This is an update on my previous posts in which I detailed my plan on how I am going to donate the vast majority of my money to charity when I grow up. I want advice on whether my plan for the future is good, or what I should do differently. I am currently 15, so I have been trying to make decisions that will a) help me maximize my future income by getting into a good college and learning skills so I can donate more to charity and b) help me maximize my lifespan so I can live as long as possible, and thus donate more money. In the future, I am prThis is a list of the habits/things I have done or am doing in order to achieve that goal (not trying to brag in any way btw even if it sounds like that, I am just making a list so future EAs can provide suggestions on what I should be doing differently, or to maybe help other EAs to find things that they could do/habits they could implement. I am also aware that I am in a lucky situation in life, even for an American, and so if other EAs are not in a situation where these habits are realistic, I am not saying everyone should complete them, just my personal experience.) This is also a list of stuff I did last year and want to do differently this year, kind of for me to make sure I am staying on track/utilitarian.

  1. I have gone from being vegetarian to being vegetarian and vegan 1 day a week, and I do not eat eggs anymore. 
  2. I have quit virtually all junk food, I really by this point eat oatmeal for breakfast, make myself a can of beans or like cottage cheese or chickpeas for lunch and dinner unless my family is eating together or my friends are hanging out and getting like a slice of pizza, even though I probably shouldn’t I still eat it then. Also even if my friends are drinking I never drink, that goes along with junk food it’s just going to shorten my lifespan eventually if I do so I don’t.
  3. I try to work hard in school, in the first post I mentioned that I went to a Magnet HS and I am taking AP calc AB next year as a sophomore, I get mostly high Bs to mid As, next year I am going to try to get all As. 
  4. I ran track 3 seasons last year for the social and health benefits, but because it somewhat takes away from schoolwork time, and although I am decent at it (I have about a 5:48 mile), I am definitely not on track to be fast enough to be recruited by colleges or anything by senior year (I am going into sophomore year right now), so in order to maximize time for schoolwork and get a higher-paying job eventually, I am only going to run 2 seasons this year, not going to do winter track.
  5. I am learning to code this summer, my goal (which I have not succeeded several days in, most of the days I have only done about 90 minutes of coding a day), I am learning with khan academy then I will transition to certain Freecodecamp courses, I am trying to do that 2.5 hours every day this summer. I need to start getting up earlier to do that, and getting right to it, not procrastinating in the mornings. Also I am pre-teaching myself AP calc ~30 mins a day so I am fine with it when the year starts.
  6. I try to get good sleep, I usually get about 7-8 hours a night. Ik that is not an option for most people, but that is probably the biggest advantage I have in getting everything done.
  7. I quit all social media and video games a while ago, made me much more productive and happier
  8. Through school I have gained Autocad user certification, I tried to get a summer internship/job with it but it didn’t work. It looks like I won’t have a job this summer, so instead I will use the time to teach myself to code. Next summer I will find one.
  9. I am trying to set up a tutoring/babysitting business, but I don’t have any clients yet unfortunately
  10. I try to make sure I hang out with friends, not too much but enough to make sure I will live a long life and avoid burnout. I do try to make sure I control it though, so I am not spending huge amounts of time with friends to an unnecessary point.

Those are just some of the habits I have employed/goals I am trying to accomplish/have accomplished, btw I am not burnt out or anything, although many people said I would in the previous posts.

My basic plan for the future is this: Learn to code, run 2 seasons of track next year and get good grades by working hard in school, get an internship or stem job next summer, then go to a cheap enough college that I will not be in crazy debt, get a high-paying job and switch between jobs a ton (which I've heard makes you more money, idrk if that's true) and live in a camper van or cheap apartment with roommates, never retire and keep working hard, but not hard enough to burn out and stay happy enough that I can wake up and feel motivated in the morning. Tell me if this is a good plan, and what I should change about it, and what habits I should start doing. Also, ik several other forum users have used me as an example of someone who is destined to burnout by working too hard too fast; I do not feel close to the point of burnout yet, I feel very happy with my life rn, I hope everyone reading this feels that way too. Anyway, tell me if this is a realistic plan and what I should change. Also, I have not done much reaserch on what charities I should donate to (I know about givewell and the shrimp welfare foundations and some other stuff but not much else; can someone tell me where to start to find what charities I should donate to? I don't want to dedicate my life to making money for charities and then pick the wrong charity.)

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Hi S!

It's great to see you're so dedicated, and also that you're taking good care of your health. Learning to cook is one of the best things you can do as a teenager and young adult to set yourself up for a better life (that also costs you, animals and the planet less).

I recommend a site like Nutritionfacts ( https://nutritionfacts.org/ ) for accessible details of plant-based nutrition.

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