1) DON’T SMOKE CIGARETTES.
2) BUY MOST OF YOUR GROCERIES FROM THE PRODUCE SECTION. MOST OF THAT OTHER SHIT IS NOT ACTUALLY FOOD. YOU DON’T NEED IT.
3) RIDE YOUR BIKE INSTEAD OF DRIVING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. YOU NEED THE EXERCISE AND GAS IS EXPENSIVE.
4) GET YOUR CLOTHES FROM THRIFT STORES. WITH THE PHYSIQUE YOU’LL HAVE FROM RIDING YOUR BIKE, YOU’LL LOOK HOT WEARING ANYTHING.
5) LEARN TO FIX THINGS. TONS OF GREAT BOOKS AND YOUTUBE VIDS ON FIXING ANYTHING. OR ASK AN OLD DUDE. PEOPLE USED TO FIX THINGS. NO SHIT.
6) LEARN A TRADE — CARPENTRY, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AUTO MECHANICS, TAILORING, COMPUTER/ELECTRONICS REPAIR, SOMETHING THEY CAN’T FUCKING OUTSOURCE. NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT YOUR MASTERS IN DOSTOYEVSKY OR YOUR HIGH SCORE ON WORLD OF WARCRAFT…. FIX SOMETHING, DUMBASS, FIX SOMETHING!
7) IF YOU LIKE BOOZE, DRINK AT HOME WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS.
8) DO PEOPLE FAVORS. IT’S CALLED COOPERATION. IT’S HOW THE WORLD WORKED BEFORE MONEY. THEY WILL RETURN THE FAVOR, OR SOMEONE WILL. NO SHIT. THIS REALLY WORKS.
9) MAKE THINGS — LOOK AROUND YOU. WHAT DO YOU SEE? YAH, SHITTY STUFF MADE BY IMPOVERISHED ENSLAVED PEOPLE FAR AWAY. PICK ANYTHING. MAKE A BETTER ONE. PEOPLE WANT GOOD SHIT. YOU WON’T GET RICH, BUT YOU’LL GET BY.
10) FIND WORK YOU LOVE. IF YOU CAN’T DO THAT, THEN FIND A JOB WHERE YOU LOVE THE PEOPLE.
11) JUNKIES AND ADDICTS ARE LIKE TODDLERS. THEY JUST WANT TO SHIT ALL OVER YOU AND EVERYTHING. THE MESSES THEY MAKE CAN GET EXPENSIVE. AVOID THEM IF YOU CAN.
12) DON’T BUY SHIT ON CREDIT, REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA? CASH ONLY, FUCKERS. CAN’T AFFORD IT? DON’T FUCKING BUY IT!
13) PREVENTABLE EXPENSES — STD’S, ABORTIONS, DWI’S, LUNG CANCER, HEAD INJURIES, CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER.
14) DON’T GO ON FANCY DATES IF YOU’RE NOT FANCY. MOST PEOPLE KIND OF DESPISE THE RICH ANYWAY.
15) WHEN YOU GO SEE SHOWS, BRING A FLASK IN. THAT WAY YOU CAN AFFORD TO BUY A RECORD.
16) WE LIVE IN A WASTEFUL SOCIETY. LIVE WELL. IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH. REALLY.

The Autodidact Manifesto

1. I’m passionate about being a lifelong learner.

2. I’m insatiably curious.

3. I believe that knowledge is power.

4. I know that if I’m truly invested in learning something, there’s no need to go back to school to learn it.

5. I believe I can teach myself any subject if I have a serious interest in it.

6. I’m 100% responsible for my learning — I take full ownership of the process of improving myself.

7. Being an autodidact gives me the freedom to learn what I want, when I want.

8. I can be my own coach, mentor, and teacher.

9. If there’s something that I want to learn, I can figure out how to learn it. I know I can learn anything I set my mind to.

10. I make the time to learn. I include learning in my schedule.

11. I overcome inner obstacles to learning such as procrastination, fear, and perfectionism.

12. I ignore the naysayers who say that you can’t teach yourself.

13. My diploma is the project that I complete with my newly-acquired knowledge.

14. I constantly push myself to step out of my comfort zone. Instead of constantly doing what I already know how to do, I stretch myself in order to learn more.

15. I’m self-directed and I work well on my own — I don’t need someone looking over my shoulder telling me what to do.

16. I’m good at goal setting and set S.M.A.R.T. learning goals.

17. I’m good at plan creation, implementation, and iteration. When I want to learn something new I create a plan for learning it and I follow through with my plan.

18. I know that all of the information that I need is at my fingertips.

19. I have the discipline necessary to accomplish my learning goals.

20. I have the necessary grit to persist until I achieve my learning objectives.

21. I’m self-motivated — I can keep my motivation and enthusiasm for learning high.

22. I see obstacles to my learning as challenges to be overcome, not as stopping points.

23. I’m willing to put in the necessary time and effort to learn what I want.

24. I’m committed to self-learning.

25. I learn something new every day, even it’s just a new vocabulary word.

26. I move quickly from learning to doing.

27. I’m invested in learning how to learn.

28. I know that making mistakes is simply part of the learning process.

29. I can deal with the frustration and confusion that are integral components of learning.

30. I’m willing to be a beginner.

31. If one learning strategy doesn’t work, I look for a different strategy.

32. As I learn I make careful self-assessments and adjustments.

33. Those who have the most success with learning are those who try the hardest.

34. I learn actively, not passively.

35. I share what I learn with others.

“And depending on what you post, share, and like, you not only tell others how you see the world, but you also tell yourselves who you are.”

“If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don’t bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.”

— R. Buckminster Fuller

life is really just a collection of concurrent loops,

constantly returning to the same feelings, concepts, ideas

just in new permutations and combinations

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Have you ever observed how formally trained architects, musicians and physicists can work so successfully in other disciplines?

Perhaps it’s because these three professions are each, in turn, taught how to use our three primary materials: space, time, and light.

And with this knowledge, their fingers can weave the fabric of our reality wherever they choose.

“Radical softness is the idea that unapologetically sharing your emotions is a political move and a way to combat the societal idea that feelings are a sign of weakness.”