Their skiff'd have ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.

It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was all wrapped up,

it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so

a guess. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so, for that one change really.

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This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2346. Three important life skills nobody ever taught you.

Part 1 by Mark Manson of Mark Manson.net. Animator Justin Malik reading you blogs every single day of the year.

This is one of a few shows where we narrate articles for you. Search for Optimal Living Daily in the podcast app of your choice.

And follow or subscribe to listen to lots of great content being narrated to you.

That's how your articles are a bit longer than usual. I read the first half today and then finish up the rest tomorrow.

So with that let's get right to Part 1 as we optimize your life.

Three important life skills nobody ever taught you. Part 1 by Mark Manson of Mark Manson.net.

Imagine for a second that I'm your father. I know that may bring up all sorts of awkward and unpleasant connotations but stay with me here.

And until we're done just call me dead. Now let's pretend that we're having one of those intimate heart to heart conversations that we all ideally imagine having with our fathers.

Maybe we're sipping beers on the back patio listening to the crickets and watching the moon slowly find the horizon. Maybe we're laughing about some movie we just saw or reminiscing about that time you threw the cat in the toilet when you were five.

And in that photo perfect patio moment. Let's pretend that I'm suddenly inspired by the gods i.e. three beers. To impart some of that uber cliched,

fatherly wisdom to you that's supposed to completely rearrange the interior decoration of your mind. Let's pretend that I turn to you my lovely son or daughter or ambiguously gendered person that I don't fully understand but still love and accept unconditionally.

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