Mine:
- Learn a second language and keep up with the language your parents speak. You will regret being a brat about not wanting to speak this language especially as your family members pass.
- The only opinions about you that really matter are from the people you respect and who respect you back
- Being a kind humble person, who leads their political convictions with curiosity and not self righteousness is important. As that one person said: “I am no hero and neither are you.”
- Don’t throw out your old media (mix cds, tapes, records, photos, zinee, etc) because you think they’re embarrassing. They either will not be embarrassing later or they will become expensive and you can tell them for mad bucks.
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Do more drugs. Have more sex. The world is going to burn anyways.
What you see, hear or read is not what people think.
I tried to write a post a couple times and the themes that keep coming up are “get good at money” and “practice delayed gratification”
It’s easy to spend money you don’t have on credit cards, and then have a horrible time later trying to pay them all off plus the 30% interest. Don’t do that. Don’t just buy stuff because it’s there and easy.
Make a budget. You don’t need to be fancy but you need to be honest. Add up your net income. Add up your expenses. Go actually look at your bank statement and see what you’re spending, not just what you remember.
Join your local library. Read books. They probably have other media to borrow, too.
Join meetups and other local groups. Meet people. Humans are social creatures.
Try to create more and consume less. Volunteer in meat space.
I do not take my own advice.
Always cut the cards and smile when you lose.
Take
Care
Of
Your
TEETH
This. So much this. The dental industry is a racket, costs way more than it has any right to, and it been separate from health insurance is a joke.
But, if your teeth are bad enough, they can kill you. So take care of them.
I’m struggling with my teeth every day.
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Take care of your teeth. Floss daily.
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Strengthen your core. Lower back pain in your 30’s is a bitch.
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If you believe the current financial system will still exist in the next 30 years, start investing early. A little amount here and there builds up if you start early.
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Don’t work too hard, don’t worry about finding a job you love to do, love your life, be able do your work without it affecting you very much.
Don’t listen to any politician, they are all liars, even the one you think is different.
Meet your neighbors, join a local group of any kind, find community in real life and proximal to you, not just online.
Don’t listen to internet influences, they’re all out to harm you.
Do crazy shit in your 20’s. It’s harder to do crazy shit when you’re older.
Meet your neighbors, join a local group of any kind, find community in real life and proximal to you, not just online.
To add to that (it’s great advice BTW): when shit hits the fan, neighbours are usually more helpful than far away relatives.
crazy shit like what owo
Move around, date around, try new, weird things. Don’t settle down yet. You can do that in your 30’s, it’ll be fine.
Enjoy the nightlife, it’ll be harder to stay awake for it later, (though don’t fool yourself into thinking fun and nightlife ends when you’re 30)
Try different jobs, industries. Travel.
Your health is your wealth. Be kind to all animals.
It’s okay to acknowledge that some advice given to you by older folks of Lemmy is questionable and of limited value!
But then what if this the questionable advice? Now I’m stuck in a loop!
Don’t eat yellow snow.
Dont listen to the advice of unsuccessful people. Sure, keep it as a cautionary tale in the back of the your mind what not to do. But concentrate on the the suggestions of people who had success.
But success isnt only meassured in material form or status. Understanding what makes YOU happy is way more important. Money and status obviosly will help with that to some extent. But its important to not loose focus by chasing imaginary dragons.
Wear sunscreen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI
Sunscreen has chemicals, so I only use it when swimming or at the beach.
I usually have thin long sleeves and a hat to protect from the sun.
It’s absolutely fine to realize that something - that you previously thought you wanted to achieve - is not for you, and decide to give up on it; but you should try to make sure that you have had at least one experience in life where achieving something (or learning it, etc) turned out to be much more difficult than you thought, but you kept persevering until you overcame the challenge.
Maybe this is not actually great advice, but (speaking for myself) it has greatly increased my confidence in my abilities and potential, as well as my general self-belief.
Eat more nuts they’ll break your teeth when you’re 45
