I have been told that if I want to be successful as an advice blogger, that I should make numbered list posts (and also that I should refer to myself as an advice blogger). 

This does not come naturally to me. I am terrible at these lists, and I feel like I'll never gain momentum if I keep stressing myself trying to write them.

I will link to a list though, especially when it's as simple, thoughtful, and useful as this one (brought to my attention by the always amazing Atosa).

The author rounds up ten ways that we make life harder than we need to, getting in our own way and wasting our precious energy on what ends up amounting to total BS. And these are very popular modern mistakes—pitfalls that have tripped me up, or gotten in the way of success and happiness for friends, family, and clients. 

I’m a big victim of #7, and I’ve seen #5 so intimately in a friend’s life that I would just about do anything to avoid it (sometimes to my own downfall).

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