"The coolest thing you can do is stop trying to be cool."
"Learn to cook"
"As an adult, no one prepared me for the fact I would have to decide what to eat and prepare it for every meal for the rest of my life. Your options widen when you know how to cook"
"Figure out who your good friends are and try to keep in contact."
"Brush your teeth. they may seem fine for a while but it’ll catch up to you fast."
"24-year-old here.
Drank copious amount of energy drinks and fizzy during high school and uni.
Going in for my first of 4 dental work appointments next week, goodbye $8k :)"
"To add on: don’t overbrush. Get a Sonicare. Once your gums recede, they ain’t coming back.
Nobody tells you this."
"Stand up to bullies. Even if you’re not the one being picked on. I regret not doing more for kids that really struggled in school"
"Learn how to learn.
If school is hard for you, there are study techniques that can help. Get a tutor – this can be a classmate or a friend that gets good grades – it doesn’t have to cost a lot.
If school is easy for you, you’re going to have your @$$ handed to you freshman year of college (this was me!). Take harder classes, if available. Find something you’re bad at, and then try to get good at it."
"Hygiene is important. When you get out of a shower, don’t wear the same clothes again"
"Learn to budget your money"
"Say no to peer pressure but say yes to more experiences."
"Don’t be a fool, protect your tool"
"I heard that in Mr. T’s voice."
"If you’re going to go to a lot of concerts, wear ear protection. You’ll be able to enjoy a lot more shows a lot later in life…"
"There is no such thing as “jocks” and “nerds” and that dichotomy is one of the worst, most false and harmful dichotomies in pop culture.
The guy who runs track might be writing a D&D campaign. You can code computers and be a bad@$$ at Judo or Karate. You can wrestle and study astrophysics
Etc!"
"Young guys should exercise more often since their younger bodies are more primed to build muscles than their later years."
"Old guy here.
When the sh#t hits the fan… LEAVE.Don’t wait for the cops to show up."
"Getting rich off social media or YouTube or streaming is like trying to go pro in a sport, it’s not a real plan."
"You don’t have to go to a 4-year university to be successful."
"Don’t be afraid of rejection. Take it in stride and keep on trying.
Don’t be like me and intentionally emotionally cripple yourself for life."
"Remember that “right now” is not forever.
The teenage years are just one small chapter in the book of your life!"
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My advise is to start saving heavily for retirement as soon as you get your first job. Regardless if you make little money, save a lot and invest it. You will be very happy that you will be able to retire at 55 yo even if you had a family and bought an expensive house
Assuming you have to be in the top 10% in each of the categories to be considered an athlete or a smart kid, the chance of being both is only 1%. On top of that, true geniuses are maybe only 2% of the population.
The wrestler studying astrophysics probably isn’t that good at either.
False. Forget about the past, and don't fret about the future. Live in the present, and you will be happier.
(plan ahead for retirement, though, that sh#t is important)
Plan for the future and learn from the past, but understand that the past is guilt and the future is anxiety. Live in the present.
It wasn't a "dichotomy," either. There were many niches- jocks, preppies, goths, nerds, mean girls, pot heads, ROTC geeks, etc. I started out as a ROTC geek, quit and became a nerd, but turned into a pot head by my senior year.
There were also losers who had no friends at all- like the ones who insisted there were "harmful dichotomies" so they could feel better about themselves.