Follow this guide before writing your list of the best movies, albums, video games, books, TV shows, oysters, farms, zoos, and websites of the year.

10. Thing that is good.

9. Thing that isn’t as a good as #10.

8. Thing that everyone else hated because everyone else doesn’t “get it.”

7. Thing that everyone else thinks should be #1.

6. Thing that everyone forgot about.

5. Thing that isn’t good, but it’s about something important, so you have to add it.

4. Thing that is bad but is on the list as a cheap attempt to get page views.

3. Something about Kanye West or Darren Aronofsky.

2. Thing that no one has heard of and is written up as if you have single-handedly discovered the world’s greatest thing. You are such a wonderful person for finding this thing. Statues should be built in your honor and all people of Earth should worship you for your ability to find obscure great things. However, upon further review, the thing you found isn’t that great at all. It’s kind of boring, really. (But keep that part to yourself.)

1. Obvious choice.