Advice for Ambitious Teenagers

All sounds like great advice to me; but my teen years are mostly comfortably lost in a haze of time, alcohol, and lingering concerns about alligators.

I would add: Don't be afraid to change subjects, delve deep into what appears to be a diversion from a main interest when it catches your attention, and don't be afraid to find yourself satisfied with a subject and look for another.

Passion is great. There's this expectation that it become a dead seagull tied around your neck as you slog for a goal you no longer want and forgot how to question.

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