The best investment advice is often the simplest: diversify, keep costs low, and stay the course.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
"The stories we tell ourselves about who we are and where we come from shape our identity and our destiny."
I would like to make it clear, in parenthesis, that I do not blame my parents for their point of view. There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.