Life Reflection On 25
These posts are for me.
When I’m 65, I’d love to read what I thought was important.
For now, here’s a recap on turning 26 and being 25.
Being 25:
I remember turning 25 and thinking to myself “this is real now, I’m official mid-20’s”.
Which is a punch in the gut because, I’m leaving the territory where things can be cool because of your age.
If you think about it in extremes…
When you can walk at 6 months old, it’s super impressive. Walking at 5 isn’t cool.
When you make varsity captain of your sports team freshman year, impressive. As a senior, expected.
When you sell a company for $1M when you’re 21, it’s cool. Doing the same when you’re 40… less cool.
I’m entering the game where things need to be impressive for the sake of them just being damn impressive.
It’s a better game to play. But a harder one.
Top Decisions I made at 25:
Getting a Home Base – As it stands today, I still can’t imagine a better home base than NYC. Having friends around me that I’ve known for 7+ years have given me so much joy & meeting some of the people I’ve met online in person has been incredibly rewarding.
Taking Things Less Seriously – It’s. been a really big learning for me this year that there’s literally no right way to do anything. There are no rules to life. But the people I admire the most find ways to have a lot of success without compromising fun & adventure. I think I’ve gotten better at that this year
Hiring Teams – This year we hired Ashley, Jina, Elliot, Ecko & others throughout various companies. This was absolutely the right decision to allow us to grow the companies without me being a bottle neck on growth and stressed out trying to spin several plates at once.
Worst Decisions I made at 25:
Ending Podcast – I ran The Next Generation for 2 years with Gio. Lately I’ve been a little upset about not continuing to run it because I know I’ve gotten dozens of comments about people missing it, and I really do enjoy great conversations with impressive people. I think this year I’l need to hire someone to run content for me full time (not the thoughts, just the execution) because I do really miss it.
Not Investing Enough Time Into Learning – I think I do this better than 90% of people today. But I also think I don’t want to compare myself to 90% of people. I should be more willing to spend money and time on coaches, communities, and books.
Not Being As Disciplined As I’d Like – I have a really rare opportunity compared to a lot of people (career/life wise). I think there are few things I can’t do today if I really wanted to. Sometimes I think I don’t have my foot on the gas pedal enough. But candidly, all of this could probably be resolved with just a slightly more strict work schedule for myself.
A few of my favorite things from last year:
Costa Rica trip with Mark to learn & train BJJ
First big solo trip to Portugal for 2 months
Jumping around Europe with Sarah, Gio, Christian, Gianna, and more
Moving to NYC
Starting to date Sarah
Seeing ACL, Coachella, Flume, Fred Again, Wethan, Abhi the Nomad, etc.
Skiing in Tahoe
2 Week Trip To Colombia