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Never Enter a Pool By The Stairs
What my 27-year-old and 13-year-old self still agree on
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What I am thinking about 🧠
This past Saturday was my 27th birthday (!!) and I am thinking about many things at the moment.
First, if you would have asked 13-year-old Gregory, he would have told you that 27-year-old Gregory would have had it all figured out by now.
He’d be living in a mansion, driving a Ferrari, dating a supermodel — you know, all the important stuff that a 13-year-old knows to be what gives life meaning and value.
Second, my younger self definitely would have told people that I’d be able to grow a super manly beard by now, but yet again he’d be sadly mistaken. It’s funny how life unfolds differently than one expects, especially when the future is being envisioned from a still-developing pre-frontal cortex.
There is one thing, however, that my current self and my younger self would have agreed upon. It’s a life philosophy that I heard many years ago and it’s always brought a…
