Life advice for younger self/younger generations
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Mental Health
No email on your phone. It's not needed.
Don't spend too much time on Twitter, Instagram or Tik Tok.
Read books instead. It's very therapeutic
Financially
If your company has 401K match take full advantage it's free money.
Look to invest in DRIPS. For as little as $100 per month you can invest in good dividend declaring companies. You would be surprised how quickly your investments grow. Spent 30 years buying stocks like P&G, Chevron and Deere with these programs.
You don't need a lot of money to start.
Career
When I started I put in 60-70 hours a week for the first 5-7 years. Company was small maybe 200 employees..When I retired it was 25,000+ employees. It was fun to build it
But with that I missed some big dates in the kids lives. So it's a difficult balance. If I had to do it again probably would not put in that many hours per week. But nothing wrong with say 50 per week sometimes if it helps your career.
Make sure any company you work for has a strong balance sheet. That usually equates to job stability and lower risk of layoffs. Which means more stability outside of work.
Love/Romance
Each person has their own path on what works.
There is no one right way. Life gets busy, just make sure your significant other gets reminders of how much you care. There are multiple ways to do this. Most importantly make sure you are always listening..And be patient.
Philosophical
I rarely worried about things. Worry is paying interest on a loan you may never take out.
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If you end up in a white collar job, You just have to leave your job when you hit 40/hours. There's always the next task and a few tasks piled up that are on impossible timelines where the higher ups didn't do their job of proper planing and budgeting labor hours so they're the ones needing to negotiate a timeline with whomever.
Don’t miss family events, they only happen once and you don’t get a 2nd chance. Respect your wife and remember she picked you out of the herd. Your daughter will pick the rest home you may end up in. Invest in the market in some way after finding an experienced advisor. Identify non-depreciating assets that increase in value whether it is commercial RE, housing or land and buy in. It can out perform the stock market. Find an interest or hobby separate from your work career to enjoy and turn your phone off while doing so. Be kind and donate your money or time to folks less fortunate, you’ll be rewarded.
Quick history lesson. Eugene Ely, and Iowa State grad, was the first person to ever take off and land an airplane on an aircraft carrier. He went to Iowa State for Engineering. Also, I can’t remember what Iowa state was called at that time but what’s known as Iowa State university now. It went down in 1911. Weight brothers first flew a plane in 1903. In 8 years a Cyclone was taking off and landing on air craft carriers.
Don't let loneliness drive you into settling into a subpar relationship. Find other ways to find friendship then love. Like others said earlier, a stable long term relationship starts with friendship.
Don't let work consume you. It will take all you will give. Make sure it's a balance between home life and salary.
Don't have kids if you are not in a stable relationship. Children won't fix your homelife problems ---- just the opposite.
If you have kids, let them know every day that you care. Get on the floor with them to play, stay off your phone and TV when they crave attention. Read to them every day from the day you bring them home until they are sick of it.
As others said, invest early. Take the money out of your paycheck so you don't even see it go.
Volunteer for something that helps others and gives you a sense of making yourself a better person.
Have a spiritual compass. Religion, volunteerism, environmentalism, whatever...just give your spirit a direction to make the world a better place and help yourself find some peace.
Work on your mental health. It's a long term project. Don't neglect it or it will catch up on you.
Work on your relationships. You need to feed and water them like a garden or they will shrivel up.
Life is short.... travel, meet new people, try new foods, try new adventures, and get out of your comfort zone.
Don't let work consume you. It will take all you will give. Make sure it's a balance between home life and salary.
Don't have kids if you are not in a stable relationship. Children won't fix your homelife problems ---- just the opposite.
If you have kids, let them know every day that you care. Get on the floor with them to play, stay off your phone and TV when they crave attention. Read to them every day from the day you bring them home until they are sick of it.
As others said, invest early. Take the money out of your paycheck so you don't even see it go.
Volunteer for something that helps others and gives you a sense of making yourself a better person.
Have a spiritual compass. Religion, volunteerism, environmentalism, whatever...just give your spirit a direction to make the world a better place and help yourself find some peace.
Work on your mental health. It's a long term project. Don't neglect it or it will catch up on you.
Work on your relationships. You need to feed and water them like a garden or they will shrivel up.
Life is short.... travel, meet new people, try new foods, try new adventures, and get out of your comfort zone.
