I’m not much of a fan of "wisdom" lists. You read them like popcorn and feel smug about your increasing common sense.

However, this list of unsolicited advice is all about action: you won’t understand until you do.

" [N]ever forget this: your mind and your body and your heart are not charitable donations you need to spend the rest of your life being grateful for; they are the price the world has to pay you for dragging you into this life. The world doesn't own them. You do. "