I recently turned 18. For some very odd reason I’ve not warmed to the idea of it just yet. However as I began to evaluate my latter years I realized how many mistakes I’ve made and things I’ve learned in a decade of life. 18 year old me to my generation
I took some time to write myself some advice.
18 year old me to my generation
- travel
You have very little responsibility so go and travel. When you get to 30, you’re going to want to travel slightly differently, spend a little more, do slightly more expensive things, eat at slightly better restaurants. So work for a year or two and save enough money to experience the world on the cheap.How do you know what you want to do if you don’t know what’s out there to do?
Read every day. Read everything you can. Don’t just read about things you know about. Read about people… 18 year old me to my generation
- value Time
Don’t waste time on people who you don’t trust. Don’t waste time with lovers who cheat on you. Don’t waste time with friends who don’t treat you the way you treat them Value other people’s time. That means that if you’re late, you don’t give a shit about them or their time and that you think you’re worth more and therefore can keep them waiting. 18 year old me to my generation 
- Patience
Be patient. Nothing worth doing is worth doing quickly. Nothing worth building is worth building in a rush. Nothing of value is formed in a minute.
- Fail
Fail a lot. Fail often. Fail at love. Fail at socializing. Fail at making friends. Fail at work. Fail at business. Fail with family. Fail with existing friends. Fail but do it quickly and learn a lesson, if you don’t learn something every time you fail then all you’ve done is failed. If you learn something, then you’ve grown. Every time you grow and learn and fail, you get better at figuring out how the hell to succeed… 18 year old me to my generation
- People
People are the best and worst thing that will happen to you. Some will help you go further, faster. Others will pull you down to their level and help you lose. Most are OK, many are average, some are excellent.
Plan in decades, think in years, work in months, live in days
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