Your 20s ( ​80's) are the perfect time to do a few things that are unusual, weird, bold, risky, unexplainable, crazy, unprofitable, and looks nothing like “success.” The less this time looks like success, the better it will be as a foundation. For the rest of your life these orthogonal experiences will serve as your muse and touchstone, upon which you can build ( ​experience) an uncommon life. ​

“I’ll go on until I fall over,” David Hockney, 85

LASTLY, WE HOPE THAT YOU LIVE IN A STATE OF CONSTANT WONDER As we accumulate years, parts of our imagination tend to dull. Whether from sadness, prolonged struggle, or social conditioning, somewhere along the way people forget how to tap into the inherent magic that exists within our minds. Don’t let that part of your imagination fade away. Look up at the stars and imagine what it would be like to be an astronaut or a pilot. Imagine exploring the pyramids or Machu Picchu. Ima

Investor Josh Wolfe on the best advice he ever received: “The best, most useful advice I ever got was from Jim Watson, [the scientist who discovered DNA] over tea at his New York apartment: Avoid boring people.” JamesClear.com

“I feel healthy. I feel stronger in aspects of my being that I did not have when I was younger. So I call it aging into health — find what makes you happy and makes other people happy and go for that.” Physician and holistic medicine pioneer,102 year old Dr. Gladys McGarey qtd in Today online.

“Life teaches you how to live it if you live it long enough.” Tony Bennett , a legend who died at 98, July 2023

Sleep in? … “Lay there and stare at the ceiling?” he groans. “I’m 84. I’m not sure how many days I’ve got left to live, but I know one thing: I ain’t gonna waste them sleeping.” ​ Tom Moore, legendary coach, Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Award of Excellence;