader and if you want something you need to communicate clearly what it is you want.

But just as equally important I think it is good to know what you don't want. What you don't like. Now for you I will share some of the things I don't like.

-taking immuno-suppresant drugs.
-snakes.
-most chocolate.
-apples.
-nightmares. two nights ago I had at least 4 that I awoke yelling from.
-ice.
-being so sick I spew from both ends simultaneously.
-not making as much money as I used to.
-the effects addiction has on people, their lives and their family.
-90% of all musicals.
-reality tv shows.
-country music after 1979.
-dental work.
-clueless or entitled people who have no idea about the social contract we all should live by.
-paying for parking.
-speed limits.
-caffeine.
-the idea that to build one group up you must tear another down.
-Volkswagon.
-China.
-slasher/torture movies.

I've found that knowing what I don't like does make it easier to find what I do like. Even if it is my own, at least it's a formed opinion.