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I wish someone had told me index funds only, forget trading, just grind compound interest for decades.
Also: lift barbells, floss, read more doom-scroll less.
I was going to say something, but this nailed it. Seriously, index funds. Trading is just gambling, not investing. The index funds I tend to recommend are super boring: 60/40 split between VT and BNDW. The ones I actually use are even more super boring: 40% VTV, 20% VXUS, 40% BNDW. Boring, but (as) reliable (as can be hoped for).
But I can't resist saying more. Focus more on self improvement/learning activities and hobbies that bring you joy than seeking validation from others. Finding something you enjoy doing, mastering it, building a network of hobby peers, will lead to validation from within as well as organic respect from others. Try to find ways to volunteer your time, labor, and skill in ways that helps others at or below your degree of fortune. A happy community breeds happy individuals, who create a happy community.
Floss! Expandable floss!
It made me like flossing. Now I've gone from never flossing most of my life; to a waterpik monthly (because I was trying to be better); to "waterpik-rinse" quick, followed by this floss maybe twice a week or more. I still brush my teeth like twice a day (usually), but I'm talking about the joys of flossing
I have narrow teeth and regular floss shreds... which makes me avoidant of flossing because of sensory stuff
This expandable floss stuff (there's plenty brands), it still shreds and sometimes worse... but it doesn't bother me as much? It's easier to use somehow?
Idk, I sound like a shill for that shit, buuuut... It got me flossing. And now I use my waterpik like every day. My teeth have never been cleaner, and I like doing it... fucking awesome
I'm a waterpik slut, anytime I eat something I immediately crave the waterpik to clean out the gums. Life changing
Yes! It becomes a healthy obsession? Lol, idk I think the waterpik was like a gateway drug for flossing, but then flossing (with floss I like) reinforced using the waterpik?
Between-the-teeth-clean... I can't un-notice it now. Life changing indeed
it helps blast food out between the teeth, that flossing cant get. its also primes it so flossing is easier, because the wider glides the floss easier.