Keep your problems smaller than your life. A flat tire is a flat tire. A bad meeting is a bad meeting. A canceled flight is just an extra two hours. These things become catastrophes when you let them. But they stay manageable when you remember the depth of your real life- the people you love, the work you care about, the beautiful years still ahead. Zoom out. Fit your reaction to the size of the problem.
25 is the limit. After my frontal lobe developed, not only have I not been able to love in that chaotic/toxic way like I did in my early 20s on an emotional level cos it’s just off putting. It is financially irresponsible in so many ways. Literally eats away at your time, focus and ability to make money.
do you know how they say happy new year in chinese?
it’s literally: “i hope you get rich”
amazing.
it’s straight to the point.
so i wish everyone the same this year.
i hope you all get rich!
It’s so sad that we need to live with the notion of “don’t give out money you can’t afford to lose” because people just lack integrity. What hurts the most is, they won’t even communicate when they’re not able to pay back yet