a few thoughts

Try to approach every person that you meet as an individual rather than a walking stereotype, and you will be well received. (This is good advice for travelling anywhere, really).

From that day, I decided to incorporate cold showers into my life. I've noticed the staggering impact cold showers have on mental strength.

When you meet a stranger and your eyes lock across a crowded room, and every fiber of your heart and soul sings “Yes! Yes! This is the one! I am in love!” you are not in love. That's the very old part of your brain saying “Our offspring would have awesome immune systems.” You can not love someone you do not know. When you feel that feeling a couple of times, you'll learn to recognize it for what it is.

When you interrupt your work with a pause, you actually improve cognitive function by creating a task-specific tension; this is a well-known concept in psychology called the Zeigarnik effect.

Stop giving all of your energy to romantic relationships and just develop yourself.

quoted a lyric from an MC 900 Ft Jesus song: “Something’s gonna happen and it’s probably not good.”

The main skill I got between my 20s and now is that I bounce back from bad things faster.

Taking a break allows your brain to keep the problem top of mind, focus better, and easily access the information to solve the problem faster.