The 7 Pieces of Life Advice That Actually Changed My Life

These are life-changers because they are tools to change what you need to change — but also to appreciate what you already have.

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Some advice is perfectly good advice, but it rolls off you with no practical application, soon to be forgotten. Other advice works well to solve a very specific problem, but only that problem. The bits of advice below, however, are things I use over and over no matter what the problem. They have changed my life because now, no project seems too large, no task insurmountable. They are ways to get unstuck any time I am stuck.

1) Start somewhere, start anywhere.

I used to think you always had to start at the beginning. The logical place to start, right? And sure, there are many things where you need to do certain things in a certain order — -surgery, changing a flat tire, following a recipe. But for many things, particularly creative endeavors — -the beginning is sometimes an elusive little bugger. A lot of people get overwhelmed and say, “I don’t know where to start.” Now, when I’m faced with a task that seems daunting, I simply divide it into as many actions as I can — -always putting in some that are so clear that I can’t possibly screw it up. Need to write…