/lit/ - Literature

1) Don't think you're better than others for not drinking, not smoking, or not doing drugs, you have other shit that wastes your time and fucks up your health even more (bad diet, lack of exercise that gives you back/shoulder pain even though good genetics, tv show/internet/porn addiction). Don't belittle other people for falling into so-called "traps", just because you haven't fallen in a specific type of trap most of your peers do, doesn't mean you haven't fallen into a trap.
You have your own set of vices, accept them and act against them.

2) Don't allow yourself to go to sleep too late, usually in front of a computer screen, when you look at the clock and it says 11pm, have the foresight to see yourself fastforward 5 hours, at 4am, typing shit away on an anonymous imageboard and then feeling depressed for the next hour or two and not getting any sleep at all. Go to fucking sleep.

3) Don't be ashamed of your inabilities at any given time, admit to yourself that there are certain things you do not know and cannot comprehend at a certain point in time, but also know that these concepts were constructed by ordinary people hundreds of years ago that didn't have access to any of the resources you have at your disposal now. If there was ever a point in history when it was easy to learn these things - it's right here and right now.

4) Don't shame yourself for being born in a country in which you think people "don't get you", yes, plenty of other people think so to, but they either end up being massively successful or kill themselves. If you're going to be angry at something out of your control then use it to fuel your dreams.

5) Don't be afraid to completely forsake modern technology (instant messaging, social networks, news media outlets, images of false reality) if you think it even gives you a chance of working towards something meaningful that you wouldn't be able to work towards otherwise.