Friday, March 2, 2018

Things I would tell my 20 year old self

Here is a list of ideas I would tell my 20 year old self:

 1.  be yourself
2.  Follow your bliss
3.  The virtues (particularly of virtue, wisdom and prudence and courage and character and identity  and culture)
4.  Listen to ocean and water sounds (reference Zuangzi)
5.  Keep dreaming
6.  Find purpose
7.  Study Joseph Campbell, Viktor Frankl, Balthasar Gracian, Epicurus, Noam Chomsky
8.  Your interest in history might be a good thing; try some philosophy too
9.  Study quotes and maxims
10.  Write down and review your goals and dreams
11.  Address Limiting Beliefs.  Have a concept of a Limiting belief and how to address them.
12.  Take cold showers
13.  Drink plenty of water
14.  Analyze "why", not just "how and what"
15.  Review and write down your dreams, thoughts, and goals.  Review them casually so as not to try too hard.   Use goal-setting skills as your libertarian "degree".
16.  Keep journals, either online, on your computer, or physically
17.  Don't subordinate yourself to institutions of obedience and indoctrination (be it churches, schools, corporations)
18.  Study freedom
19.  Have an exercise routine (and review it to improve it).  Use bodyweight exercises so you don't have to drive to the gym.
20.  Follow your heart, intuition, instincts.   As for reason; consider substittutes such as ethics and prudence.
21. Register for a free trial at some genealogy site; or consider that there are free ones.  Get to know your routes a bit better
22.  The Islamic golden age as an intellectual epic in history
23.  Travel, history, philosophy, self improvement
24.  How to mindstorm (and/or read Brian Tracy?)
25.  Monitor your excuses
26.  Own it and fix it
27.  Be a man; not a credential.   If a piece of paper is that important to you; then write down your goals and learn goal setting.
20.  Brainstorm 20 ideas at a time.
21.  Be yourself, but beware of excuses!
22.  Raise your standards!
23.  Write a routine and subroutine for the sake of exercises and/or fastidiousness
24.  Continute doing bodyweight exercises (that way you don't have to spend time and money going to the gym!)
25.  IF you want to do something; you may find a way.  If not, you may find an excuse
26.  Even compare standards
27.  Raise your standards of honesty, honor, and accountability.  

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