It’s my 36th bday

1. Good coffee makes life worth living

2. There are no rules

3. Find a life partner

4. Work out, lift heavy

5. Nobody knows what they are doing

6. Read more books

7. Keep up with your friends

8. Use social media less

9. Take photos for memories

10. Don’t let taking photos get in way of the experience

11. Smile

12. Keep going

13. Breathe deeply, breathe out of your nose

14. Ask more questions, talk less

15. Just do you, even if it’s cringe

16. Prioritize sleep or else life suffers

17. Where did all the funny people go? Be funnier

18. Laugh more

19. Being serious is great but exhausting

20. Don’t take yourself so seriously

21. Talking politics generally sucks, try to avoid it

22. Drink less alcohol, but when you do, make it exceptional

23. Build stuff if you can, otherwise write stuff

24. Relationships kinda are the only thing that matter

25. Empathy blinds you, compassion does not

26. Be quick to apologize and admit when you’re wrong

27. Trying to be cool is incredibly uncool

28. Inspect why you’re doing what you’re doing

29. Call your parents, siblings, friends out of the blue

30. Travel more if you have the means

31. Explore more (of everything)

32. Hold yourself to higher standards

33. Be kinder to yourself

34. Let go of the bullshit

35. Embrace mystery

36. Love harder