A Kid's Life: Fitzgerald's Advice to Daughter

Fitzgerald's Advice to His Daughter

Here's some advice the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald gave to his11-year-old daughter, Scotty:

Things to worry about:

Worry about courage
Worry about cleanliness
Worry about efficiency
Worry about horsemanship...

Things not to worry about:

Don't worry about popular opinion
Don't worry about dolls
Don't worry about the past
Don't worry about the future
Don't worry about growing up
Don't worry about anybody getting ahead of you
Don't worry about triumph
Don't worry about failure unless it comes through your own fault
Don't worry about mosquitoes
Don't worry about flies
Don't worry about insects in general
Don't worry about parents
Don't worry about boys
Don't worry about disappointments
Don't worry about pleasures
Don't worry about satisfactions

Our question: Is this a realistic list? What items on the list botheryou? Why? What's missing? Send us your answer now.

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