Risk the stuff. It's worthless anyway. But don't make the insane choice of sacrificing your happiness for stuff.

I got screwed over in some bad business deals, but as long as I focused on those past problems, I couldn't move forward. I had to let all of that go and forgive everyone and everything first.

Your values are your current estimations of truth. They represent your answer to the question of how to live.

Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast.

If you want to express your creativity, then don't choose a path where someone else tells you what to do and how to do it. Choose a path where creativity is rewarded, not punished.

Curiosity is more flexible and practical than belief.

By all means listen to other people's advice, but when in doubt go with your gut instinct.