While you should be working as hard as possible to not bring yourself an early death, be vary aware that you are not going to escape that final fate.

You have more confidence when you feel good about the way you look and present yourself. It may be cliché to say, but when you think you look good, you always feel better.

One of the best ways to shake yourself out of a funk is to get a quick win. One of the ways to get a quick win is to make simple plan that is easy to complete to check off the activities.

For every 20 minutes of working in front of a screen, look at a spot 20 feet away for 20 seconds. This program will help you reduce eye strain from long screen exposure and is easy to remember (or at least program reminders to keep you on task).

Life is about developing a legacy that will last beyond your living years, not trying to stretch the living years to an unnatural extension.

Trying to fit a role may mean doing things you would not normally do. Make sure that a part of your motivation is based on your wanting to do the things.

You will often find your extra effort for others wasted and not valued or appreciated. Don't expect a magic moment of clarity to spur you one, but don't just stop doing the extra either

You have the right to give up on bad books, boring TV shows, dumb ideas, and people who do nothing positive for you.

There are some activities you are not meant to improve upon because there are some activities you are not meant to do because they get in the way of the activities you are supposed to work on to improve.

Regular people think their regular lives do not translate to great stories to tell others. This is never true. The problem is never the story itself. The problem is not taking enough time in the editing process.