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.
There are two kinds of jobs. The ones that are affected by gravity and the ones that are not. For instance a doctor will only heal so many patients he/she has time for. A baker will create one bread for each customer. On the other hand a writer will create once the book and it will be read by thousands. The difference is the scalability of each job. You have to know in what profession you are so you can plan accordingly.
When you try to predict the future, consider that the present is here. The probability of it existing is very high, you can feel it and see it. The closer the present is to now, the higher the probability is that you can predict it.
Resist the urge to suppress randomness. Don't create a strict schedule for everything.
Don't celebrate events with your children by eating food. If something bad happens don't cheer them up with food.
Go out in the world and do what you are good at and your mind will be fully focused.
If something is old, it will probably be around for quite some time. A book that exists for 100 years will also be around in the next 100 years. This is called the Lindy effect.
Try to have an option around your choices. Don't be forced into using a particular one. On the other hand, if there is no viable alternative, don't sweat it.
Do not wander around asking what the meaning of life is, great philosophers have yet to answer that question. Turn that question around and go ahead and live your life by giving meaning to it.
You don't need so much of it. If you need much sugar, it is usually a sign that something else is wrong.
Don't judge people, don't condemn people and also don't whine about people.