sometimes, the most valuable lessons are the harshest ones. What’s a piece of brutal, no BS advice you think every younger generation needs to hear? It could be from your own experience, something you learned the hard way, or just a tough truth no one talks about enough. Let’s hear the cold, honest reality.
To help jumpstart this community, I am crossposting posts that I like from /r/askmenover30. The original post can be found here.
If an old person gives you advice you’ve heard over and over, it’s often because that old person didn’t listen when they were young, either, and they only learned from hard experience recently why the advice is given over and over.
If you’re going to ask for advice, especially from old people who probably have learned the hard way, and then ignore the advice… why even ask?
Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t use drugs, exercise, clean up your diet. Heard it all before? Of course, you have, and there’s a damn good reason.
Don’t get married until you’ve lived together for at least two years. Two years isn’t arbitrary, it comes from experience.
No one cares more about you than you care about yourself.
You alone are responsible for your thoughts, feelings, and actions. The more personal responsibility you accept, the more power you have over your life. When you blame other people, you’re saying you have no control over your life–so don’t be surprised when people manipulate you and take advantage of you.