The Joys of Abnormality

I think one thing I'm glad for, is that I've never really thought I would be happier if I was just more normal.  So I didn't have to lose time being miserable trying to be someone I wasn't and instead was able to ponder how best to live my life as the freak that I am. I know what I want in life. I'm not always able to get it, but I know what it is that I actually want in the first place. And in order to have a chance at getting what one wants in life, one first has to know what that is.

The thing about life advice is that a lot of it isn't about what will bring people personal (or even collective) satisfaction. It's about getting people to do the things that help perpetuate the current institutions and systems our society is made up of. That's why it's a bad idea to just follow any advice you get without first considering how it fits into your own goals. 

It's worthwhile to gain knowledge from others, but the most useful part of that knowledge will be about how to do things, not about what you personally want in life or what will make you happiest. Other people don't know those kinds of things.