Things you've learned in life

[Flyhigher]

I'll start.

Try not to stress too much about your 15/16 having sex and getting pregnant.

She will be sensible. Keep talking. She will be ok.

Dishonest people can't help themselves and do give clues about their behaviour.

Go on as many holidays as you can. With as many friends as you can.

Life really is short, enjoy the moment and stay as healthy as you can, it really is more important than money

The only person you can truly rely on is yourself.

Trust their behaviour over their words.

It’s no use whingeing about bad stuff. Work out what’s going on, and then deal with it, or live with it with good grace. (It has just occurred to me that I’ve just restated the Serenity Prayer without the religious sentiment!)

Not everybody wants to see you do well.

Also, sometimes you’ve just gotta let it happen.

Trust your intuition and walk away from a toxic relationship

The only person you can change is you. With others, either accept or get out of there.

Happiness is a choice

Your mother in law can be your biggest alley don't let others talk you out of forming a bond.

Don't sweat the small stuff, which includes pretty much everything.

Things do tend to work out for the best in the end. That might be a day, a month, a year or a decades. But in the end everything will be ok .

It's ok to say no and have boundaries. You don't need to please everyone and meet all of their expectations. Have a day now and then where you potter and do little, give yourself permission to be unproductive

Oh yes.

Lurking

If it feels off, it’s off, trust your gut.

Keeping toxic people around because they're family or you've known them for years, is messing with your own wellbeing and actively making your one life much harder and more miserable than it needs to be.

Life can change in an instant.
Appreciate your health - long covid is brutal.
Sometimes you're in the right place at the right time - grab that opportunity.

You are only the main character in your own story, no one cares or is watching you or paying attention to you as much as you think they are.

Don't poke a sleeping bear.

(But if you feel you have to, use a very, very long stick.)

That all eels migrate to the Bermuda Triangle to mate. Every single eel on the planet goes there to mate
Crazy!

Oh sorry that isn't really the thread for that my bad.

Erm, that what other people think about me is none of my business.

you're on your own kid, you always have been
(to quote a Taylor Swift song)

This in spades.