Advice from a 27-year-old
It’s pretty crazy to think I’ve been on this Earth for 9,861 days. Here are a few things I’ve learned in my 27 years of life:
If you have the option to go out with friends or stay home alone, go out with friends.
The single best question: Why?
Your regrets will be from inaction, never from the results of action.
“There is not a single moment in your life when you do not have everything you need to be happy” — Anthony De Mello
Donate your time, resources, and money regularly.
Never take your friends and family for granted.
Do something you hate to figure out what you love — Casey Neistat
Be in the right place, at the right time, doing the right things, with the right people.
Competition isn’t about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you were yesterday.
Your job, as a student, is to push the boundaries. You can’t get fired from school.
“Truth improves with age.” — Ward Farnsworth
Inspiration has an expiration.
“It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you got to do it every day. That’s the hard part. But it does get easier.” — BoJack Horseman
Always have 3 hobbies. One that keeps you in shape. One that keeps you creative. One that makes you money.
Intermitted fasting is more natural than eating three meals a day.
Watch less, read more.
Extraordinary claims should require extraordinary evidence to be believed.
All good things take time.
Brussel sprouts are very underrated.
Getting fired was the best thing that could have happened.
Getting dumped was the best thing that could have happened.
One thing we share with the Earth is our inevitable death.
Weed is not bad.
Fail Harder. — Weiden & Kennedy
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” — James Cameron
If not now, when?
More is more. — Professor Ulichney
“Good is the enemy of great.” — Jim Collins
Pro baseball players can miss 70% of the time and still make it into the hall of fame. It’s okay to miss.
Nothing is impossible.
Get used to killing your babies.
Don’t eat before bed.
Life’s too short to be angry.
You can’t achieve a goal if you never set one.
The only way to find your path is to walk it.
“There are only three options: you can change it, you can accept it, you can leave it.” — Naval Ravikant
Keep your head held high. (Literally, keeping your head held high, makes you feel more confident, and gives you a new perspective of the world)
Humans aren’t designed to know everything going on in the world at all times. Focus on the news that impacts you, ignore the rest.
Concept is king.
If you chase money your work will suffer.
Make it a great day or not, the choice is yours.
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