life tips for younger generations whats yours

hedgehog2

Hey I thought this might be an interesting thread for some people.
Basically looking for life advice from posters from their late 30s - senior members of society.
We all look back on mistakes we made through our teens,20s and now in 30s.
Basically that advice your folks gave you back when you knew it all was 100% spot on.
I still seek their advice now and value their wisdom but looking for things to avoid to stay on the right path etc and no better people to guide you than have gone before.
No major issues,am happily married,no kids or planning any yet and in a career I want to change out of and intend to in 3 yrs once finances permit
My question is what would you have done differently or avoided or regret.
Has it all been how you planned it,advice welcome as I think people need to listen to their elders for this sort of advice.

D1stant

Don't eat yellow snow

Kylo Ren

Wear sunscreen.

DrumSteve

Don't worry, be happy.

Amazingly simple yet amazingly accurate.

razorblunt

<18 years old? Quantity not quality
>18 years old? Quality not quantity
In all aspects of life.


2. Do not get into a relationship in 1st and 2nd year of College.

3. Work retail at least once, you'll be a better person.

Ted_YNWA

Late 30's are senior members of society. When was this motion passed?

FourFourRED

Look after your teeth

Menas

F**k loads of Women. (Quote from Little Miss sunshine)

patmac

This about covers it
― Rudyard Kipling, If: A Father's Advice to His Son




“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!”

Hello_MrFox

Aodhagan wrote: »

Look after your teeth

Please elaborate.

Gumbo

Dont grow up with the spitefullness and begrudgery that is so prominently displayed on these forums.
Go to school, learn about life, enjoy your career and dont shoot down other people that may be doing better than you.

*I know these forums are not representitive of the general population as its subscribed to by mainly loopers

We are all going to end up in a sh*tty job, doing *sh*tty work, listening to sh*tty people talk about sh*tty things or other sh*tty people.

Do. Not. Let. It. Get to you.

You have better things to worry about than the fishbowl you end up at. Look outside your workplace, and find what you want to do, and do it.

norrie rugger

Ask her/him out, worst they can say is no. You will always regret not taking the chance

Why_oh_why

Work hard get the qualifications and emigrate.

The world is now a smaller place, don't get stuck here.

razorblunt

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

Please elaborate.

You'll miss them when they're gone.

DrumSteve

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

Please elaborate.

I'm not sure how much more elaboration is needed on someone saying, "Look after your teeth". It's pretty self explanatory.

catallus

If you tie a piece of string around your finger, the tip will go purple.

anncoates

Don't listen to advice from old people.

lucky333

Got to make your own mistakes and learn from them

Why_oh_why

anncoates wrote: »

Don't listen to advice from old people.

That too, we're all bitter and twisted.

Zubeneschamali

patmac wrote: »

“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

... you probably don't understand what's happening.

Zubeneschamali

catallus wrote: »

If you tie a piece of string around your finger, the tip will go purple.

Are you sure that's about your finger?

OldGoat

The older you get the more awesome you will be. Only younger people do not recognise this absolute truth.

old hippy

Carry condoms, be good to people and treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself.

dodzy

Aodhagan wrote: »

Look after your teeth

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

Please elaborate.

Why ? It's great advice. I failed. But my kids will not.

manonboard

The best advice I ever got was:

For a job, do whatever you love doing. If you love what you do, you'll become brilliant at it. People always will pay for brilliance. If your a brick layer, getting payed per brick and you do 100 bricks a day, fine. If you love laying bricks, you'll be lashing them down twice as fast and at a higher rate, with a big happy smile on your face.
Took that knowledge to college with me and now I get payed silly money to do something i'd probably do in my spare time if someone wasnt paying me to do it! You'll have great days loving what you do.

The advice i'd like to pass on is, You will never get become rich having a job working for someone else. If you want to be wealthy, accept that your job is only 2 things.
a) A basic living standard which will keep you going until you are self sufficient.
and b) the biggest time sink in your life which will block you from achieving financial independence and most of your goals.

hedgehog2

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Late 30's are senior members of society. When was this motion passed?

Ha ha sorry its meant to be late 30's to senior members →

monkeysnapper

Don't sit around thinking there's nothing to do, im bored.Get off your butt and stop blaming everybody els because your not happy or bored and start living the life you feel you deserve.

If your working in a job that doesn't stimulate you, get hobbies to make up for this lack of stimulation. Chances are one of them hobbies will lead to a new career .

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Never drink another man's soup.

anncoates

Why_oh_why wrote: »

That too, we're all bitter and twisted.

True.

It's still a fact of life that young people are irritating, self-absorbed fuckwits with stupid hair and a financial drain on older citizens.

suicide_circus

Take your time, think a lot, think of everything you've got, for you will still be here tomorrow but your dreams may not.

gimmick

No point in telling kids, especially boys, that studying hard will help them get a good job. No point in telling them that playing sports is very good for them. They do not understand these long term gains.

Tell them that by studying hard and playing sports will help you get almost unlimited ass.

You very rarely see a stunning looking woman with a guy with a shít job and/or a beer belly.

Thats the longterm part, but even in the short term, the girls went for the guys on "the team" whatever the team was.

biko

Read many books.

old hippy

gimmick wrote: »

No point in telling kids, especially boys, that studying hard will help them get a good job. No point in telling them that playing sports is very good for them. They do not understand these long term gains.

Tell them that by studying hard and playing sports will help you get almost unlimited ass.

You very rarely see a stunning looking woman with a guy with a shít job and/or a beer belly.

Thats the longterm part, but even in the short term, the girls went for the guys on "the team" whatever the team was.

Oh and never, ever generalise about what type of person goes for another type

caustic 1

How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again, it's always been the same, same old story.

Call me Al

Unfortunately I'm well past my late 30s but I am trying to teach my kids that they should be in no hurry to grow up. Do what you need to do to keep your mental health healthy. Treat others as you yourself would like to be treated. Life is full of a¥¥holes but that doesn't mean you have to be one of them. Be kind. Save your money. Don't fret if your life isn't all laid out for you immediately on leaving school, that you don't have a job lined up and that you feel as if you're going nowhere. Some of my family's closest friends are still changing career in their 40s.

Captain Farrell

Never trust a fart.

Ted_YNWA

Captain Farrell wrote: »

Never trust a fart.

you only make that mistake once.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Don't take acid, just don't.

seamus

Remember that you too, will die. You will be gone, there is no afterlife. And eventually you will be forgotten. There are no exceptions, so don't feel hard done by.

So enjoy life for the sake of itself. Don't sacrifice happiness today for the potential promise of happiness in the future. Assume there is no future.

Irishcrx

Don't spend so much time on facebook or on your phone.

Go and see your friends in person, they are better that way.

Ihatecuddles

Your life is not over when your secondary school boyfriend breaks up with you.

Don't try to be cool and do something you don't want to do, never try too hard to impress people.

Always talk to someone if you're feeling down.

Fiolina

Don't smoke

DoozerT6

Be careful of people who seem too good to be true. They probably are.

Make an effort to stay in touch with old friends, but don't flog a dead horse if the friendship has obviously run it's course. It happens.

Try to make some effort with your appearance and make this a habit in life. I spent my teens and most of my 20's wearing fairly unattractive, asexual clothes (not a conscious decision, in retrospect I guess I just went for comfort), I wore no makeup unless I was going on a night out, and constantly wore my hair just tied back into a ponytail. Result: guys never once considered me girlfriend material, and I genuinely didn't know why. Only now, when I see girls wearing what looks like the first thing they saw that looked clean-ish, and is obviously an old piece of clothing, did I realise that if you look like you don't care about yourself or looking at least presentable, then unless you're loaded (which I wasn't, haha!), guys will probably move past you to your pretty friend (not tarring all guys with the same brush, but this was my experience). I just want to take these girls to Penney's and tell them to buy a few cheap fashion items for starters, throw on a bit of tinted moisturiser and do something with their hair. Don't be an absolute slave to fashion, diet, or heavy makeup, but if you're a girl, it's nice to look feminine.

Aka Ishur

There are 2 absolutely essential things to remember to get ahead in life;

1. Never give away your experience for free.

Mint Aero

You can get free gum under tables and chairs in public places.

Corkbah

sh1t happens !!

no point in worrying about stuff after the fact - deal with it

Do NOT ignore problems ….any problems, physical, mental, financial ….talk to someone - a niggling pain in the arm could mean something serious is undiagnosed, having difficulty with a co-worker at work could be a sign you are being bullied, companies sending bills will allow you to pay less than the bill amount if you tell them you are having difficulty - but they won't know you are having difficulty unless you tell them.

People are not (NOT) mind-readers …so talk to people find out whats happening in their lives and let them know whats happening in yours.

Be nice to people but do NOT trust everyone …there's always someone who will try to take advantage of you.

money will not solve all problems - it will more than likely be the cause of problems.

ruthloss

Always remember that you brain is like a Computer., if you put crap in you'll get crap out.


I.E. Stay away from mind altering substances.

Sleepy

Save.

The best thing that money can buy you is freedom.

JillyQ

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Late 30's are senior members of society. When was this motion passed?

If late 30's are seniors those of us slightly older must be well & truely past it!!!

ruthloss

JillyQ wrote: »

If late 30's are seniors those of us slightly older must be well & truely past it!!!

They'll have to carbon date me so.:o