So yesterday I turned 15. My life hasn’t been all that bad so far. I’ve learned many things along the way. So today, I would like to share with you what I’ve learned in my short life so far. And since I am a high school student, my goal is to fit in. In other words, be cool. So alternately I could’ve titled this, “How to be cool”. Just kidding. But I hope you can take away something from this. So here we go.

1. Everything is as cool as you act it is.

I believe that if you are doing something with you full mindset, or at least like you know what you’re doing, it will be cool or at least accepted. In other words don’t let other people tell you that what you’re doing is weird and not cool. I mean after all, how many 15 year old do you know have a blog like this?

2. Coolness is not being cool, but making others feel cool.

Acting cool will not make you cool among your peers, only to yourself. In fact, most of the time it will make you look like a douche bag. But if you make other feel cool, to them you will be cool. And in return they’ll help you when you need it because everyone wants to help the cool guy.

3. Always think low about your unseen result.

This is probably one of my best philosophy. This way even if you fail, you won’t feel bad because you saw it coming. On the other hand, if you succeed, your happiness in succeeding will multiply several times. And plus if you do fail, you won’t have to eat your words. That’s always a plus. But think “low” moderately. Low enough that you’ll work harder, but not to low that it will bring you down.

4. Always think high of yourself and believe that you are not vulnerable to anything.

Most of the time we don’t do things because we are afraid of repercussion. Whether it be “what if I’m going to miss this shot” or “I am not good enough for ____”. So the way I see it, if you’re invulnerable, you can take more chances which leads to more opportunity. And remember most regrets are from things you didn’t do. Few are because you did things.

5. Always have a retort/statement ready for common question or insult.

One of the things I find useful is to have a comeback or a remark handy. No not like “that’s what she said” or “your mom”. But it’s basically the same principle. Not only will it make you seem witty and cool, you’ll look smart. This is also useful if the person is trying to make you look bad or insult you.

For example: A pants B and makes fun of B. The smart thing for B to do is not try to pants him back but instead say something along the lines of “Woah! I didn’t know you like to check out a man’s boxer!”. With this remark B has safely safed him self from further aggregation and embarasements.

Here’s some of mine

A ask B what kind of a job he has. Sadly B has an uninteresting job. B should remark “Well I work at _______. I know that sounds boring but at night i turn into _______ (insert a ridiculous super hero name).

A tells B how much of a loser he is because he doesn’t watch a certain sport. B replies “Well I’m sorry but I don’t like to watch sweaty man run around and touch each other too much”.

A tells B to go F— himself. B replies “Well I would but then ______ (name a person related to A) would feel lonely”.

And rememeber use everything moderately. Do you have any philosophy you would like to share?

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