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PaperclipPerfector  14d ago (text post)   3492 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for April 21, 2024

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What advise would you give your 16 year old self?

Heh, I'm a decade away from 16.

This is usually the most obvious type of answer you get to these questions but it's still poignant nevertheless.. I would smash into his head the concept of time leverage and compounding interest.

Not wasting time and intently working towards getting good at things and getting good outcomes, more often than not does yield results.

The worst thing teenage me did was waste inordinate amounts of time just playing video games, I'm talking many hours a day. If he spent 30 minutes at the gym, and 30 minutes at a hobby or skill, and game for 4 hours a day instead of 5, adult me would have been a lot better off.

I'm still doing better than most of my adult peers at age 26, and doing pretty well by societal standards, but I had to sacrifice my early 20's and of course not doing as well as the counterfactual. I think I would have much rather sacrificed my teens than my early 20's, the early 20's just have a lot more scope for "fun".

Heh, I'm a decade away from 16.

You write very well for a 6-year-old. ;)

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