Figuring out what to do with your life
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- Author: julian.com
- Full Title: Figuring out what to do with your life
- URL: https://julian.com/blog/life-planning
Highlights
Without self-reflection, we ride the momentum of whatever we’re already doing and whatever we stumble across. This means we work on the wrong things by default, because our core values shift over time and they’re often not what they used to be. (View Highlight)
These are the values I identified: • Knowledge — Do you become more knowledgeable and skilled from it? • Adventure — Do you accrue novel, memorable experiences? • Fame — Do you build an audience you can later leverage? • Power — Do you acquire resources and connections? • Money — Do you increase your financial wealth? • Exercising Talent — Do you leverage your skill and creativity? • Human Connection — Do you bond with others? (View Highlight)
What choices can you make today that minimize the regret you’ll feel as an 80-year-old looking back on your life? When you minimize future regret, you sleep well knowing you’re maximizing fulfillment. (View Highlight)
Money frees you from doing the things you don’t want to do. (View Highlight)