I’ve gone through a lot of growth over the past few years since the pandemic and other coinciding life experiences. I thought I’d share what I’ve learned or rediscovered.

• Trust your instincts (around potentially dangerous situations or people you get a bad feeling of). ¹

• If you still have a bad feeling, but think it might be OK, double check before committing, keeping your instincts in mind.

• If it seems to good to be true, it probably is.

• Don’t make big decisions while panicking or depressed.

• Be sure you know all the facts before committing to something.

• Try new things, talk to new people (both safely of course).

• If you think, “I might regret this but…”, don’t do it. You probably will regret it.

• It doesn’t hurt to ask. (In life and work. Usually, the most they can say is “no”.)

• Reach out to people. They might want to hear (back) from you too.

• Drink enough water, eat enough food, get enough sleep.

• Bad environments can cause stress.

• Nice environments can be healthy.

• Hesitate before buying something. If you keep wanting that product after a few weeks, you might actually want it. ²

• If you keep coming back to a thought or idea over several months or years ³, that might be worth investigating…