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by blaser-waffle 2200 days ago
> I wish someone would make a guide for young people titled, "how to succeed at your life."

There is no universal "win at life" thing. You've been fed a stream of broadly capitalist rhetoric that you need to earn more and consume more. They don't have any answers to "succeeding" or being happy -- they just want you to buy another luxury vehicle or a house you can't afford.

Don't get me wrong, nice things are nice -- nothin wrong with having a Lexus -- but you're the only one who gets to choose "how to succeed at life."

When you're 80 years old and you're explaining what you did during your life to your kids/friends/nursing home attendants what would you want to tell them?