When someone finally sits you down and tells it like it is, it can be a hard pill to swallow. If you want to really enjoy life, you need to get to the nitty gritty fast and cut the crap out of your life so you can spend time on the things that matter to you
When you are authentic, candid, and straightforward, not only will you be more successful, but you will be more fulfilled—and so will everyone around you. When you are afraid to admit to your failings, you live in fear. The counter to living in fear is to boldly and honestly say what you think.
An uncomfortable but powerful truth that took most of my 20’s to internalize: There’s an opportunity cost to everything worthwhile in life. No matter what you’re trying to accomplish, you’ll have to give up something in order to make it happen.
Every colossal question through the phases in my life have the same answer. From when I was kid being asked what I want to be when I grow up, to when I was in college trying to decide what I wanted to do, and being an adult now with no idea what the future holds. The answer is the same: “I just want to be happy.”
We all have our own paths. The trajectory of those paths drastically varies depending on a number of circumstances; “and one common misconception that I urge you to rid yourself of is that you’re ‘behind.’
Adulting is harder than it looked on the front of the brochure. The biggest surprise about becoming all grown up that no one ever talks about…adulthood…never…stops.
Life is short. Do everything in your power to make it amazing. Remember that success doesn’t always mean how much money you make.
