Speaking for myself, I'm reminded by the advice about other people's advice to youth - it's not actually how I'd done it in my early 20's - but whatever I'm la

Speaking for myself, I'm reminded by the advice about other people's advice to youth - it's not actually how I'd done it in my early 20's - but whatever I'm lacking currently at my current old age that I wish my younger-self would have put in the work to make it easier for me right now lol. Like many others, I am feeling the money pressure as I get older; hence the advice to younger self just to graduate early and learn to save, invest and compound (never mind my younger self tried to chase the dollar and were constantly insecure about chasing internships and make the grades to do so). Like many others, I'm feeling more the social isolation and feeling stagnant as I get older; hence the advice to younger self to get out more and acquire more social and dating experiences (never mind how my younger self have tried and how the pushback were with how insecure, superficial and immature some people and I were back then with undeveloped pre-frontal cortices). I'm reminded by how some thing that I've held in such high regard back then - has turned utterly meaningless and almost cringey with age. Like losing your virginity for the first time or penetrating into a summer internship at Faang or penetrating into a trendy clubbing for the first time (pun intended). Not these things weren't important but it's how much I chased and were haunted by these external milestones every hour and every minute and second - just like I'm now haunted in middle age on how to compound to multiple two commas net worth, FOMO about my friends professional accomplishment into high management, making out with real estate and/or family formation. The things back then I do not regret and wished I had done more: learning and playing guitar, working at a genomics lab for all 4 years in school, spending time with friends and going to the beach.