Lessons you learned too late in life?

[Mairmalade]

The ones I've only recently learned and overcome were to not let others define your worth and do not continue to settle for something simply because it's comfortable. Depending on where you are in life, sometimes that career you've been in for years is holding you back and making you miserable.

 

[-Blue-]

I wouldn't really say I've learned anything too late. But this is something that some people might need to hear. That it's ok to not have productive days. I come from a family that always had the mindset that if you're not doing something every waking hour, every waking minute, every freaking waking second that you're not doing life right.

They were brainwashed by their father, my grandfather, who was a very manipulative man. Very greedy. He beat that ideology in their heads so that he could get free labor out of them all the time.

 

[-Mars-]

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[TurnipBell20]

If people don’t like you, it isn’t your fault.

You shouldn’t try to please people, but instead be yourself.

Don’t talk about personal things if you don’t know the person well enough. They might use it against you.

Don’t focus too much on one or two people, but instead have a larger group of friends.

 

[Mr_Keroppi]

Well I have not been alive for too long but one thing I learned about a year ago is to never let anyone take advantage of you or use you. I wish I knew that before some things but the past is the past and I must focus on my SUPER HAPPY FUTURE FULL OF BESTIES AND STRAWBERRIES

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

This is gonna be pretty hard to type out, but...
The lesson I learned (too late) is to spend as much time with your family before it's too late.
The day my grandfather died, my brother went to go see our grandparents, and asked me to go.
And I didn't, for unknown reasons. I think I was in a bad mood and didn't feel like going anywhere.
Well, imagine my horror when a few hours later, my grandma calls to say that my grandpa had a heart attack.
By then, I knew it was too late to see him (because he was in a hospital that would take an hour of driving).
So yeah, spend as much time with your family as you can, before it's too late...

 

[VanitasFan26]

I have another one to share and I know its related to what happened to me last month, but I have to say it again. I learned a harsh life lesson to always take better care of your health. I know my doctors and family told me that its "not my fault" but still I feel like I was neglecting my health. I ate too much junk food because if I am being honest I haven't been really good. Since the beginning of March I was feeling sick. I thought at first it was maybe Covid or a Stomach Virus, but it didn't get better.

Then on that day March 23rd I was not breathing and I told my mom to call 911. There I was rushed to the Hospital and they were able to treat me. The Doctor told me that I suffered from hyperglycemia meaning that blood sugar was REALLY high around 550 which was a shock to me. So I spent 5 days in the hospital. My parents came since they were actually in shock and I never see them cared for me that much. All of my family members were calling me because they were in shock. It was a rough moment for me. Regardless I was discharged, was taking insulin to keep blood sugar stable and now I feel so much better.