What Advice Do You Wish Someone Had Given You When You Were Younger?

Rajesh Setty, author of Life Beyond Code, asks, "What is ONE question that you wish someone had asked you when you were young?"

As I told Rajesh, I recently read the book, Stumbling on Happiness, in which Daniel Gilbert gives examples of how we spend our lives doing things we think will make us happy in the future instead of living in the present.  I find myself obsessed with my “to do” lists with little time to go for a walk in the sunshine or spend time with friends. 

So my question to my younger self would be, “What are you doing to enjoy this day?”

How about you?  What advice would you give yourself? 

Comments

[Mike Wagner]

GOOD question!

Keep creating...a day worth enjoying,
Mike

[Delaney Kirk]

Thanks Mike. What advice would YOU give your younger self?

[Paul]

I read Gilbert's book a while back and remember being struck by his conclusion. Since that time, the lesson I have been re-learning repeatedly is that true happiness comes from living the life I have been given right here and now. Most of my daily life is really rich and I can savor "what is" right now, rather than put everything on hold waiting for what some voice in my head that says is how things ought to be.

Not that we can't learn and grow, but rather we don't have to wait for circumstances to be just right in order to enjoy the good in front of us.

[Delaney Kirk]

Paul, I'm still "learning" this as I tend to focus on the future, on my "to do" lists. Thanks for stopping by.