What advice would you give to your 22 year old self?

To the 22 years old :

• Take a closer look at your parents, you don’t need to fight alone. Even though they have very different beliefs and perspectives with you, they’re still there for you no matter what. Appreciate them.
• That girl is not for you. You might think she’s the prettiest in this world, that’s because you’re deeply in love. You choose to bury your rational mind and convince yourself she’s the one, you believe you can change her, but deep down, you know she’s not the one for you.
• Freedom is overrated. Understand constraints, learn how to deal with them and use them as your advantages. The Internet and some salesman want you to believe you can have it all before 23, but you can’t.
• Get a job. Just because Mark Zuckerberg build Facebook when he was 20 doesn’t mean you should/could too. At least, learn to put food on your table first.
• Happiness comes from within. Stop seeking for external stuff and think it’s going to make yourself happier. That luxury item may excite you, but excitements never last.
• Please stop comparing. You’ve learned not to complain since 16, but what you didn’t learn is you shouldn’t compare. It’s unfair, you’re evaluating your worst based on others’ best. So stop that.
• Hustle harder brings you nowhere if your direction is wrong. I know you aren’t born rich, but seriously… money is not everything in life. Never get blinded by it, get your vision clear.
• Money is the results of success, not the cause of success. Choose a group of people and focus on serving them well instead. Don’t dabble, opt for mastery.
• Buying a lot of books means nothing, read them. Reading lot of books means nothing too, apply them.
• If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. You can’t make $1,739 in 7 days on the Internet.
• You’re just 22. Never live in a hurry. You only live once, enjoy it instead. Life is a marathon, not a race.

But life is about balance, there are always two sides to every coin. I fairly enjoy the journey with a lot of ups and downs, and extremely grateful for the experiences I went through regardless it was good or bad.