Life lessons - what are yours?

[RangeTesKopeks]

What are your most important life lessons? These could be, for example, things that you've read or heard that have really resonated with you.

(I've recently discovered the 'thought for the day' whiteboard by the Tube at Paddington station, which has definitely inspired some of my life lessons :) )

Mine so far are:

• time is the currency of life
• aim before you shoot/look before you leap
• if you always do the same thing, you'll always get the same result
• learn how to recognise and work on my own weaknesses.

Live your own life, not someone else's.

So, do what you think is important, not what you think will keep others happy.

If you have a baby to look after and you have two or more things to do, one of which is going for a wee, always go for a wee first unless there's an emergency

(From a mother of a DS who used to feed for an hour and a half every three hours...)

Better to be silent and thought a fool than open your mouth and confirm it

I try to keep this in mind most days - also that a silence doesn't have to be broken by me talking

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

— Buddha

I tell myself this on particularly tough days/moments:

If you didn’t have the bad days, you wouldn’t appreciate the one ones.

Good*

-Some people are just shit and you can't change this, so either accept but keep emotionally distant or get them out of your life.
-Don't sweat the small stuff
-Appreciate every day with little ones as it goes by so fast

Never apologise for being who you are.

Never trust anyone completely.

Don't over share.
Play your cards close to your chest.
If someone wrongs you, believe in karma, it helps you let go.
Don't procrastinate.

Do as you would be done by.

Plough your own furrow.

Bumping this :)

People go far in their career more due to their personality than talent, along with willingness to kiss ass and play the political game.

Bumping :)

no good deed goes unpunished.

there is always a price for free childcare

This too will pass.

First pants, then trousers.

What doesn't kill you, fattens you.

No such thing as a free lunch.

Most people aren't interested in what you're doing / saying; they're too busy thinking about themselves

Never argue facts

My dads favourite expression was ‘if you can’t take a joke, you shouldn’t join’
In other words don’t start something you can’t finish, don’t tease someone unless you can take the shit back from them, don’t pay a lot for something then whinge about the cost etc etc

Be kind, but don't be walked on.

Your instinct is your very best friend, so go with it.

1. Never make important decisions when you are tired, angry, upset or drunk

1. Be as kind to other people as you can, and remember that people are usually going through all kinds of things you probably don't know about

1. Don't buy cheap bin bags

1. Don't cut your own fringe

@Mammylamb.

How right you are there. And it applies to everything, oh I can't wear a bikini, I can't do this or that. No one cares.

In the worst case scenario it might be a two second thing. And then... gone.

I'm trying go with this more - I struggle but here goes:
You can't change situations but you can choose how to react to them