What are you slowly starting to realise as you get older? – 17 life lessons that creep up on us all
10.
‘That time goes extremely fast.’
-VenusRose14
11.
‘I keep thinking that I’m old, and then realize how young I was and what I should have done then 5 years later. In other words, age is relative. Think about what your older self would say to you now.’
-anotherhumanbeing01
12.
‘Life is funny. It somehow gets placed on fast forward after 30 years old and the years seem to get shorter and shorter.
My advice would be to enjoy your life. Get accustomed to practicing routine self care on a daily basis. Call in sick and play hooky for the day. Treat yourself to a nice spa day, or night out to a fancy dinner. Ditch the phone and spend plenty of time with loved ones playing board games or to do things that bring you happiness. Learn new hobbies. Always take the time to appreciate nature and smell the flowers. Take time to pet a random dog, or make a child laugh by being silly, or have a conversation with a stranger.
Life is short so enjoy it while you have it.’
-SirHarryAzcrack
13.
‘In every stage of life you still feel inexperienced or like a child especially moving from being a teenager to a young adult, you tell yourself I’m still a kid but you’re actually a whole ass adult’
-Ok_Chef680
14.
‘Staying alive and mostly comfortable is so much harder than I ever imagined.’
-UsefulIdiot85
15.
‘I’ve never actually liked talking to other people/socializing.
It’s so much less anxiety inducing to just not go anywhere or do anything with others. Being alone is awesome.’
-JPMoney81
16.
‘Just because you’re good to others doesn’t mean good will happen to you. I’ve realised this after a long, messy few months where I’ve realised that I’ve been working my ass off for people that don’t really care about me and just like that I do things for them. I can be oblivious to that sort of thing but now I’m finally aware and am only doing things that serve to benefit me, as in I’ll either enjoy it, it’ll help my health or further my career in some way.’
-NotAnAItProbably
17.
‘That stupidity is much more of a force of nature than I thought. It’s something that must be accepted and understood as part of the human condition in order to handle yourself and the people around you properly, or else your gonna go crazy trying to eradicate it when it’s just as much a part of life as well the joy and genius’
-Powerful-Albatross84