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50 Tips For A Better Life

Happiness

1. You donโ€™t have to love your job. Jobs are a way to make money. Many people live fine lives in okay jobs by using the money they make on things they care about.

2. Sturgeonโ€™s law states that 90% of everything is crap. If you dislike poetry, or fine art, or anything, itโ€™s possible youโ€™ve only ever seen the crap. Go looking!

3. People donโ€™t realize how much they hate commuting. A nice house farther from work is not worth the fraction of your life you are giving to boredom and fatigue.

4. Thereโ€™s some evidence that introverts and extroverts both benefit from being pushed to be more extroverted. Consider this the next time you arenโ€™t sure if you feel like going out.

Success

5. History remembers those who got to market first. Getting your creation out into the world is more important than getting it perfect.

6. Are you on the fence about breaking up or leaving your job? You should probably go ahead and do it. People, on average, end up happier when they take the plunge.

7. Done is better than perfect.

8. Discipline is superior to motivation. The former can be trained, the latter is fleeting. You wonโ€™t be able to accomplish great things if youโ€™re only relying on motivation.

9. You can improve your communication skills with practice much more effectively than you can improve your intelligence with practice. If youโ€™re not that smart but can communicate ideas clearly, you have a great advantage over everybody who canโ€™t communicate clearly.

10. You do not live in a video game. There are no pop-up warnings if youโ€™re about to do something foolish, or if youโ€™ve been going in the wrong direction for too long. You have to create your own warnings.

11. If you listen to successful people talk about their methods, remember that all the people who used the same methods and failed did not make videos about it.

12. The best advice is personal and comes from somebody who knows you well. Take broad-spectrum advice like this as needed, but the best way to get help is to ask honest friends who love you.

13. Make accomplishing things as easy as possible. Find the easiest way to start exercising. Find the easiest way to start writing. People make things harder than they have to be and get frustrated when they canโ€™t succeed. Try not to.

14. Cultivate a reputation for being dependable. Good reputations are valuable because theyโ€™re rare (easily destroyed and hard to rebuild). You donโ€™t have to brew the most amazing coffee if your customers know the coffee will always be hot.

15. How you spend every day is how you spend your life.

Relationships

16. In relationships look for somebody you can enjoy just hanging out near. Long-term relationships are mostly spent just chilling.

17. Donโ€™t complain about your partner to coworkers or online. The benefits are negligible and the cost is destroying a bit of your soul.

18. After a breakup, cease all contact as soon as practical. The potential for drama is endless, and the potential for a good friendship is negligible. Wait a year before trying to be friends again.

19. When dating, de-emphasizing your quirks will lead to 90% of people thinking youโ€™re kind of alright. Emphasizing your quirks will lead to 10% of people thinking youโ€™re fascinating and fun. Those are the people interested in dating you. Aim for them.

20. There are two red flags to avoid almost all dangerous people: 1. The perpetually aggrieved ; 2. The angry.

21. Those who generate anxiety in you and promise that they have the solution are grifters. See: politicians, marketers, new masculinity gurus, etc. Avoid these.

Body

22. The 20-20-20 rule: Every 20 minutes of screenwork, look at a spot 20 feet away for 20 seconds. This will reduce eye strain and is easy to remember (or program reminders for).

23. Exercise is the most important lifestyle intervention you can do. Even the bare minimum (15 minutes a week) has a huge impact. Start small.

24. Phones have gotten heavier in the last decade and theyโ€™re actually pretty hard on your wrists! Use a computer when itโ€™s an alternative or try to at least prop up your phone.

Productivity

25. Learn keyboard shortcuts. Theyโ€™re easy to learn and youโ€™ll get tasks done faster and easier.

26. Keep your desk and workspace bare. Treat every object as an imposition upon your attention, because it is. A workspace is not a place for storing things. It is a place for accomplishing things.

27. Reward yourself after completing challenges, even badly.

Rationality

28. Noticing biases in others is easy, noticing biases in yourself is hard. However, it has a much higher pay-off.

29. Explaining problems is good. Often in the process of laying out a problem, a solution will present itself.

30. Selfish people should listen to advice to be more selfless, selfless people should listen to advice to be more selfish. This applies to many things. Whenever you receive advice, consider its opposite as well. You might be filtering out the advice you need most.

Compassion

31.Call your parents when you think of them, tell your friends when you love them.

32. Compliment people more. Many people have trouble thinking of themselves as smart, or pretty, or kind, unless told by someone else. You can help them out.

33. Donโ€™t punish people for trying. You teach them to not try with you. Punishing includes whining that it took them so long, that they did it badly, or that others have done it better.

34.Don't punish people for admitting they were wrong, you make it harder for them to improve.

35. In general, you will look for excuses to not be kind to people. Resist these.

Possessions

36. Things you use for a significant fraction of your life (bed: 1/3rd, office-chair: 1/4th) are worth investing in.

37. โ€œWhere is the good knife?โ€ If youโ€™re looking for your good X, you have bad Xs. Throw those out.

38. If your work is done on a computer, get a second monitor. Less time navigating between windows means more time for thinking.

39. Establish clear rules about when to throw out old junk. Once clear rules are established, junk will probably cease to be a problem. This is because any rule would be superior to our implicit rules (โ€œkeep this broken stereo for five years in case I learn how to fix itโ€).

40. When buying things, time and money trade-off against each other. If youโ€™re low on money, take more time to find deals. If youโ€™re low on time, stop looking for great deals and just buy things quickly online.

Self

41. Deficiencies do not make you special. The older you get, the more your inability to cook will be a red flag for people.

42. If youโ€™re under 90, try things.

43. Things that arenโ€™t your fault can still be your responsibility.

44. Defining yourself by your suffering is an effective way to keep suffering forever (ex. incels, trauma).

45. Keep your identity small. โ€œIโ€™m not the kind of person who does things like thatโ€ is not an explanation, itโ€™s a trap. It prevents nerds from working out and men from dancing.

46. Donโ€™t confuse โ€˜doing a thing because I like itโ€™ with โ€˜doing a thing because I want to be seen as the sort of person who does such thingsโ€™.

47. Remember that you are dying.

48. Personal epiphanies feel great, but they fade within weeks. Upon having an epiphany, make a plan and start actually changing behavior.

Others

49. In choosing between living with 0-1 people vs 2 or more people, remember that ascertaining responsibility will no longer be instantaneous with more than one roommate (โ€œwhose dishes are these?โ€).

50. When you ask people, โ€œWhatโ€™s your favorite book / movie / band?โ€ and they stumble, ask them instead what book / movie / band theyโ€™re currently enjoying most. Theyโ€™ll almost always have one and be able to talk about it.

ๆพไธ‹ๅนธไน‹ๅŠฉใฎๅ่จ€

1. ไบบใจๆฏ”่ผƒใ‚’ใ—ใฆๅŠฃใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใจใ„ใฃใฆใ‚‚ใ€ๆฑบใ—ใฆๆฅใšใ‚‹ใ“ใจใงใฏใชใ„ใ€‚ใ‘ใ‚Œใฉใ‚‚ใ€ๅŽปๅนดใฎ่‡ชๅˆ†ใจไปŠๅนดใฎ่‡ชๅˆ†ใจใ‚’ๆฏ”่ผƒใ—ใฆใ€ใ‚‚ใ—ใ‚‚ไปŠๅนดใŒๅŠฃใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใจใ—ใŸใ‚‰ใ€ใใ‚Œใ“ใๆฅใšในใใ“ใจใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚

2. ่ชฐใงใ‚‚ใใ†ใ‚„ใ‘ใฉใ€ๅ็œใ™ใ‚‹ไบบใฏใ€ใใฃใจๆˆๅŠŸใ™ใ‚‹ใชใ€‚ๆœฌๅฝ“ใซๆญฃใ—ใๅ็œใ™ใ‚‹ใ€‚ใใ†ใ™ใ‚‹ใจๆฌกใซไฝ•ใ‚’ใ™ในใใ‹ใ€ไฝ•ใ‚’ใ—ใŸใ‚‰ใ„ใ‹ใ‚“ใ‹ใจใ„ใ†ใ“ใจใŒใใกใ‚“ใจใ‚ใ‹ใ‚‹ใ‹ใ‚‰ใชใ€‚ใใ‚Œใงๆˆ้•ทใ—ใฆใ„ใใ‚ใ‘ใ‚„ใ€ไบบ้–“ใจใ—ใฆใ€‚

3. ใฉใ‚“ใชใซๆ‚”ใ„ใฆใ‚‚้ŽๅŽปใฏๅค‰ใ‚ใ‚‰ใชใ„ใ€‚ใฉใ‚Œใปใฉๅฟƒ้…ใ—ใŸใจใ“ใ‚ใงๆœชๆฅใ‚‚ใฉใ†ใชใ‚‹ใ‚‚ใฎใงใ‚‚ใชใ„ใ€‚ไปŠใ€็พๅœจใซๆœ€ๅ–„ใ‚’ๅฐฝใใ™ใ“ใจใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚

4. ใ‚ใ‹ใ‚‰ใชใ‘ใ‚Œใฐใ€ไบบใซ่žใใ“ใจใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚

5. ๅคฑๆ•—ใ—ใŸใจใ“ใ‚ใงใ‚„ใ‚ใฆใ—ใพใ†ใ‹ใ‚‰ๅคฑๆ•—ใซใชใ‚‹ใ€‚ย ๆˆๅŠŸใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ“ใ‚ใพใง็ถšใ‘ใ‚Œใฐใ€ใใ‚ŒใฏๆˆๅŠŸใซใชใ‚‹ใ€‚

6. ไบบ้–“ใฏ่กŒใใฅใพใ‚‹ใจใ„ใ†ใ“ใจใฏ็ตถๅฏพใชใ„ใ€‚่กŒใใฅใพใ‚‹ใจใ„ใ†ใฎใฏใ€่‡ชๅˆ†ใŒ่กŒใใฅใพใฃใŸใจๆ€ใ†ใ ใ‘ใฎใ“ใจใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚

7. ็™พ้ๅ€’ใ‚ŒใŸใ‚‰็™พ้็ซ‹ใกไธŠใŒใ‚Œใ€‚ไธ‡็ญ–ๅฐฝใใŸใจ่จ€ใ†ใชใ€‚็ญ–ใฏๅฟ…ใšใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚

8. ๆฅฝ่ฆณใ‚ˆใ—ๆ‚ฒ่ฆณใ‚ˆใ—ใ€‚ๆ‚ฒ่ฆณใฎไธญใซใ‚‚้“ใŒใ‚ใ‚Šใ€ๆฅฝ่ฆณใฎไธญใซใ‚‚้“ใŒใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚

9. ๅ›ฐ้›ฃใซ็›ด้ขใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ‹ใˆใฃใฆๅฟƒใŒ่บใ‚Šใ€ๆ•ข็„ถใจ้—˜ใ„ใ‚’ๆŒ‘ใ‚“ใงใ€ใ“ใ‚Œใ‚’ๆ‰“็ ดใ™ใ‚‹ใ€ใใ‚“ใชไบบใงใ‚ใ‚ŠใŸใ„ใ€‚

10. ๅฟ—ใ‚’็ซ‹ใฆใ‚‹ใฎใซใ€่€ใ„ใ‚‚่‹ฅใใ‚‚ใชใ„ใ€‚ใใ—ใฆๅฟ—ใ‚ใ‚‹ใจใ“ใ‚ใ€่€ใ„ใ‚‚่‹ฅใใ‚‚้“ใฏๅฟ…ใš้–‹ใ‘ใ‚‹ใฎใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚

11. ไบบใŒใ“ใฎไธ–ใซ็”Ÿใใฆใ„ใ้™ใ‚Šใ€ใ‚„ใฏใ‚Šไฝ•ใ‹ใฎ็†ๆƒณใ‚’ๆŒใกใŸใ„ใ€‚ๅธŒๆœ›ใ‚’ๆŒใกใŸใ„ใ€‚ใใ‚Œใ‚‚ๅ‡บๆฅใ‚‹ใ ใ‘ๅคงใใใ€ๅ‡บๆฅใ‚‹ใ ใ‘้ซ˜ใใ€‚

12. ใ‚ขใ‚คใƒ‡ใ‚ขใ‚’็”Ÿใ‚€ใจ่จ€ใฃใฆใ‚‚ใ€ๅฃๅ…ˆใ ใ‘ใงใฏ็”Ÿใพใ‚Œใชใ„ใ€‚ใ“ใ‚Œใ‚‚ใ‚„ใฏใ‚Š็†ฑๅฟƒใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใ€‚ๅฏใฆใ‚‚ใ•ใ‚ใฆใ‚‚ไธ€ไบ‹ใซๆฒก้ ญใ™ใ‚‹ใปใฉใฎ็†ฑๅฟƒใ•ใ‹ใ‚‰ใ€ๆ€ใ„ใ‚‚ใ‹ใ‘ใฌใ€ใ‚ˆใ็ŸฅๆตใŒๆŽˆใ‹ใ‚‹ใ€‚

13. ๆ น็„กใ—่‰ใซ่Šฑใฏๅ’ฒใ‹ใชใ„ใ€‚

14. ๅ•†ๅฃฒใจใฏใ€ๆ„Ÿๅ‹•ใ‚’ไธŽใˆใ‚‹ใ“ใจใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚

15. ไบบใซใฏ็‡ƒใˆใ‚‹ใ“ใจใŒ้‡่ฆใ ใ€‚็‡ƒใˆใ‚‹ใŸใ‚ใซใฏ่–ชใŒๅฟ…่ฆใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚่–ชใฏๆ‚ฉใฟใงใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚ๆ‚ฉใฟใŒไบบใ‚’ๆˆ้•ทใ•ใ›ใ‚‹ใ€‚

16. ใ„ใใ‚‰็†ฑๅฟƒใงใ‚‚ใƒ ใƒ€ใชใ“ใจใ‚„ใฃใŸใ‚‰ใ„ใ‘ใพใ›ใ‚“ใงใ€‚ใใ‚ŒใŒใƒ ใƒ€ใ‹ใฉใ†ใ‹ใฏใ€ใ‚ใชใŸ่‡ช่บซใง่€ƒใˆใชใ•ใ„ใ€‚ใ“ใ‚Œใฏใƒ ใƒ€ใชใ“ใจใ‹ใฉใ†ใ‹ใ€ไธ€ใคใฒใจใคๆคœ่จŽใ—ใชใ•ใ„ใ€‚ๅฟ…ใšใƒ ใƒ€ใชใ“ใจใ‚’ใ‚„ใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใซ้•ใ„ใชใ„ใ€‚

17. ่ฟทใ†ใ€ใจใ„ใ†ใ“ใจใฏใ€ไธ€็จฎใฎๆฌฒๆœ›ใ‹ใ‚‰ใใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ‚ˆใ†ใซๆ€ใ†ใ€‚ใ‚ใ‚ใ‚‚ใชใ‚ŠใŸใ„ใ€ใ“ใ†ใ‚‚ใชใ‚ŠใŸใ„ใ€ใ“ใ†ใ„ใ†ใตใ†ใซๅ‡บไธ–ใ—ใŸใ„ใ€ใจใ„ใ†ๆฌฒๆœ›ใ‹ใ‚‰่ฟทใ„ใŒใงใฆใใ‚‹ใ€‚ใใ‚Œใ‚’ๆจใฆๅŽปใ‚Œใฐๅ•้กŒใฏใชใใชใ‚‹ใ€‚

18. ไธ‡็ญ–ๅฐฝใใŸใจๆ€ใ†ใชใ€‚่‡ชใ‚‰ๆ–ญๅด–็ตถๅฃใฎๆทตใซใŸใฆใ€‚ใใฎๆ™‚ใฏใ˜ใ‚ใฆๆ–ฐใŸใชใ‚‹้ขจใฏๅฟ…ใšๅนใใ€‚

19. ใ€Œใใ‚Œใฏ็งใฎ่ฒฌไปปใงใ™ใ€ใจใ„ใ†ใ“ใจใŒ่จ€ใ„ๅˆ‡ใ‚Œใฆใ“ใใ€่ฒฌไปป่€…ใŸใ‚Šใ†ใ‚‹ใ€‚

20. ไธ–้–“ใซใฏๅคงๅฟ—ใ‚’ๆŠฑใใชใŒใ‚‰ๅคงๅฟ—ใซๆบบใ‚Œใฆใ€ไฝ•ไธ€ใคใงใใชใ„ไบบใŒใ„ใ‚‹ใ€‚่จ€ใ†ใ“ใจใฏ็ซ‹ๆดพใ ใŒใ€ๅฎŸ่กŒใŒไผดใ‚ใชใ„ใ€‚ไธ–ใฎๅคฑๆ•—่€…ใซใฏใ€ใจใ‹ใใ“ใ†ใ„ใ†ไบบใŒๅคšใ„ใ€‚

21. ้ƒจไธ‹ใซๅคงใ„ใซๅƒใ„ใฆใ‚‚ใ‚‰ใ†ใ‚ณใƒ„ใฎไธ€ใคใฏใ€้ƒจไธ‹ใŒๅƒใ“ใ†ใจใ™ใ‚‹ใฎใ‚’ใ€้‚ช้ญ”ใ—ใชใ„ใ‚ˆใ†ใซใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ„ใ†ใ“ใจใ ใ€‚

22. ๅ•†ๅฃฒใ‚„็”Ÿ็”ฃใฏใใฎๅ•†ๅบ—ใ‚„่ฃฝไฝœๆ‰€ใ‚’็นๆ „ใ•ใ›ใ‚‹ใ“ใจใซใ‚ใ‚‰ใšใ€ใใฎๅƒใใ€ๆดปๅ‹•ใซใ‚ˆใฃใฆ็คพไผšใ‚’ๅฏŒใพใ—ใ‚ใ‚‹ใจใ“ใ‚ใซใใฎ็›ฎ็š„ใŒใ‚ใ‚‹ใ€‚

23. ไบบ็”Ÿใซใฏๆๅพ—ใ‚’่ถ…่ถŠใ—ใŸไธ€้ขใ€่‡ชๅˆ†ใŒใ“ใ‚Œใจๆฑบใ‚ใŸใ‚‚ใฎใซใฏๅ‘ฝใ‚’่ณญใ‘ใฆใงใ‚‚ใ€ใใ‚Œใซ้‚้€ฒใ™ใ‚‹ใจใ„ใ†ไธ€้ขใŒใ‚ใฃใฆใ‚‚ใ‚ˆใ„ใฎใงใฏใชใ„ใ ใ‚ใ†ใ‹ใ€‚

24. ๅ›ใ‚‰ใฎ็ซ‹ๅ ดใฏไธ€ๆ–ฐๅ…ฅ็คพๅ“กใ‚„ใชใ€‚ใ—ใ‹ใ—ใ€ๆ„่ญ˜ใฏ็คพ้•ทใซใชใ‚Œใ€‚

25. ๏ผ“๏ผ…ใ ใฃใŸใ‚‰ใ€ไปŠใพใงใฎๅปถ้•ท็ทšไธŠใงใ‚ณใ‚นใƒˆใƒ€ใ‚ฆใƒณใ‚’่€ƒใˆใ‚‹ใ€‚ใ—ใ‹ใ—ใ€๏ผ“ๅ‰ฒไธ‹ใ’ใ‚‹ใซใฏๅ•†ๅ“่จญ่จˆใ‹ใ‚‰ใ‚„ใ‚Š็›ดใ•ใชใ‘ใ‚Œใฐใชใ‚‰ใชใ„ใ€‚ใใ†ใ ใจใ—ใŸใ‚‰ใ€๏ผ“ๅ‰ฒใฏ็„ก็†ใงใฏใชใ„ใ€‚ใ‚„ใฃใฆใฟใ‚ˆใ†ใ€‚