24 Pieces of Advice that Got Lost in Your Couch Cushions

Pulled from hundreds of articles

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The best advice does one simple thing. It reminds you of something you knew, but forgot.

There’s no big secret truth that solves all of our problems — just lots of little ones. They’re like loose change that gets stuck in the couch. Every now and then, you have to pull off the cushions and dig. That’s when you find a penny that makes the world add up to a dollar again.

I’ve gone back through about three years of my blog posts — hundreds of articles. Themes came up. So I broke them down into my own pile of change, with 24 truths that apply to just about everyone. They cover everything from creativity to emotional intelligence.

Here you go:

1. You have a chorus of emotions

You’re allowed to be happy and sad at the same time. You can miss someone and be angry at them. You can laugh when you’re terrified. You can forget how you were feeling five minutes ago. Emotions often sing together. They contradict each other. Sometimes you don’t know how you’re feeling, because you think you should feel one way. But we almost never feel one way. We tend to feel two or three ways.

2. Don’t tinker things to death