Don’t be 70 and wishing you had been more selfish once upon a time.

Amandip Gil, our H.S. valedictorian, once gave me the most backhanded compliment ever. He told me I was wasting way too much potential. On days when I disregard my passports, my UCLA degree, my parents who still go on weekend vacations alone together, or my amazing friends who nag me about being M.I.A., I remember that asshole's cold words. The sting.

I'm lucky and I have good luck. And to see people with less, doing more- It gets me pumped. :)