Patience

In the days ahead, a lot of people will tell you to trust your instincts and don't be afraid to take chances, and I am definitely one of those people. But I would also say this: don't rush into the next phase of your life.

The gap is the thing that will drive you. For the first couple years you make stuff, it's just not that good. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you.

Don't be afraid to be a late bloomer. Repeatedly. Remember, you have time to figure out what you want to do, who you need to be, and where you want to go. You have time to fail. You have time to try again.

Don't search for defining moments, because they will never come. The moments that define you have already happened, and they will already happen again. And it passes so quickly.

Silence is the vital precursor to voice. Gather your voice in your silence. Listen to it in your own head before you give it away.

Just hold on and keep loving what you love. And you'll see, in the end, they will let you stay.

Live in the present. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift — that's why it is called the present.

You don't need to panic if you don't yet know what you want to do with your life. But you probably want to throw yourselves into circumstances where the summons will come.

Life is fluid. Sometimes when things don't work out, it's the greatest gift of all.

Let your joy be in your journey — not in some distant goal.

Learning what you don't want to do is the next best thing to figuring out what you do want to do.

A career is not something that you put on like a coat. It is something that grows organically around you, step by step, choice by choice, and experience by experience.