To my future child,
Over the years I have collected a lot of advices and kept the ones that are quite useful. Here are some simple rules so you can navigate the boring stuff of life and enjoy the less boring parts of it.
I hope that they will help you and that you may add some more to them, pass them along so people you care about will enjoy life with you, because a life in solitary and with no one to share what you know with, is a life not well lived.
Remove multiple alarms from your phone. When you wake up have the willpower to get up on your own. Be the one that is in control, not the alarm.
When you know what the job is about, hire somebody that is conscientious and conservative.
When there is no need for electronic devices, don't use them. If you can do one thing better with a pen and paper, use that. Don't try to emulate everything with electronics. Use it when it makes sense. It will make you robust and you will not lose touch with things that have been around for a very long time.
A lot of times you will enjoy the journey towards a goal more than the actual goal.
There is a concept called survivor bias. It is the same as the winner is writing the history. The book how I lost 15kg in one week will make it to stores so you can read about it. You will not find a book titled how I lost 15kg in 10 years. For every story of success there are a lot of stories of failure.
If you want to sell something and you are talking to an employee of a cooperation you have to think about this: The person you are talking to will not be credited with the gains of what you are selling but only the downfalls. The result is that he/she can get fired. This makes it hard to sell anything that way.
When you are working try to do only one thing at a time and avoid multitasking. Even listening to something in the background (e.g. podcasts, music with lyrics) may cause you to lose concentration. Focus all your mental energy towards your task at hand and then move on to other things.
When you have less, you are more antifragile to life. You have less to lose, less of a status quo to lose, less financial burdens, less psychological problems.
You don't need so much of it. If you need much sugar, it is usually a sign that something else is wrong.
Try to have an option around your choices. Don't be forced into using a particular one. On the other hand, if there is no viable alternative, don't sweat it.