An incredibly underrated life skill is knowing a whole bunch of weird people.
I knew a guy once who had “a guy” for everything. No matter what weird problem you were having, no matter how unusual or niche, he’d say “I have a guy for that,” and your problem would be solved in one phone call. Oh, you need tires for a car that hasn’t been made in 30 years? He’d call a guy and you’d have tires. House is infested with a bug not native to this continent? Boom, guy.
Of course, I knew that guy, so it’s like I had the same power, just with one extra phone call attached.
The point is, the more weird people you know, the more weird problems you can solve. And solving weird problems is about eighty percent of adult life.
Now if you want to really put a bow on this whole thing, add one extra step: Make sure you’re weird. Pick a weird thing you can do really well, and make sure your weird friends all know about it. Because I’ll tell you, getting the phone call instead of making it feels really great.
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