What Would You Say To Your 22 Years Old Self

just moved out here for an internship i'm 22. still not quite sure what my end goal is i get asked what's your five-year goal i want to figure out not by me clearly yes maybe she's about 70 more years i guess my question is if you were in where knowing what you know now what would you say to your 22 year old self because i've been throwing some darts trying to see which one sticks but i'd just love to hear from you my if i gave you the actual answer it's so complicated because at 22 the only thing i wanted to do was build my family's business for them and i was kind of like the talks i was having were weird which is like you're gonna give up the best years of your life for your parents because they did it for you and like i had like this altruistic like noble like family immigrant vision and i was psychotic about it like literally did not like actively tell people like i went to everything is best in balance like it would have been okay if i went to the jersey shore once in my 20s it would have been okay but i didn't that's how psychotic i was i think but the reason i'm so happy is because i'm gonna give you the answer of what ties that together which is the only thing you should be thinking about is if everything was perfect like as if i was a genie from the future and can grant your actual wish you have to try to make that actually happen meaning even if you've never said to your dad only to yourself not even your best friend like if you've said to your own self that i want to be an actress or a doctor supreme court justice or an entrepreneur whatever that is whatever it actually is that's what 22 to 30 is about it's all high risk it's the biggest [ __ ] falsity that has been sold to kids now you've got to actually know what the [ __ ] you're doing as if you're actually in the best position ever to execute something that's not practical you don't need a lot of money to live you can live with 40 of your [ __ ] friends let alone three you could you can eat like [ __ ] in your 20s so you can buy dollar food and like you can just you don't have kids you don't have you don't oops sorry uh you know you are in the most practical place from 22 to 30 to do crazy ass [ __ ] but the world has taught kids that that's the time you're supposed to have it figured out it's insane so my advice to you is whatever your biggest single dreams are that you've kept to yourself have been scared to even think you could you've got to challenge yourself to try and that looks like this whatever i just said if it is supreme court justice it's interning it's paying a law firm even though you didn't go to law school to like be an assistant like people understand how life actually works like if you could just get into the game weird things happen right if it is hollywood life like you need to move to la and like [ __ ] like work for like it's working for free which comes in all shapes and sizes your dad is a successful business person you might be able to afford to work free and that's okay that's like family dynamics work for free is also working at safe ryan reynolds worked at safeway that's working for free that's nine bucks an hour like you know that's the theory right like it's zero if you're miraculously in that situation most people aren't some are it's okay my kids will be for example it's okay or minimum wage but in the thing or a shitty job that gives you plenty of hours to be in the thing i tell a lot of people who want to be influencers to get like a job at 7-eleven and just make content all day while they're standing behind the register like you know like get a job that's not actually making you do anything so that you have time to do the thing that's true i mean i don't want to think what people are doing right now that i'm paying them you know like you know like so you have to go for your actual dream the one that scares you the most because it's the one you want the most but you haven't even thought you had a chance to do it that makes sense it's it actually makes sense this is what why i'm so passionate about it if not now when but the world really [ __ ] everybody up like this concept that you have to now you went to college and you thus now know what the [ __ ] you want to do who sho of course certain ironically orthodontic doctor yes of course there are a small group of professions that the passion in the school and you know for everybody else nobody's doing the [ __ ] thing what and that's where everybody is and you guys have know your options you have so many options because of technology but the real answer to your question is the dream that you haven't even felt comfortable believing in i love that thank you you're welcome