21 Rules For Getting Your Shit Together
It’s my 21st birthday — I wanted to write something
Obligatory Reference to COVID-19
My 21st birthday is during a pandemic. Boo hoo. Sad face.
Pity party over.
Here’s a quick story followed by a bunch of life lessons.
After bombing a math test in my first month of college, I overreacted so dramatically that I developed an obsessive and vague drive to “get my shit together” that continues to this day.
I turned things around in that class in a few library sessions, but that initial panic and taste of mediocrity launched me into a frantic passion for making as many high-quality decisions as early as possible in life.
I started reading books on success, productivity, and entrepreneurship.
I started journaling and reflecting on life.
I started writing and publishing my work.
With my 21st birthday just hours away, I took an hour or two to quickly summarize and share a few key specific habits/thoughts/rules that stood out to me over the past three years of near constant study, reflection, and thought on how to “get my shit together.”
