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Nadine Burke Harris: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime. Harvard Bonheur (étude) How To Ruin Your Life (Without Even Noticing That You Are) Understand that life is not a straight line. Life is not a set timeline of milestones. It is okay if you don’t finish school, get married, find a job that supports you, have a family, make money, and live comfortably all by this age, or that age. It’s okay if you do, as long as you understand that if you’re not married by 25, or a Vice President by 30 — or even happy, for that matter — the world isn’t going to condemn you. You are allowed to backtrack. You are allowed to figure out what inspires you.

You are allowed time, and I think we often forget that. You ruin your life by choosing the wrong person. You ruin your life by letting your past govern it. You ruin your life when you compare yourself to others. You ruin your life by desensitizing yourself. You ruin your life by tolerating it. You should follow us on Instagram here. Brandon Weber. Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating. The person you really need to marry: Tracy McMillan at TEDxOlympicBlvdWomen.

Getting Stuck in the Negatives (and How to Get Unstuck): Alison Ledgerwood at TEDxUCDavis. Youtube. Youtube. Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young. Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who'd rather be Rollerblading. Most of us, alas, will never be invited to sow our words of wisdom among an audience of caps and gowns, but there's no reason we can't entertain ourselves by composing a Guide to Life for Graduates.

I encourage anyone over 26 to try this and thank you for indulging my attempt.Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Don't worry about the future. Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Floss. Don't waste your time on jealousy. Remember compliments you receive. Keep your old love letters. Stretch. Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. Get plenty of calcium. Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Enjoy your body. Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life | Talk Video.

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