Twenty five random tips that come to my mind as I say bye to my first quarter century. Not in any particular order.
- Negotiate job offers, the recruiter (who are pros) will always rip you off if you don’t fight for yourself
- Automatic savings every paycheck, same with getting your Roth IRA / 401k
- Lack of sleep will catch up to you once you hit 20s, big time, you are not the animal you once were
- Floss, cavities (or dentures or crowns) can bankrupt people
- Find people you can grow with and stay with them in all areas of life
- Make eye contact with people
- Have good postures, slouching shoulders are very visible
- Learn basic social dancing
- Visit your parents more often
- Extension to #5: If you can’t imagine being ____ with someone in ten years, why bother?
- Eat more vegetables and less carbs
- Manage your attention span
- Read books
- Get fresh air, go for a walk
- Don’t have regrets, but don’t use that as excuse to be irresponsible and obviously dumb
- Debt sucks
- Have a good past, your name and reputation will never leave you in good or bad
- Exercise in ways you like consistently
- Laugh more
- Write letters and cards to people, it’s nice
- Curse words are more effective when you use them strategically
- Before you say something negative about someone, take two seconds and think if they might be going through something
- Don’t gaslight people, especially your loved ones and yourself
- Being a junkie of anything is probably dangerous
- God is great