At least, if you happen to be near me in brain space.

What advice would you give your younger self?

That was the prompt for a class I taught at PAIR 2024. About a quarter of participants ranked it in their top 3 of courses at the camp and half of them had it listed as their favorite.

I hadn’t expected that.

I thought my life advice was pretty idiosyncratic. I never heard of anyone living their life like I have. I never encountered this method in all the self-help blogs or feel-better books I consumed back when I needed them.

But if some people found it helpful, then I should probably write it all down.

Why Listen to Me Though?

I think it's generally worth prioritizing the advice of people who have actually achieved the things you care about in life. I can’t tell you if that's me [...]

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Outline:

(00:46) Why Listen to Me Though?

(04:22) Pick a direction instead of a goal

(12:00) Do what you love but always tie it back

(17:09) When all else fails, apply random search

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First published:
September 28th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/uwmFSaDMprsFkpWet/explore-more-a-bag-of-tricks-to-keep-your-life-on-the-rails

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