24 Bits of Gratuitous Advice

I’m 24. I feel like I’m boxing demons but fuck it! Is there a worse demon than myself? I might as well embrace it and create that kind of self I will be happy to live with for the rest of my fleeting days here. I hope no-one’s reading but if you are, I hope you get a thing or two from this. Here are 24 pithy bits of unsolicited advice to me and my demons, or rather to myself.

• THOU SHALL NOT BE BROKE

• Cheap things are expensive.

• There are no get rich quick schemes. That's just someone else getting rich off you

• For every dollar you spend purchasing something substantial, expect to pay a dollar in repairs, maintenance, or disposal by the end of its life.

• If you get your mind in order, everything else gets that much easier.

• Learning never exhausts the mind

• Being enthusiastic is worth 25 IQ points.

• The Golden Rule will never fail you. It is the foundation of all other virtues.

• Greatness is only possible if you believe, without any doubt, that the future is bright.

• Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.

• Inspiration is perishable, act on it immediately

• Regret will haunt you more than failure.

• Learn to be kind without being a doormat, tolerant without being a degenerate, and strong without being an asshole.

• There’s no them, it’s always you vs yourself.

• Never lie to people that trust you, and never trust people that lie to you

• Feeling sad after making a decision, doesn’t mean it was a wrong decision.

• You are what you do. Not what you say, not what you believe, not how you vote, but what you spend your time on.

• No matter what happens, you’re always the problem. Even if that isn’t true, better to act as if it is, so you can focus on solutions rather than pity.

• Envy is an illusion. The part of the person that we envy doesn’t exist without the rest of that person. If we aren’t willing to trade places with them completely - their life, their body, their thoughts - then there is nothing to be envious about.

• Life is not tiring. Wanting life to be a certain way but not having the confidence to make it that way, is tiring.

• A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought-they must be earned.

• There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.

• Make your peace with death, and you will begin to see life differently.

• RESERVE YOUR FUCKS FOR WHAT TRULY MATTERS.