One question, every week, answered by people you don't call enough.
This week's question · July 1–7

What's the best advice you've gotten from someone you only see once a year?

Every week, this question goes out to people who might actually have a decent answer to it — old coworkers, ex-roommates, the neighbor who always seems to have a take. Not your best friend. Not your mom. The people you only talk to once or twice a year, but somehow still trust.

Add yours first

Then you'll see what everyone else said. No judging, no ranking — just drop your take.

This week's answers

In the order they came in. No ranking, no likes to chase.
FM

"The job you're afraid to leave is usually the one you should've left already."

— a former manager, said at a wedding, six years after we stopped working together
OR

"You're allowed to be bad at something for a full year before you're allowed to judge whether you're bad at it."

— an old roommate, when I was three months into starting something new
N

"The version of you that's scared to ask is more embarrassing than the one who asks and gets a no."

— a neighbor, said in passing, taking out the trash
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Next week's question

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What's a decision you made that only made sense a year later?
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Past questions

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Jun 24
What's something you got right by accident?
Jun 17
What's the most expensive lesson you've learned that had nothing to do with money?
Jun 10
What would you tell yourself the week you started your current job?
Jun 3
What's a rule you followed for years before realizing no one was enforcing it?