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Emotional and ready to quit your job/break up with someone/confront someone?
Write down what you want to say/write. WRITE IT ALL DOWN.
Wait 24 hours. Read it again.
Do you still think you should send it? Then send it.
80% of the time my issue was stupid and my reaction inappropriate, but because I kept my mouth shut, all I had to do was tear up a piece of paper.
Thanks dad. That’s served me well.
Also, even if you are making the right descision in breaking things off, often the more you say the more ammo/pain you are giving to the other party. Most of the time, the “wait 24h” trick makes you realize you are saying too much.
Don’t Panic
Might not ever be the best piece of advice, but it’s always the second best piece of advice in any situation
This is a good piece of advice for hitchhiking around the galaxy
Never make fun of someone’s job. No matter how “beneath you” it is, somebody has to do it, and we should all appreciate that they do it.
What about looksmaxing influencers? I can make fun of their job right?
I think the jury is still out on whether or not that’s a job, so I think it’s allowed for now.
My brother keeps bringing up parking wardens and no matter how I’m trying to put myself in their (employer’s) shoes, I’m unable to convince him.
No, your brothers right. Fuck those assholes.
Hey, there’s always exceptions to the rule. 🤷🏻♂️
Everyone’s got a job, so they can feed themselves at least
Also, they don’t make the rules, they just implement them. They’re not the cause, just the symptom. Go for the cause.
This was specific to calculus homework but it has turned out to be very good advice, “when you don’t know what to do, do something”. Often decisions can be paralyzing or problems can feel insurmountable but doing nothing is a choice. Very rarely is it the best one.
Me: this seems like sound reasoning, I should follow it and be more decisive
My ADHD:
Instructions unclear—(noun) (adjective) (preposition) (noun).
Analysis paralysis is real. And it’s funny, I joke that I made a lot of poor decisions as a kid, I was impulsive, did what came to mind, but it all led me to a pretty good life, and so I’m all about just do it and deal with it.
I am not sure that’s a good in idea, but I’ll reassess from my deathbed.
Never compare yourself to others but only to yourself from the past.
Be grateful for what you have.
When I got my first car my grandmother told me “don’t do anything to it that makes it stand out to the police.”
A friend of mine who was struggling with homelessness and addictions, “In order for things to change, you’ve gotta change some things.”
Simple yet profound.
Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are. I thought it was stupid when I heard it as a kid, but it’s the damned truth and I turned my life for the better after cutting loose some people I should not have called my friends.
Learn how to deal with people.
No matter what you do in life you have to deal with people in some way. Even if they are paid to do what you tell them it’s a huge difference if they put your request on the top or bottom of their pile.
An okay plan applied immediately and vigorously is INFINTELY better than a perfect plan ten minutes too late.
" You gotta be true to who you really are, cause no one’s gotta wear the shoes you got "
Given to me by a former friend, high as a rocket to Venus, upon my stumbling attempt to come out to him twenty years ago
Live below your means, but not too far.
Try not to worry about things you can’t control.
As well as, you can learn more from shitty people than good people when it comes to how to act.
Never pay for any kind of digital content.
Actually, I gave this advice to myself. I hope it counts.
I hear what you’re saying. I would change that to avoid it as much as possible or qualify it by adding only pay for digital content that you can easily identify the value without using the word convenient or if it doesn’t change they way you interact with the app.
Example Paying for digital backups of you personal data is convenient for you and the cloud company to sell your info.
Buying a digital only video game because there’s no other choice is one thing. Buying a $50 character skin is a waste of money because it doesn’t change how the game functions or plays.
In both scenarios I don’t own anything but I get value out of a video game by unwinding and having fun. Giving my data to a stranger and paying them a subscription to double dip when I could just by a USB stick or HDD, is hard to justify.
Buying a movie on Prime for $25 or buying the DVD for $20 seems like a no brainer to me. I own nothing with Prime and if they take it down then I have to pay watch it again on another platform. If I take care of the DVD I will have it forever.
Many things are only a big deal if you make them a big deal
