Thread by @SahilBloom

Harsh truths I know at 32 I wish I knew at 22.

1. Most of your friends aren’t really your friends.

(a visual thread)

2. You’ll only see your loved ones a few more times.

3. You’ll literally never know what you want to be when you grow up.

4. Most people don’t really care about you.

5. You should never bet against a person who just keeps showing up.

6. You probably won’t be remembered or have a legacy.

7. You can tell everything you need to know about a person by observing how they treat service workers.

8. Showing up early pays off handsomely.

9. Most of the people you look up to are remarkably unremarkable.

10. Most of us need fewer friends and more intellectual sparring partners.

11. If it seems too good to be rue, it probably is.

12. Being kind to people is the only real life hack.

13. You can get damn far in life by just saying what you’re going to do and then doing it.

14. Hard work is not overrated.

15. Failure doesn’t always lead to growth.

16. We should all stop talking about how many books we read last year.

17. You’re probably being held back by your unwillingness to ask.

18. You don’t need to have an opinion on everything.

19. Waking up early is the easiest way to improve your odds of success.

20. The world is not fair.

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17. You’re probably being held back by your unwillingness to ask.

18. You don’t need to have an opinion on everything.

19. Waking up early is the easiest way to improve your odds of success.

This piece is not intended to be dark or morbid.

If you took it that way, I’d encourage you to consider it again.

It's intended to make you think—to hopefully question some underlying (yet flawed) assumptions and spark active discussion with those around you.

My personal story with #2 is very real…

In May 2021, I had a conversation with a friend that changed my life.

I was talking about living in California—so far away from my parents in Boston—when my friend asked how often I saw them and how old they were.

I said I saw them… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…