what "living life to the fullest" looks like

A large percentage of people’s problems in work, love and life are due to some combination of vagueness and passivity. You don’t know what you want to spend your time on; you don’t know what kind of person you really get along with; you don’t know what kind of clothing looks good to you; you don’t know what you value in a city; you don’t know how... See more

Any knowledge that is not firsthand is necessarily incomplete. There's no book or description that can be substituted for your personal psychological and physiological reaction to something in the world.

It’s about how it’s critical to have people in your life who love you and see you when you’re fun and sparkly and on top of the world, but also love you when you’re stagnant and petulant and self-sabotaging and letting them down. It’s about how that kind of love makes you believe in other kinds of love. It’s about how the essential texture of life... See more

Take a chance! Trust someone! Fall in love! Feel something! Build something meaningful and scary and try your best not to blow it up

How can I overlap the things I enjoy?

For example, maybe you want to exercise and spend time with your spouse. What type of exercise sounds fun to do with your spouse?

Or perhaps you'd like to hang out with friends and build your career. How can you find ways to work with people you like being around?

It doesn't always work, but there are usually a... See more

"People can help you in many ways throughout life, but there are two things nobody can give you: curiosity and drive. They must be self-supplied.

If you are not interested and curious, all the information in the world can be at your fingertips, but it will be relatively useless. If you are not motivated and driven, whatever connections or... See more