Make My Life Better

[Martin Hash]

I have some advice for aspiring young people; don't engage in any pursuit that makes your life worse. Don't engage in any discussion, don't have any friends, don't do any job that doesn't make your life better, or at least breaks even.

When I was younger, I would allow more break even situations. In fact, most of my interactions were of the "more good than bad" variety, and if the good was good enough, I'd endure a lot of bad; but now, I don't allow much bad, hardly any.

Depending where you are in your life, you may be willing to allow quite a bit of bad, but make sure it doesn't make your life worse; the ultimate rule is: does it make my life better?

[SuburbanFarmer]

Impossible to judge ahead of time. Most of my real ‘education’ came from making poor choices at the time.