Any advice you’ve ever heard or given. I linked a great video that I think would be my answer, combined with the “stop caring what other people think about you” and “comparison is the thief of joy” comments below. Just do stuff that you wanna do, don’t compare and don’t care what others say. It’s awesome advice.
You don’t have to be good at your hobbies—you only need to enjoy them.
Something’s are so important they’re worth doing badly.
IDK about advice per say but it kinda fits. My favorite quote from rocky.
“The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward."
I shared this before here, but it completely changed the way I live my life:
Perfect is the enemy of good enough.
So please, give yourself grace and understanding especially if you are a perfectionist. Go at your own pace.
We had a phrase in graduate school for group projects… “good enough, move on”. Or GEMO. When we were getting too wrapped up in the details someone would say “should we just GEMO?” And there’d invariably be a sigh of relief as everyone agreed yes, it’s good enough, let’s move on.
Never loan anyone anything unless you’re willing to give it to them, because that could well turn out to be exactly what you’re doing.
ETA another one that just came to me, that I’ve always liked because it’s a witty turn of phrase in addition to being useful:
If you’re doing something that leads you to wonder if you should have some safety gear (gloves, particle mask, hearing protection, etc.), then the answer is “Yes.”
