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.
Ah, well, the thing is, when I said we should "circle back to this in the new year", you have to understand that I genuinely thought this day would never come. I thought holiday forever
I hate that optimism is associated with inexperience or childishness. The idea that if you are optimistic - it’s because you haven’t seen what life is.
You can see what life is and still be brave enough to know it could be more.