Oh Lordy, I've turned 40.
Saturday is my birthday - my 40th birthday.
And first off, I am celebrating by renting an adorable movie theater and watching the best movie ever made (Inception). You can't change my mind so don't try. It truly is the best movie ever.
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40 things that I've learned in 40 Years
- Fuck really is the best 4 letter word out there. It is the multi tool of words.
- Poor decisions lead to great stories.
- Pickleball deserves all its hype. It brings so many people together from such different walks of life.
- Tell yourself I love myself daily. You deserve to hear this from you.
- Push yourself outside of your comfort zone, because then your comfort zone will grow
- More millennials should be watching YouTube. Here is my short list (Yes Theory, Max Fosh, Kara and Nate)
- Life hack- In a journal write down your 3 wins of the day and then what 3 will be your 3 wins for tomorrow
- Go for your moonshot / craziest dream, even if you fail you would have gotten further than 85% of people.
- Do your kegels
- You are already at a no, so you might as well ask because you might just be at a yes.
- When stuck on an issue with someone, ask “is there a 3rd option?”
- Tacos are life, the variety, it's a balanced food group in itself.
- Travel often, you will never regret travel
- Ask your friend do you want to vent or do you want advice? Sometimes people just want to be heard and don't want advice at the moment.
- When its nice out go out, it might not be later
- Copenhagen is a gem, and I don't know why everyone goes to Paris when you can go to Copenhagen
- The learning is the doing. You can read about everything, but the real learning is the doing.
- Drink less alcohol and drink more water
- Read the book “I will teach you to be rich” if every high school read this we would have a lot better off adults. (Compound Interest Babee)
- I think we should all say Yes, a bit more. (I know unpopular opinion) Say Yes, to going to a group hang where you don't know anyone. Say, yes to learning something new.
- Inception is the best movie ever.
- Go to Australia, I just went there and I don't know why we all go to Europe, go to Australia.
- When someone owns their mistake, that is powerful. Accountability is underrated.
- Social Media has been net neutral on society. In some aspects net positive (community) and others negative (constant comparison) So I am here saying it is net neutral
- You should write your obituary, and then try to figure out how to live up to it, its not that complicated- Warren Buffet
- Why are french fries so damn good?
- Saunas are truly amazing and worth all their hype.
- A head full of fears has no place for dreams.
- Underestimate what you can do in a day, overestimate what you can do in a year.
- Money won't solve all your problems but it will solve your money problems.
- Travel hacking is the best life hack out there.
- Seek work-life fulfillment, not balance.
- Ask strangers to go for a walk and get to know them. One of my favorite moments from last year was when I randomly asked a stranger in Chicago in Millenium Park to go for a walk. What resulted was a 2 hour conversation getting to know a French- Turkish person in the US on a work trip. We humans are more similar than we are different.
- I forgot that reading could be fun, until I started reading fun books again, reading is fun.
- Host an exchange student
- New York Pizza is the best pizza.
- Getting coached changed my life, I can not recommend coaching enough 10/10
- Maybe it's not happening to you, but for you.
- You don't have to love cold plunges, but everyone should try them.
- You are stronger than you think, and are capable of more than you think, get out of your own way and live the life you could only dream of.
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