I wish I had realized that I was still young. I had some early startup-ish projects in the late-nineties/early-2k's, they crashed and burned with the dotcom crash, and I felt like I had lost any chance at making something cool or any kind of impact. I even felt like, at the age of 28, I was too old for dating and had missed all my opportunities. Things picked up for me in every respect — professional and personal — a…
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As someone who just turned 35 last week, thanks for this.
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#52Spent less time in finding a suitable hobby but more time in finding the meaning of life.
What if finding a hobby is the meaning of life?
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#53I wish I'd bought BTC. Joking aside, you should consider investing small amounts of money or time into long-shots. Most of them won't pay off, but if 1 in 20 pans out it could repay the whole lot, and then some.
At least it's not too late to buy some THC
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#55Wear hearing protection if you go to concerts or play in a band.
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#56Saved more and bought a house.
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#58take care of your health, it is the #1 resource you own.
If you suspect you might have an undiagnosed chronic health problem, assume you do indeed, and make getting to the bottom of it Lifetime Project #1.
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#59Spend time before money on things you enjoy. Spend money before time on things you don't.
Happiness is a choice.
It's only the regret for the things we didn't do that is truly inconsolable.
Good luck.
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#60you can always start over.
don't ever think that it's too late to start something or to start over on something. tomorrow will always come no matter how old or young you are. the key is to not let self doubt creep in.