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101 things I would tell my self from 10 years ago

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10 years ago, I started my freshman year of college. This is the advice I needed to hear, not the advice you need to hear. In fact, some of it may be actively bad for you. See Should you reverse any advice you hear? Thanks to Aditya G, Rebecca W, Holden L, Betsy P and Rebecca B for discussion and feedback. Thanks to Trevor C for the conversation that inspired this post! If you want to know more about any specific point, send me an email!

101 things I would tell my self from 10 years ago Leila Clark Mar 20, 2024 3 Share 10 years ago, I started my freshman year of college. This is the advice I needed to hear, not the advice you need to hear. In fact, some of it may be actively bad for you. See Should you reverse any advice you hear? You are overly obedient. You not only do what people tell you to do, but find it hard to imagine any world other than the one they present to you. Spend more time thinking about what you want, in isolation from the pressures of the world. (Keep this in mind while you read the rest of this very prescr

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