Draft - Clichés: break the rules, follow your heart...

Without concrete examples, it is hard to convince people of a piece of advice, so people will consider some advice to be "clichés"

Reality is complex; it is difficult to say that one piece of advice applies to all situations

Break the rules

Truant more than three times and you're expelled? Forbidden from going out for internships? These **rules can be ignored; most likely your gains will outweigh your losses, and the losses won't be severe (I had no losses at all)

Follow your heart

So far I seem to be doing okay: an 8-hour job, a 25-minute walk to the office, reading books I’m interested in before bed, and a squat rack next to my bed. I have a faint feeling — a feeling that this is truly living