Random thoughts for you

The most important commodity is your time. You can make more money, but you can not make more time. It is finite. Use it wisely.

When you’re young, you have lots of time and not a lot of time. When you’re old, it’s the reverse. I don’t know if a single old person who wouldn’t trade their money for more time.

The older you get; the more valuable time becomes and you should treat it as such. Protect your time

Emotions will cloud your judgement. Try your best to remain objective when you make a decision.

The most dangerous emotion is anger as it can cause us to lash out and act not in our best interests.

Now, I’m not saying you need to be a robot. We are naturally emotional creatures and I feel it is important to honor how you feel.

However, you can honor it by taking a moment, acknowledging it, feeling the emotion and then let it go. As with all emotions, the feelings are transient. Once you have made peace with the emotion, it is okay to move forward with a clear mind

It’s the little things day to day that ultimately add up to become the big changes. Be mindful of what you do and think each day. No one positive or negative act will make a big change, but over time each little stroke of the brush will paint a picture to reflect the life you live

In terms of planning a car ride or making it to an appointment, you have to realize that things take time. There are nonzero time events that take place prior to you leaving such as packing, changing clothes, grabbing you phone, combing your hair. These things add up. You have to incorporate that into your planning or you’ll never be on time

Just because there’s food around, doesn’t mean you should feel obliged to eat it.

If you were in a room full of snacks, you are going to be infinitely more compel to eat compared to a room without snacks.

Sounds pretty obvious. And yet, people tend to graze more if snacks are around. Why is that?

Is it a scarcity mentality? Is it the allure of novelty of flavor? Or maybe you’re actually hungry. Or maybe it’s indoctrination of our childhood such as “clean plate club” or “finish your food. There’s starving children in Africa.” Regardless, there is something triggering about having food around.

Perhaps it is an evolutionary mechanism that causes us to vacuum food when we see it. And yet there are others who act no different in the above scenario.

There is something driving people (but not all people) to eat food if they see it. This is a reminder that just because it’s there doesn’t mean you have to eat it.

If you ever give your car keys to a place to get your car fixed. Take pictures as you walk around the car and then once you get the car back, walk around and take pictures. This will help prevent overlooking unintentional damage to your car

The important thing is what you do after.

Failure is inevitable in life. If you never fail then you haven’t pushed yourself

It’s important to own up to your mistake, learn from them and attempt to rectify them

Also, it’s important to learn to forgive yourself

“Holding it all in doesn’t make you stronger, it only makes the weight heavier”

Heard that and it resonated.

So just want to say that it’s okay to talk about things. It’s especially okay to acknowledge things. When stuff happens to you, it’s important to process it in a healthy way, otherwise it’ll show up in an unhealthy way at some point

The problem with chasing validation is that you’re always at the mercy of someone else’s approval

This won’t make sense until you’re older, but it’s important to move your body. Movement actually helps lubricate the joints. This becomes more and more apparent as you get older.

It doesn’t have to be anything crazy, but just move your body. We live in a society that doesn’t seem to emphasize health (health =/= physique), so it is on the individual to find something that works for them