Dec 2013
I bet you thought I didn't have anything left in the tank. Bet you thought that I was done giving mind blowing advice on how to approach this crazy thing we call life. Well...you were wrong.
1. Often cases, how good a story you end up with is inversely proportional to how good a decision it was that led to it. Don't be afraid to make some bad decisions every once in awhile, because those are the stories you're gonna be telling for years to come. Even when you know it's a bad decision. Sure, you might wake up naked in a ditch on the New Jersey turnpike with a some blurry memories, a hangover, a tattoo of some girl named Francesca on your chest, and an ounce of black-tar ****** shoved up your ***...but you know what? You started this little adventure at a black-tie dinner party in Santa Monica, so I'm willing to bet some interesting **** happened between here and then.
2. Don't be someone who never breaks the mold. When you're lying on your death bed and someone asks you to tell them about your life, do you want to lean over and whisper to them that you always did exactly what people expected? That you carefully listened for society's cues on how to represent yourself at every point in your life? **** no. You want to tell them you broke off the road and went searching for the oddities that this world has to offer. You want to tell them that you gave the ******* to society and did what you wanted because, you know what? It's your ******' life and you only get one shot at it, so you might as well make it memorable. Being normal is boring as hell.
3. Talk to everyone. Talk to them about uncomfortable things. Talk to them about their hopes and dreams. Talk to them about their fears. Just ****** talk to them. Real conversations always leave you with something you didn't had before. Real conversations make you think about your positions. Get passionate when you talk. Challenge their views and allow yours to be challenged as well. Do you think you know everything? Yeah, I bet you do. Why aren't you out solving everyone's problems then, you selfish *******.
4. Whoever you are, be proud of that. If you're not proud of who you are, chances are you arent happy with yourself. If you're not happy with who you are, change something. If you're still not happy, change something else. Still not happy? Guess what. Change another ******' thing. Are you happy? Good. Now change something else anyway, because an interesting life isn't built on stagnation.
I hope you've all learned something today.
Also, I'd like to remind you to never take advice from strangers on the Internet. That's just stupid.
1. Often cases, how good a story you end up with is inversely proportional to how good a decision it was that led to it. Don't be afraid to make some bad decisions every once in awhile, because those are the stories you're gonna be telling for years to come. Even when you know it's a bad decision. Sure, you might wake up naked in a ditch on the New Jersey turnpike with a some blurry memories, a hangover, a tattoo of some girl named Francesca on your chest, and an ounce of black-tar ****** shoved up your ***...but you know what? You started this little adventure at a black-tie dinner party in Santa Monica, so I'm willing to bet some interesting **** happened between here and then.
2. Don't be someone who never breaks the mold. When you're lying on your death bed and someone asks you to tell them about your life, do you want to lean over and whisper to them that you always did exactly what people expected? That you carefully listened for society's cues on how to represent yourself at every point in your life? **** no. You want to tell them you broke off the road and went searching for the oddities that this world has to offer. You want to tell them that you gave the ******* to society and did what you wanted because, you know what? It's your ******' life and you only get one shot at it, so you might as well make it memorable. Being normal is boring as hell.
3. Talk to everyone. Talk to them about uncomfortable things. Talk to them about their hopes and dreams. Talk to them about their fears. Just ****** talk to them. Real conversations always leave you with something you didn't had before. Real conversations make you think about your positions. Get passionate when you talk. Challenge their views and allow yours to be challenged as well. Do you think you know everything? Yeah, I bet you do. Why aren't you out solving everyone's problems then, you selfish *******.
4. Whoever you are, be proud of that. If you're not proud of who you are, chances are you arent happy with yourself. If you're not happy with who you are, change something. If you're still not happy, change something else. Still not happy? Guess what. Change another ******' thing. Are you happy? Good. Now change something else anyway, because an interesting life isn't built on stagnation.
I hope you've all learned something today.
Also, I'd like to remind you to never take advice from strangers on the Internet. That's just stupid.
