Sleep On It

What's the best piece of advice someone has ever given you? If you're anything like me, it's quite possible that it's something your mom has said to you in the past - probably more than once. Uh oh, I think I just heard the sound of someone X-ing out their browser window!

For me, a great piece of advice has been "sleep on it." It usually means that you're facing a decision that you shouldn't rush into making, and that you could benefit from some time to weigh all the options. I don't know how much sleep actually has to do with it (unless you're deciding on a new bed), but it definitely has a lot to do with taking your time. Which can be hard when we're programmed to "think fast" and "act now" and we're constantly reminded how quickly time flies (see Jenerous' comment about Facebook stalking exes at work) and how opportunities - how life - (think of the quote from Ferris Bueller's Day Off) can pass you by.

I think taking some time and giving things a little more thought - whether it's something kind of silly like holding off on an impulse buy or something more serious like deciding whether to forgive someone for hurting you - is always worth it. What's the rush?

So, again I ask, what's the best piece of advice someone has given you?

Taking my own advice

Today I decided to take my own advice and do something I've sort of been wanting to do: start a blog. Honestly, I am not entirely sure why. Maybe I'm just bored and need a new project. Maybe I want to help people in some small way. Maybe I think I am funny and this will be a positive use of my sarcasm. By the way, this is an advice blog. Which is funny, because I am pretty horrible at taking advice. And vitamins. But I think I've always given my friends decent advice, and they keep asking for it in a variety of situations, so it can't be that terrible. So, here goes. I predict this little blog project will be little more than a personal journal of sorts, but maybe a few friends (who are also in their mid-twenties and bored at work/a little frustrated with where they are compared to where they thought they'd be in their lives right now) will take pity on me and ask for some kind of advice that they may or may not actually need (thanks in advance), and we'll all get to have a little fun and maybe even learn a thing or two. Who knows. So, bring on the questions! Dating, career, money, food, health, saving the whales - I'm sure I can help figure it all out, or at least make you chuckle a little while I try.