"... I only beseech your wisdom about what mistakes/naivetes I'll incur in my twenties, oh the elders of the Hacker News ..."
- value life: that as bad as things may get never loose sight that the objective is to get old. [0]
- time: doing a little, a lot adds up. So practice that "foo" or do that "bar" over a long period of time the repeated task adds up. Be generous in your time with others. Time is the ultimate gift.
- be good: if you see something wrong fix it, something bad speak up as evil triumphs when seemingly good people do nothing.
- work on something of value: don't waste your time on trivial crap of marginal value. Work on something that is/or will be valuable now or in the future.
- learn perspective: laugh at your misfortune, cry at injustice and don't fret at things lost.
- work hard: don't do things half-arsed.
- have fun when doing: because it makes things a whole lot more interesting.
- learn from mistakes: don't make the same ones twice.
- evaluate: don't take things at face value, evaluate and adjust to your environment such as work, friends, values.
- rest: learn that there is a time to work, a time to play and time to rest.
"... I'd like to cheat in life and instead of learning my life lessons the hard way, I'd like to skip ahead and read the ending of the current chapter that I'm currently on ..."
If you don't get burnt, how will you learn from these lessons? You really only learn from experience.
[0] After catching up with some mates last week I was amazed at the number of (male) mates who killed themselves in there 20's for what at the time seemed important but in hindsight trivial.
- value life: that as bad as things may get never loose sight that the objective is to get old. [0]
- time: doing a little, a lot adds up. So practice that "foo" or do that "bar" over a long period of time the repeated task adds up. Be generous in your time with others. Time is the ultimate gift.
- be good: if you see something wrong fix it, something bad speak up as evil triumphs when seemingly good people do nothing.
- work on something of value: don't waste your time on trivial crap of marginal value. Work on something that is/or will be valuable now or in the future.
- learn perspective: laugh at your misfortune, cry at injustice and don't fret at things lost.
- work hard: don't do things half-arsed.
- have fun when doing: because it makes things a whole lot more interesting.
- learn from mistakes: don't make the same ones twice.
- evaluate: don't take things at face value, evaluate and adjust to your environment such as work, friends, values.
- rest: learn that there is a time to work, a time to play and time to rest.
"... I'd like to cheat in life and instead of learning my life lessons the hard way, I'd like to skip ahead and read the ending of the current chapter that I'm currently on ..."
If you don't get burnt, how will you learn from these lessons? You really only learn from experience.
[0] After catching up with some mates last week I was amazed at the number of (male) mates who killed themselves in there 20's for what at the time seemed important but in hindsight trivial.