To my future child,
Over the years I have collected a lot of advices and kept the ones that are quite useful. Here are some simple rules so you can navigate the boring stuff of life and enjoy the less boring parts of it.
I hope that they will help you and that you may add some more to them, pass them along so people you care about will enjoy life with you, because a life in solitary and with no one to share what you know with, is a life not well lived.
When you thing that what you are hearing is offending you. Stop and ask yourself this 1. Is it true? If yes why be upset about the truth. 2. Is it a lie? If yes why be upset about a lie.
Skin in the game is when somebody has both traits of an outcome. Positive outcome - reaping the benefits. Negative outcome - paying a price. You can't and shouldn't be able to transfer the risk.
Get out, walk, leave your house, drive somewhere, do something different.
Less is more can be applied to everything, start using it more deliberately throughout your day and life.
Here are some examples of manifestation of negative emotions: Frustration - when approaching a goal and you are blocked. Disappointment - when pursuing a goal and it doesn't work. Grief - when loosing something. Pain - marker for damage. Anxiety - marker for the possibility of damage.
Try to limit your exposure to social media as much as you can. They are not bad. They are a tool. Tools need to be used appropriately. Don't compare yourself to others on social media, you don't know what the influencer you are following is doing to show off like that. Use social media for what they are, a tool to socialize. Leave the comparison and hierarchy for the real life.
If you are an entrepreneur here is a simple example on how to get customers on your social media page. Imagine you are running a restaurant. Print out a big sign: Do you have Instagram / Pinterest / Whatever ? Usually people will ask about it, when they do, reply that you can get a free desert if you put on your social media pager if you like it or not.
This advice has to start with a disclaimer, if you have a medical condition, you are very lean, a bearing woman or in general have any medical condition consult with your physician first. Fasting is the process of depriving your body of food during a particular window of time which is usually at least 16 hours and at most 24 hours. In this time frame you may not eat or drink anything that contains calories (coffee and water are acceptable). The benefits of this are to give your body a break from metabolising food all day, it helps to kick start your body into ketosis and starts the autophagy procedure. The general idea is not to eat, it will make you leaner, look younger and may prevent some forms of cancer.
Resist the urge to suppress randomness. Don't create a strict schedule for everything.
Humans care about narratives and a good story, but reality only cares about results and getting things done.