Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that youโve always dreamed of, or still havenโt had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.
Sophia AmorusoItโs cool to be kind. Itโs cool to be weird. Itโs cool to be honest and to be secure with yourself.
Sophia AmorusoYou're investing in a different part of your life that is really important. It's not as important when you're a kid and you don't require sleep, and you don't get hung over, and you can fire on all cylinders. At 32 I don't consider myself old by any means, but you just find yourself in a place where you can't do everything the way you once did, and you have to take time to reflect and I think that's really important, because you get to appreciate what you have, and to enjoy it.
Sophia AmorusoIn my teens I saw the world in only black and white. Now I know that most things exist in a certain gray area. Though it took a while to get here, I now call this gray area home. I once believed that participating in a capitalist economy would be the death of me, but now realize that agonizing over the political implications of every move I make isnโt exactly living.
Sophia AmorusoThe last thing the world needs is another boring person or another boring brand, so embrace all the things that make you different. Alter your clothes all you want, but don't you dare alter your inner freak - she's got your back as much as I do.
Sophia AmorusoItโs the age-old concept of like attracts like, or the law of attraction. You get back what you put out, so you might as well think positively, focus on visualizing what you want instead of getting distracted by what you donโt want, and send the universe your good intentions so that it can send them right back.
Sophia Amoruso