I am turning 18 tomorrow. Any life advice for me
This was reported twice for not being a shower thought. The reporters are correct, it’s not strictly a shower thought.
But thinking about getting older is something we all do in the shower, for multiple reasons :)
Looks like people are mostly enjoying it so I’ll let it stay for now.
Thinks about 18 year olds in the shower
Mods get them!
I think that’s legal… Barely
It IS legal.
Don’t send dickpics. You never know when they’ll show up on a leak.
Go to the dentist, ask them how to take care of your teeth for the next 80 years, and do it.
If that means cutting down on soda, or acidic espressos, or candy do it.
If that means buying an expensive electric toothbrush with better toothpaste do it.
Know thyself.
What irritates you the most in others are probably unconscious parts of yourself you supressed.
Here’s my rantomendation:
Don’t hit, mame or kill anybody ever. That includes when driving.
When driving pay attention to the road and only to the road. Ignore work or home or school problems. Don’t zone out.
Listen to your parents but don’t listen to the parts that limit you. Be gay if you are or straight or smart or whatever, be you. But listen to the good advice.
Fuck a lot
Eat healthy
Pay attention in school and learn from others. Be observant and follow in other people’s steps long enough to learn to blaze your own path.
Don’t get a school loan or max out your credit cards.
Work thru school in a light non interrupting way. Don’t get an 8hr job, just something part time.
Get that diploma and go find a job where they pay you for what you know. Work on something you like to do. Work to live, not live to work. But to get here, don’t skip steps…sweep the floor before you shoot for CEO.
Mourn your losses, everyone dies. Be happy with yours while you can. Family is everything and there’s not much more than your own personal desires beyond family. But if you don’t have kids by chance or by choice, still be happy. There’s plenty of people who choose not to have kids or be married or be in a relationship. Have bobbies. There’s a lot of you time towards the end part of your life. So Hobbies are good. Watching people is a hobby.
Be at peace. Don’t hate and help others not hate. Racism is the worse. So if you can help a racist person to accept others then that’s good.
Fuck a lot
Shit
That’s from “little Ms.Sunshine” you should watch it. There’s a part when they’re riding with their Gramps and he says that. Ode to gramps
If you are male, you can get male pattern baldness in this age, but you can stop baldness by taking finasteride.
Stick to your principles & rule of law like flies on shit
Believe in yourself, especially if no one else does
Sit down pee when you’re visiting a friend’s house. Double points if you do the same at your own house.
Take care of your teeth. Many loves will come and go in your 20s and maybe even 30s, but if its a life partner you want try focusing on yourself and they’ll appear out of thin air. Friends are important but not as important as inner peace. If a job offer 401k start investing as much as possible as soon as possible. Everyone is going through their own crazy messed up life so be kind. Puff, puff pass and enjoy your 20s as much as possible while not losing sight of your goals. Goals are EVERYTHING, set the achieve them and set them again. Heartbreak and death are integral parts of being human. It’s important to sit with and process the pain as long as YOU see fit. Death will come for someone you love someday, don’t let drugs or alcohol be your medicine
Weed and alcohol are my medicine and you don’t want to end up like me.
Do you know what the genetic difference is between a human alive today and one who lived 100,000 years ago? Almost none.
The real difference is shared knowledge. Every generation stands on the shoulders of those before it. You hold in your hands more understanding than any person in history could have imagined.
You will always be ignorant, not as a flaw, but as a truth of being human. Accepting that is where real learning begins.
Stay curious. Curiosity keeps you open to the world. It grows empathy, invites wonder, and reminds you that every person you meet carries a piece of the story you haven’t heard yet.
And when you share what you’ve learned, don’t speak as though you hold the final word. Speak as someone who has explored, reflected, and arrived at their understanding with care.
Learning is a lifelong conversation, one that connects you to every curious mind that ever lived. So keep asking, keep listening, keep growing. The future needs you.
Break stuff and figure things out, take chances and have fun. You’ve got time. You’ll figure it out.
It’s okay to be scared, but do it anyway!
If it’s wet and ain’t yours, really think about it before you touch it.
Bring a towel.
Be a goldfish.
There’s probably only one play on this quarter. Don’t look back and think “what if…”
When I was in high school, I wanted to go to a couple specific unis. Being rejected was one of the best paths ever. I went to community college, made lots of friends, had amazing professors, took part in lots of programs where I made long term friends who even stuck with me to transferring to my current uni. I took a bunch of fun classes there that allowed me to get the skills I need to land the internship I have.
So my advice is, as a you guy, you have lots of time so test the waters, experience stuff, have fun, and you’ll enjoy whatever it is you end up in.
Don’t be that one guy who has to finish college in 4 years and then figure out that school didn’t teach you anything and you can’t find a job. You never took fun classes, joined programs, join clubs.
But what if you have controlling parents ?
Some parents think you should just pick a path and run for it and never stop. But, they should realize that life is never a straight path. Some people run for that path and find out that’s not for them. Taking fun classes that isn’t part of your degree program can give you skills that make you more hireable because everybody else is that same cookie cutter person who took the exact same classes. You might meet a professor and have long lasting connections.
It doesn’t make sense if you started off going down the math teacher route, find out you hate math, find out you hate teaching, and end up struggling through a path you hate and have a stressful life.
I have friends who added like 5 years on their lives, because they immigrated here from their country, as a young person, you have so much time to figure out what you want to do. If your controlling parents want the best for you, they should understand this.