If it comes as a constant surprise each and every time something unexpected occurs, you're not only going to be miserable whenever you attempt something big, you're going to have a much harder time accepting it and moving on to attempts two, three, and four.

I have a pet goat.

Life is hard, but we make it much harder.

I don't play videogames and generally think that online activism is a giant waste of time.

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

If you ask most smart or successful people where they learned their craft, they will not talk to you about their time in school. It's always a mentor, a particularly transformative job, or a period of experimentation or trial and error.