Honor the Reality of Your Own Life
One of the biggest mistakes people make is trying to live at someone else’s pace instead of honoring the reality of their own life. You must understand that your life moves at your own pace, and your conditions and circumstances are not the same as anyone else’s. So before you make any decisions, consider the parameters of your own life. Ask yourself whether the choice you are about to make is based on someone else’s life, which is different from yours, or on the true parameters of your own. For example, if someone decides to spend $1 million buying a house and they are a billionaire, you can’t make the same choice with your own $1 million if all you have is $2 million. The circumstances are widely different. Another instance: say you were born into a situation where you grew up without knowing the love of both parents, or you lost a parent early. You cannot be making the same choices as someone who was born into a family where both parents were present throughout their childhood, adol...