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Mentalfloss1 t1_ir67use wrote

NEVER compare yourself to others because way too many of us either overestimate the success and happiness of others or underestimate it. Either way provides false perspective.

Life is meant to be lived and we should strive to be happy and good. Many “successful” people are miserable and many we might deem to be failures are very happy in life. Treat yourself kindly. Forgive yourself your shortcomings and strive to learn from mistakes. And do not fall into the stupid generation stereotyping. Everyone, or even most, in any given generation are not alike. Within ever generation there’s wide diversity.

I’m an old guy and continually dream up new challenges, new things to learn, new plans. And I follow up with most. Put down the screens and go live life.

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TreatThompson OP t1_ir69opk wrote

Thanks for sharing that wisdom! And I love the lifestyle you’ve mentioned at the end that you’ve adopted

That consistent tinkering and taking on new challenges definitely seems very fulfilling

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Mentalfloss1 t1_ir69wgf wrote

Keep the mind and body alive!!! (I’ll be 77 in a few days.)

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