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LIFE LESSONS
People are Sharing Lessons Learned Too Late and Some are Truly Sad
13 common helpful lessons we can all learn from – and some painful lessons too
When asked on social media, hundreds of people flocked to tell the lessons they’d learned too late in life. There were many that came up repeatedly. This is our opportunity to learn from them.
There were also some devastating responses from people who’d learned lessons to protect themselves, but may not be the best lessons to hold onto. Not all lessons we learn are actually helpful.
Let’s dive into the most common responses: the lessons learned too late.
“To not care what others think of me”
We spend so much time in our younger years doing things to impress or to seek validation from others. Doing things because we think we should, because that’s what we’ve been taught. That’s a road to problems.
Why?
Because if we do things to please others, we’re not doing them because we truly want to or because we truly value them. We’re wasting time.
We’re also always at risk of doing something that will fail to please others, and then feeling bad about it. It’s not…
