My stock advice
Here are a couple of pearls of advice that I find myself giving out often in many different contexts.

• Don't allow yourself to fall into a downward spiral of negativity. Your perception of the world is shaped by your thoughts. If you believe this, you will start thinking more positively and adopt a more positive attitude to life.
• Have faith in your personal goals.
• If you find you're too aggressive or angry (not just physically, but mentally too), take up a martial art to relieve the tension in a positive and controlled way.
• Be yourself. Doing so will ultimately lead you to where you really want to be.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 24 May 2010, 20:18, 5 replies)

this
is far too sensible
(Smale is stuffed, Mon 24 May 2010, 20:24, closed)

Yeah
And let's wank off hippies and shag trees too.
(Clerk T Hazarde are all the wine, Mon 24 May 2010, 20:54, closed)

#3
Definitely worked for me
(lolwhites, Mon 24 May 2010, 21:13, closed)

your perception of the world is shaped by your thoughts ...
... but the underlying physical reality doesn't give a flying duck about what you think, and does what it does regardless.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Mon 24 May 2010, 22:01, closed)

You
talking to me?
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Mon 24 May 2010, 22:34, closed)