That's gonna stop being motivating right around age 26.

Only a couple months left of winter, guys... Now's the time to get after it. If you wait till spring, you're too late.

Me to myself every 10 minutes.

I've always thought that the amount of people at your funeral is like your actual stat points that you've achieved in life.

This isn't how real life works. You wouldn't go mining if you didn't already know there were diamond veins and how deep they are to access.

A much more accurate metaphor is once you hit a vein, you have to keep digging and you don't know how shallow or deep the vein is.

I just got a Fitbit and it's been tracking my sleep. It is LIFE CHANGING when you can actually see how many hours you slept and how good or bad your sleep was. I definitely need to invest in a light alarm clock and def need to be religious about the wind down phase.

One thing that works well for me is brushing my teeth right after my last meal, which is usually 2-4 hours or so before bed.

As always, the real motivational advice is in the comments.

I like how they all have weapons to beat and bludgeon, arguably survivable, and then the boss just straight up has a shotgun.

It's also about steady progress over time beats an overly aggressive push followed by burnout.

I typically avoid long bullet text stories like this... I find them to be unnecessarily long and cliche. But this one drew me in and the payoff was insanely good, I had goosebumps and that's not just me being a yes-man lol.

You truly impressed me, and I feel like it would almost be disrespectful to not at least try this habit. I used to journal consistently as a teen but stopped with the advent of having a smartphone. I've been having the feeling that I need to start it up again, maybe with a twist so it's not just me documenting my life passively... And this post just confirmed that those promptings are correct.

Doctor: your dad is dead...

Guy: lung cancer?

Doctor: yes...

Guy: I kept telling him to quit those cigs...

Doctor: .... He has an emmaculate thyroid though

Guy: ?

Right, but he's pointing out that yes, both numbers are peaking, but single fathers are peaking at a ~300% rate.

Man... THIS is the time period I miss the most. Back when people just did random fun stuff because they could. I highly doubt anyone will even attempt to break this record nowadays.

Admit it, you said "long long short short" to the MI tune...

The thing this chart doesn't show are the years and tears that each of these people went through before hitting that big break.

There are 70 year olds out there who still run full marathons and go to work the next day. They may not be on this biased chart, but they are still masterful examples of the potential of a man's life.

Just by being 35, you already have the advantage when it comes to women, persuasion, trust, and life experience. (If you haven't succeeded much in life, then at least now you know about all the failures that you can avoid) You're older and perceived "wiser" by most people who are getting started.

Even if you don't FEEL like you've made progress, it doesn't matter. Who cares what you FEEL, figure out the concrete advantages you have and use them. You're a man in his prime, a black-maned lion, a king that has been on sabbatical. Just take the crown.

In 1 year, you could have your direction solidly figured out. In 10 years, you could have pursued that direction and reached your dreams. Spend the next 10 years after that enjoying the fight of keeping your dreams alive. Then retire at 55 a happy, wealthy man.

Or, you know... You can get off the cactus.