You’ve already survived every terrible thing you’ve ever been through. That’s a pretty good track record. - Mark Manson

My recommendation: don’t be special; don’t be unique. Redefine your metrics in mundane and broad ways. Choose to measure yourself not as a rising star or an undiscovered genius. Choose to measure yourself not as some horrible victim or dismal failure. Instead, measure yourself by more mundane identities: a student, a partner, a friend, a creator.

Purpose has seasons. What drove you through your 20s will exhaust you in your 40s.

Growth means letting your previous selves die without calling it failure.

You are going to be incompatible with most