☀️ 32 Pieces of Advice I Would Give to My Younger Self

I turned 32 yesterday.

Here are 32 pieces of advice I would give to my younger self (including quotes from books that have left an impression on me) in no particular order.

1. Before you can learn to receive love from others, you need to learn to love yourself first

2. Acceptance of your full self means accepting all parts of you, and allowing all parts to coexist despite all the contradictions.

3. You are enough, just the way you are.

4. You feelings don’t make you weak, they are part of your power and what allow you to connect with your humanity.

5. "Compatibility is an achievement of love; it must not be its precondition" (from The Course of Love)

6. Don't spend too much time worrying about your life's purpose. Finding your purpose is about moment to moment listening, and being each moment fully, authentically, and surrender.

7. “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how” (from Man's Search for Meaning)

8. Silence and stillness are your best friends. Get to know them early and invest time into that relationship, and they will have your back for the rest of your life.

9. There is so much wisdom in your internal world. When you feel lost, the compass and map is all right there within you.

10. "Wherever you go, there you are" (from The Daily Stoic)

11. Pain is inevitable. But suffering is optional.

12. "The invisible world creates the visible world" (from You are a Badass at Making Money)

13. Money is a neutral energy with no agenda or attachment much like water or air. If you can understand and FEEL it, then money will come.

14. “The hardest financial skill is getting the goalpost to stop moving." (from The Psychology of Money)

15. You are going to be unemployed someday, and that's okay. That does not mean you are a failure. It can be your biggest teacher if you take the time to pay attention to what it's trying to tell you.

16. Life is a game that one play according to the rules. And you have to be able to learn the rules before you decide what parts of the game you want to play.

17. "You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish." (from Surely You’re Joking Mr.Feynman)

18. Keep doing things that involve movement, painting, and play. It will help you heal.

19. Dance like no one is watching. Seriously. It feels incredible!

20. Listen to albums, not tracks.

21. You are absolutely creative. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

22. It's okay to not be liked. I know it hurts to be rejected and excluded, but I promise you that it's all going to be okay.

23. You can always find things you can be grateful for. In fact, most things are often invisible to us.

24. "Draw to discover what you see. Write to discover what you think." (from Excellent Advice For Living)

25. Do not be afraid of your light. You do not need to shrink so that other people don't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine.

26. "Share what you love, and the people who love the same things will find you" (from Show Your Work!)

27. The most sustainable path take in life is to build wealth while living a life dedicated to service to others.

28. "You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving" (from When Breath Becomes Air)

29. Randomness, mess, and uncertainties are not glitches in our world. They are all things that actually makes this life worth living.

30. “Neurons that fire together, wire together." (from The Way Out)

31. I am not free until we are all free. Ubuntu: "I am because we are."

32. It is not naive to believe in collective liberation— where we live in a world in which we are all able to exist in harmony with nature, free from the threat of violence, with all the resources needed for all living things on Earth to thrive.

Which piece(s) of advice or quotes resonated most with you?