Lessons From My 20th Year

Started on June 2, 2024. Completed on October 13, 2024 (really forgot about this). I want to continue the “series” I began last year and cover all of the new lessons I have learned in my 20th year of life. These are in no particular order or hierarchy. One thing I definitely noticed is how recurrent themes are from my previous year’s lessons. I rewrote 2 of them and then realized I’d already written about them!

What do I do with my time?

On July 20, 2023, someone whose opinion I respect told me that I wasn’t crazy enough. My initial reaction was shock. I believed myself to be pretty crazy - I go out, I make plans, I live life. But then I got to thinking, what if this person was right? What did they mean by crazy and what did I mean by it? Did I use my 8 week internship in Barcelona to have as many experiences as I possibly could?

An Introduction?

I feel like this post is obligatory for any new blog. I’ve had a desire to write/share my “knowledge” in some capacity since I was pretty young. I remember honing my video editing skills through summer camps and youtube videos so that once I had an idea worth making a video about, I could. But somehow, no magic idea ever came to me. I always thought: What’s the benefit of simply regurgitating knowledge that’s already out there?

Lessons From My 19th Year

Started on June 2, 2023. My 19th birthday (technically, I have completed 19 years). This is a lessons-based recap for everything I have learned this past year. These are all lessons which I have probably heard many times before but they never solidified until this past year when new experiences have made me relearn them the hard way. Sorry the subject changes constantly between “you” and “I.” Sometimes it is easier to write about myself in the third person.