I have officially been on this
planet for a quarter of a century. Some observations thus far (in a
handy-dandy list of 25 to mark the occasion):
- There are always options.
- Know that those options have consequences.
- Take responsibility for your actions and accept the consequences. Nobody has sympathy for a "victim" who puts themselves in harm's way.
- That being said... shit happens that is out of your control. Focus on what you can control. Revert back to 1.
- Be selfish. No one cares about your struggles more than you do.
- Most people are just trying to survive their own struggles. No one cares about your struggles more than you do.
- Once you've got your life under control, then you'll be in the best position to help others.
- Take care of others, not because you're looking for them to one day return the favor. Then you'll get an idea of what character means.
- Continual reliance leads to dependence.
- Be what you want to see in the world.
- If something is important to you, involve it in your life daily.
- Procrastination means that what you are currently doing is more important than what you “should” be doing. Use that knowledge.
- Your time is finite. Find ways to get rid of or minimize what is not important to you.
- Taking small steps now creates change for the future.
- Your gut instinct is based on the culmination of experiences that bear some relevance to the situation at hand.
- If you place yourself into more situations, your instincts will serve you better.
- You can't truly experience everything. And you don't need to.
- Listen to others' stories. Visualize yourself in their shoes. Experience the past with them.
- Question everything. But take into consideration the answers that are given.
- Curiosity leads you down some interesting paths. Follow them.
- A life well-lived is ultimately judged by the person living it.
- So keep your opinions of others’ life choices to yourself.
- Honesty is so much less work. But it ain’t easy.
- People make time for those who are important to them.
- Death is inevitable. Continuing to focus on the end makes you lose sight of what is happening now.
