Eventually everyone in their life will question a decision or need to make one and figuring out which course of action to take may not be easy.
Because of this, over the years I’ve developed a small set of very useful Maximae Vitae to help guiding my own course of actions.
"This is probably my favourite quote from a Latin author (Horace, Satirae, I, 1, 106), mostly because it can be applied to literally any aspect of life. a"
"When I wake up in the morning, I have one and one only objective to accomplish before the night: this day must be better than the other. "
"Everything you do, everything you see can teach you something, even if you've done it already. It could be the book you've read the 100th time, talking with a friend, watching a random YouTube video or even walking around your neighbourhood and observing the people, the street, the places. Keep searching for cues, revelations, epiphanies, little pieces or random knowledge that will build up and make you better in some way or another."
"Everyone wants things to go well for them and it's perfectly ok to have a good attitude, but being blatantly optimistic is almost as bad (if not even worse) then being a sunken pessimist: things could go wrong, so think the worst that could happen and make sure you're ready for it, hoping that you don't have to."
"The resources on this planet (and on this universe) are finite, so if something can still be used, why waste it? Remember that entropy can only not-decrease. Also, usually reusing is better than recycling."
"This is mostly a friendly advice to people that constantly loose things but, being a thinkful organizer, that is a rule that I use very often and it has served me really well so it might worth sharing."