- Consume less, read more. Replace your endless scrolling with books. Your mental health and eyes will thank you.
- Take more photos. Of you. Of your loved ones. Of all the places you have been to. Of all the things you like. Don’t worry about the photos looking good. Save them for your future self. Keep them private.
- Live one day at a time. With long-term goals still in mind, remember that overnight life can change. Do the best you can with what you have every single day and worry about the future when it arrives.
- Show up every day, even when it’s challenging. Your efforts will compound in the long term. You will consequently become resilient to many struggles.
- Spend more time conversing with the ones most important to you. Deepening a few core relationships will provide you better returns than trying to meet everybody where they are.
- Everyone is fallible. The people you look up to the most will make mistakes. But it’s not a mistake you should pay attention to. It is how they follow up that sets someone apart.
- It’s okay to pursue interests that won’t advance your career. Every skill worth pursuing does not need to be monetized.
- Just write, don’t overthink it. Share your learnings and best ideas with the world. Write about your emotions, spiritual being, plans, and everything personal, but keep those for yourself in a private journal.
- Your diet affects everything. Your energy levels, your mood, your overall health. Even if you struggled to eat healthy growing up like I did, it is never too late to change.
- Aim to accomplish three important things every day. If you get overwhelmed like I do, aim to finish three and focus on the rest the next day. Repeat this every single day.
- Ask for help more often. You can’t do everything alone, and nobody is expecting you to.
- Always be the bigger person. How positively you respond when wronged speaks more to your character than the other person. Don’t level the playing field — elevate it.
- Consume less, create more. Similar to lesson one, replace the endless scrolling with projects. Code, design, write, record a video, and take photos. You’ll discover things about yourself that you didn’t know before.
- Tell people how you feel more often. If you miss someone, don’t hesitate to text them. If you are upset with someone, don’t bottle it in. If something needs to change, communicate that.
- Don’t assume, ask. There’s a random weird quote I remember “When you assume, you make an ass out of you and me.” Don’t do that.
- Have a bias for action. When something needs to be done — do it. Don’t wait for others to solve things for you all the time.
- Don’t hesitate to spend money on experiences. Save up for them. They are almost always worth it.
- Sing carelessly, dance in front of the mirror, and throw a rave at 7 am in the morning while brushing your teeth. Good music will always put you in a good mood. I spent over 60,000 minutes listening to music this year according to Spotify. Guilty.
- How you treat yourself is how others will treat you. Treat yourself with care and respect. Don’t speak low of yourself because it will grant others permission to do the same to you.
- Phone calls are better than texting. Many will disagree, but I love to hear people’s voices. I feel closer to who I am speaking with when I hear their voice.
- Call your loved ones more often. I am sure you’ve heard this one before.
- Multi-task less. Give people your undivided attention. Be present. Put the phone down, you self-absorbed zombie. >:(
- Have zero expectations of others. Only expect the world and more from yourself. You only have control over your own thoughts and your output.
