An obligatory list of 30 lessons as I reflect on turning 30 :)
- Take action.
- Follow the thread of your curiosity, even if it points far from the path you thought you wanted to travel.
- Don’t be afraid to start over.
- Being broke won’t kill you.
- Have hard conversations.
- Confidence is created through evidence that you do what you say you will do.
- Life is about choosing your hard.
- The hardest respect to earn is your own.
- Live alone at least once.
- Pour into your friendships.
- The success of an entrepreneur can be measured by how successful they make everyone around them.
- You know when the relationship is over.
- Find people who expand your belief of what is possible.
- “Simple scales, fancy fails.”
- You are entitled to nothing.
- 16. It takes a decade to learn how to work.
- Make a home.
- Delay gratification.
- Learn how to find leverage.
- Love harder after you’ve been heart broken. Let loss expand you.
- Move your body.
- Write.
- You don’t need to know how to do it, you need to get over your fear of starting.
- You’re not doing it wrong, you have the wrong expectation—hard is not a sign you’re on the wrong path.
- Keep going when everyone else quits.
- Don’t cheat yourself.
- Time + consistency > everything
- Romantic love is the best feeling—indulge it.
- Be generous.
- The only path to 1 is through 0.
~Nasrin