If someone asks for your honest opinion, and they're looking for a critique, yes, but if you go to your kid's art show at their junior high, you wouldn't walk up unprompted and say Not your best work, son.

Constructive criticism is an art, and there is an appropriate time for it, but there are plenty of people in the world who are very happy to offer their unvarnished opinions, and very few who are going to be a cheerleader for you. People need cheerleaders as much as they need honest opinions. Knowing which is needed in any particular situation, is also an art, but I think that most of the time, finding something nice to say is almost always the better path, simply because so many others are choosing the other one.

This is a great tip. I don't have an artistic bone in my body, but I know a lot of artists, and it really means a lot to them when the people they care about show an interest in their work. But that's really true for anything. Support your friends and your family. It's a nice thing to do.

Time blocking with a general goal is an excellent life pro tip. If you do it consistently, you get a ton of stuff done, and you don't get bogged down with all the mental labor of planning out what you're going to do and how long it's going to take. It works well with lots of things: household chores, organizing files on your laptop, exercise, responding to emails. Excellent tip.

Tough crowd, lol