1) Trying and wishing are two different things

Is your life set up around the things you want?
If not then you’re not trying, just wishing.

2) You don’t get to tell yourself what you want

You get to listen.
Sure you could ignore it, but what else is there?

3) None of these are goals: independence, strength, confidence, money, time

The best sounding goals are actually a means to an ends.

4) You know what you’re going to do months in advance you just don’t know it yet

Get better at recognizing what’s next.

5) If you’re going to be your own boss, you better enjoy money making

Because you’re probably going to be getting simpler work with a lower quality standard than if you worked with a group of people. Is a paycheck your main motivator? If not, you’re probably not going to make a lot.

6) I’d rather not have an answer to the question, “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”

7) Getting a job through your college is not the same as getting a job in the real world

You don’t automatically get an interview and there’s not a few hundred listings to go through.  Oh yeah and internships don’t pay.

8) You can survive longer than you think you can

9) Most expensive things are really traps from people trying to get rid of that empty feeling

Being broke forces you to look for experiences that are worthwhile despite not being priced accordingly.

10) Go with your gut. If it’s wrong you can blame it. If it’s right you don’t have any excuse.

And unlike your brain, it will learn.
And unlike your brain, it doesn’t really care what everyone else is doing.

11) Working from home is not glamorous it’s isolating

12) Your relationships with people are your biggest obstacle in changing your life

But they’re super important. And it’ll hurt every time.

13) The only way you can really learn anything is by experiencing it

Others’ experiences can show you patterns, so you might recognize things in the early stages of them happening, this can be invaluable, but you still have to learn through experience. And your lessons will be your own.