We are all constantly receiving advice.
Whether we asked for the advice or not.
We're constantly receiving a steady stream of advice from various sources.
We can receive advice from people that we know, like our family, our friends, our teachers, our bosses.
We can also receive advice from less intimate sources, like random people on the Internet, like me, or authors of books or writers of movies.
We're constantly being thrown advice from all angles, and as a result, we're constantly sorting through advice, deciding what the fuck to do with it.
And a lot of that happens sort of subconsciously because the giving and receiving of advice is such an automatic part of interacting as a human being.
And the giving and receiving of advice can come in many different forms.
For example, sometimes we ask for advice and advice is given.
Sometimes we don't ask for advice and advice is given.
Sometimes we're open to advice and we're in a place where we can truly internalize and digest advice.
But sometimes we're in a place where we're actually closed minded and we can't receive advice at all.
Sometimes the person giving advice has good intentions.
Sometimes the person giving advice has bad intentions.
Sometimes the person giving advice is a deep thinker.
Sometimes the person giving advice tends to look at things on a more surface level.
There are a lot of variables when it comes to this type of social interaction, but today I want to zoom in on a specific type of advice interaction.
Now close your eyes.
Unless you're driving, then don't, because then that's bad.
If you can close your eyes, just close your eyes for a moment and really imagine this scenario.