{"id":35065,"date":"2018-08-28T13:49:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T12:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/?p=35065"},"modified":"2018-08-28T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T12:49:21","slug":"6-things-you-must-understand-about-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/6-things-you-must-understand-about-life\/","title":{"rendered":"6 THINGS YOU MUST UNDERSTAND ABOUT LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Life is a continuous learning curve. You never quite know it all, and no matter how much you think you know, sometimes, we all need a reality check. I promise you’ll be glad you read this post.<\/p>\n

Check out some things about life you definitely should know.<\/p>\n

NO ONE REALLY CARES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Got a new car? Nobody cares. You\u2019ll probably get some gawkers for a couple of weeks, but they don’t care. They\u2019re curious. Three weeks in, it\u2019ll be just another shiny blob among all the thousands of others crawling down the road, and sitting in garages up and down your street. People will care about your car just as much as you care about all of those. Got a new wardrobe? Went to a great restaurant? Exotic vacation? Nobody cares! Don\u2019t base your happiness on people\u2019s caring, because they won\u2019t. And if they do, they either want your stuff or hate you for it.<\/p>\n

MONEY IS CHEAP<\/strong><\/p>\n

I mean, there\u2019s a lot of it\u2014trillions upon trillions, floating around the world, largely made up of cash whose value is made up and ascribed to it, anyway.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t engineer your life around getting a slightly less tiny portion of this pile, and make your spirit of generosity reflect this principle.<\/p>\n

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO EVERYONE, BUT YOU’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF<\/strong><\/p>\n

I believe we\u2019re responsible to everyone for something, even if it\u2019s something as basic as an affirmation of their humanity. However, it should most often go far beyond that and manifest itself in service to others, to being a voice for the voiceless. If you\u2019re reading this, there are those around you who toil under burdens larger than yours, who stand in need of touch and respect and chances.<\/p>\n

Conversely, though, you\u2019re responsible for yourself. Nobody else is going to find success for you, and nobody else is going to instill happiness into you from the outside. That\u2019s on you.<\/p>\n

LEARN TO SEE REALITY IN TERMS OF SYSTEMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you understand the world around you as a massive web of interconnected, largely interdependent systems, things get much less mystifying\u2014 and the less we either ascribe to magic or allow to exist behind a fog, the less susceptible we\u2019ll be to all manner of being taken advantage of.<\/p>\n

ACCOUNT FOR THE THREAT OF BLACK SWAN EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes chaos consumes the most meticulous of plans, and if you live life with no margins in a financial, emotional, or any other sense, you will be subject to its whims. Take risks, but backstop them with something\u2014 I strongly suspect people who say \u2018having a Plan B is a sign of weak commitment\u2019 aren\u2019t living hand to mouth. Do what you need to in order to keep your footing.<\/p>\n

MONEY IS EXPENSIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

I mean, it\u2019s difficult to get your hands on it sometimes\u2014 and you never know when someone\u2019s going to pull the floorboards out from under you, so don\u2019t be stupid with it.<\/p>\n

Avoid debt on depreciating assets, and never incur debt in order to assuage your vanity (see rule number one).<\/p>\n

Debt has become normative, but don\u2019t blithely accept it as a rite of passage into adulthood\u2014 debt represents imbalance and, in some sense, often a resignation of control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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