Underrated life advice: Have more hobbies and fewer opinions. Learn an instrument. Plant a garden. Build something with your hands. Cook. Paint. Run. The happiest people I know spend less time debating life and more time actually living it.
When someone says "must be nice," here's what they mean:
"I'd rather resent YOU than change ME."
"I want what you have but won't do what you did."
"Watching you succeed makes me feel guilty about my choices."
The same people resenting your success are financing trucks they can't afford to show off to people that don't matter.
So if you're doing the work to pay off debt & build a better future for your family...
Stop apologizing.
Stop pretending you got lucky.
And stop shrinking your wins to make others feel more comfortable.
You're on the right path.
10 things I know at 34 that I wish I knew at 24:
1. Don't lease anything
2. Open a Roth IRA
3. Don't pick stocks
4. Choose 1-5 ETFs
5. Invest in your health
6. Automate everything
7. Don't keep score
8. Pray more
9. Call your parents
10. Don't lease anything
What a privilege it is to afford a gym, buy healthy food, pay bills, have legs that walk, eyes that see, a brain that functions, work every day, and take our bodies to their full potential.
The biggest cheat code on the planet is the ability to be in a good mood regardless of what's going on in your life. Not letting external events dictate how you feel is a skill we can learn. If you can train yourself to be in a bad mood you can train yourself to be in a good one.
Next April, 2027 at this exact time, you’ll be standing in the places you used to dream about. Living your most beautiful rich life. Send this to yourself.