(OK, that was 7 parts in the end)

7.5 Know when enough is enough – Chasing endless money at the cost of health, relationships, or sanity is a losing game.

7.3 Avoid bad debt – Borrow only for assets that appreciate or generate income. Consumer debt drains your future.

7.4 Own, don’t just earn – Your time is limited, but assets (stocks, businesses, real estate) can grow wealth while you sleep.

7. Money

7.1 Spend less than you earn – The simplest rule, yet most ignored. Wealth is built in the gap between income and expenses.

7.2 Invest early, invest simply – Compound growth is your best friend. Low-cost index funds beat most strategies over time.

6.3 Laugh at absurdity – Life is unpredictable and often ridiculous. Take it seriously, but not too seriously.

6.4 Leave things better than you found them – Whether it’s a person, a place, or the world itself—make your impact a net positive.

6. The Bigger Picture

6.1 Stop chasing happiness – Pursue meaning, challenge, and purpose. Happiness will follow.

6.2 Build, don’t just consume – Creating things, whether work, art, or relationships, gives life depth.

5.3 Learn from history – Your problems are not new. Find out how smarter people before you handled them.

5. Thinking & Decision-Making

5.1 Question your emotions – Feelings are data, not directives. Check if they’re useful before acting on them.

5.2 Run mental simulations – Before making a choice, ask: “What’s the worst that could happen?” and “What’s most likely to happen?”

4.3 Expect nothing, appreciate everything – Entitlement is poison. Gratitude makes life better, regardless of circumstance.

4. Relationships & Social Life

4.1 Choose your company wisely – You become like the people around you. Surround yourself with those who inspire, challenge, and respect you.

4.2 Say what you mean – Indirectness breeds confusion and resentment. Be clear, be direct, be kind.

3.3 Keep a bias for action – Thinking is useless without execution. Start, then refine.

3. Manage Your Time & Effort

3.1 Guard your attention – Time is valuable, but attention is what truly gets stolen. Choose where it goes. Get off social media for a start! Seriously, why are you reading this? 😉

3.2 Do hard things – Most people avoid effort. Those who embrace it become exceptional.

2.3 Respect sleep – Lack of sleep makes you weaker, dumber, and more emotional. Fix it before you fix anything else.

2. Strengthen Your Body

2.1 Move daily – Strength and endurance protect you from more than just physical threats.

2.2 Eat for energy, not entertainment – Your body runs on what you give it. Choose wisely.

1.4 Accept reality – Wishing things were different won’t change them. Act on what is, not what you want it to be.

1.2 Control your impulses – Master your cravings, anger, and distractions. The ability to wait is the ability to win.

1.3 Seek clarity – When in doubt, write it down. Vagueness breeds bad decisions.

12/12 It's heavy, but maybe in recognizing the struggle, we find strength to keep weaving, searching, striving for a reality we can collectively trust, even if it’s always a bit slippery.
#reality #fakenews

11/12 Perhaps this is the human condition now. Not just living in reality, but constantly having to defend it, to consciously build and rebuild our understanding against those who’d break it for their gain.