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.
None. There’s no reason for advice to be “brutal.” “Brutal” implies it hurts. Why would good advice hurt? Brutal advice is discouraging, pessimistic. You shouldn’t be scared or threatened into a behavior or worldview. That’s counterproductive.
Youthful optimism exists for a reason. Keep it as long as you can. Take advice that encourages and guides you to good outcomes. Take the doomsayers and “harsh reality” people with a grain of salt. Their experience doesn’t have to shape yours. You’ll have challenges and face unfairness and bigotry but there are always avenues around and through these things.
There’s no perfectly lived life. Just live. Accept some difficulties or take or take them on, pick a route. Maybe you’ll get diverted, distracted or dragged off but just keep moving. Nothing is forever.