https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-im-50-years-young-thought-exercise-25-years-old-adam-cotterill/
https://www.jenvermet.com/blog/25-lessons-from-25-years
https://blog.stephsmith.io/a-year-of-sponge/
Irreversibility is rare. [twentysomething]- Decisions are reversible and combinable. Rarely will a decision lead you to a point of no return. There might be repercussions, as there were for me changing the focus of my supplemental concentration at school at the last minute, but if something is worth changing, it's usually possible.
Weigh decisions with thoughts proportional to the size of the decision. [others]- Big decisions = more thoughts. Simple as that. Talk with a challenge network of people invested in you, not necessarily invested in the situation, to get perspectives. The decision at the end of the day is your own. Weigh appropriately.
De-silo-ing life. [twentysomething]- I'm a project-oriented person. When setting goals, I tend to hammer at one goal until it's complete. I've learned the importance of time management for concurrent goals that run parallel, because goals are not always mutually exclusive. While working at TAIT, I had the goal of competing in a sprint triathlon. It required early mornings and planning late work nights ahead of time, but I learned you can be deeply involved in a project at work and still able to commit to training. If you don't agree, it might be fruitful to examine how you use your time. To really look at it. How much time do you spend on distractions versus on investments and opportunities? I'm learning how to remove the silos around goals to view everything within the bigger picture and re-prioritize. It's helped me know myself.
A spirit of adventure is contagious.- Being adventurous is a core value of mine. It forces you to step into a new realm. It may require throwing out plans that were painstakingly made. It may require some convincing to get others to join, but go anyway and do the adventure. Adventure requires creativity to see something that was hidden before. Being lead by an expert is the best kind of adventure because you can just focus on the craft itself.
We all have more to give.- It's well-known that we use a small percentage of our brain. Yet our brain has evolved to protect us. So much of what we see and perceive comes from our brain processing information. Your brain asks, "the last time I encountered a similar situation, when my body was in a similar state and was preparing this particular action, what did I see next? What did I feel next?" The pain you feel is not unique to you, and your brain can be improved and trained to think differently. It's flexible, it can give more if you allow it to.