Life Lessons Less Common

round 1

• Serve people, not causes or organizations. Cut out the middlemen.
• "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life" is only viable if the permission of your employer or a governing body is not required.
• Silence and freedom are far more valuable than money and stuff.
• Any response other than an enthusiastic yes is a no. Conversely, if you not enthused to perform an action then you've been
• Plan your days around your sleep schedule.
• Become an autodidactic Renaissance man, and people will call you a genius; a lot.
• Display your wealth and you'll paint a target on your back.
• Reevaluate the rules and systems put in place by those who are now dead.

round 2

• The lives of famous people do not belong to them.
• Read the Wikipedia page on Hyperreality to see bullshit for what it is.
• If your life plan requires a degree, interview the people who hold it and ask the toughest questions.
• Do not buy or rent software from publicly traded companies. Enshittification is inevitable.
• Listen to music with lyrics as the third person. Never as the first unless you want to become more like the character portrayed.
• Start your retirement project now. When you reach the age, you'll have the XP to teach others and generate income when you run out of money.
• FU money starts at 6 months' worth of living expenses.
• Minimalism is the most potent poison to the system.

round 3

• Know when you have enough.
• Don't give your MEAT (Money, Effort, Attention & Time) to undisciplined adults.
• Drive in silence whenever possible.
• Video games are an absolute waste of time. You'll find greater joy and satisfaction with accoimplishments in this reality.
• Choose your suffering or one will be assigned to you.
• There exists a job where you cannot quit and cannot be fired. Use that environment wisely.
• Solidify your values as early as possible. It'll make long term planning and short term decision making significantly easier.
• When an old man with a grey beard speaks; listen. His foolish and unwise peers are probably dead.

round 4

• Measure your freedom by the list of tasks you must complete.
• In order to eat you must first open your mouth. If you say nothing when faced with a problem, then there will be no solution. Silence in this case is an endorsement.
• When there is nothing more to learn, leave.
• The older you get the harder it is to hide how you've lived. Unless you're Dorian Gray.
• Smirk at the fool who shames you for asking questions.
• Any romantic relationship formed outside of the explicit purpose of loving and raising children is just another form of entertainment.
• Measure people by how their actions align with their stated values.
• A man who does not read is no better off than a man who cannot.

round 5

• Intrepret disrespect as a call for departure. Words are not required.

(7 remaining)

That's all for now. Gotta go live.