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.
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.
Don't touch your face and wash your hands often. Also keep your phone clean.
In the absence of reliable data one must reduce risk.
If you want to create something that will last for a long time, target something that will work today and would have worked also 30 years ago.
When there is no need for electronic devices, don't use them. If you can do one thing better with a pen and paper, use that. Don't try to emulate everything with electronics. Use it when it makes sense. It will make you robust and you will not lose touch with things that have been around for a very long time.
When you have less, you are more antifragile to life. You have less to lose, less of a status quo to lose, less financial burdens, less psychological problems.
Go out in the world and do what you are good at and your mind will be fully focused.
Meditation is a lot of things. The simplest of all is to just focus on breathing and listen to it.
Remove multiple alarms from your phone. When you wake up have the willpower to get up on your own. Be the one that is in control, not the alarm.
I feel misunderstood is not an accurate statement. There is no feeling which is called misunderstood. You may feel anxious, frighten or any positive or negative emotion. When you have identified what you are feeling then you can also address it better.