People Talk About Lessons They Learned Too Late in Life

If you live completely in the past, you’re not focusing on the present OR the future, and that’s never good.

BUT, it is hard not to look back on mistakes you’ve made and things you should have differently, right?

What lesson did you learn too late in life?

Let’s see what AskReddit users had to say.

1. Apply for it anyway!

“Requirements in a job ad are really more like a wishlist.

Your persona and attitude matters a whole lot more, especially after you get the job. It’s okay to “bother” the people hiring with imperfect applications.

You can apply again to the same company, they likely won’t remember your last application.”

2. Get it done!

“Not as profound as others, but adopt a 2minute rule. If it can be done in 2 mins or less do it now. Dont procrastinate.

It’s simple. It sounds stupid. It’s helped me change a lot of bad habits and seriously cut back on my procrastination.”

3. Don’t even bother.

“Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from.

Wasted a lot of good years on sh*t people.”

4. Can’t please everyone.

“Being good enough is good enough.

Spent too much energy striving to please everyone else and allowed my mental state to crumble in the process.”

5. Make it work for you.

“All jobs suck.

It’s best to think about what will help you get the lifestyle you want (whether that’s $ or just working as little as possible) than trying to “be” something impressive sounding or going for what you think will be a “dream” job.

Jobs don’t give people purpose. It’s the things that happen in their personal lives that do.”

6. A little patience.

“Have patience with the ones you love the most and always communicate effectively in marriage.

Sometimes you need to be a little more patient than force conversations.”

7. You can walk away.

“Quitting doesn’t always mean you gave up, sometimes you have to know when to walk away from something that isn’t working.”

8. Wait or don’t do them at all.

“Doing drugs at too young of an age can really mess someone up mentally.

I’m still here, but did shrooms when I was 14 and have suffered from it. Also had some friends legitimately lose their minds. You don’t need to rush into doing drugs.

They will always be there if you want when you’re older.”

9. No!

“That it’s okay to say “No” if you’re not comfortable or you just don’t feel like doing something.

It’s okay to put yourself first.

F*ck politeness.”

10. This might be true…

“I’ve never met anyone who is both really into politics AND happy.

Politics is a highway to hatred that increases our ignorance as we become more convinced of our beliefs.”

11. Not gonna change.

“That basically, people don’t change. Some people are better at modifying their behavior to improve themselves.

But as a general, basic rule, people don’t change.

However your spouse is when you marry them, basically, that’s what you are going to get.”

12. It’s all up to you.

“Activate your own success story, begin early and fight for it.

You may become a moving target, but you’ll get to move your target when and where you choose.

Avoid leaving a legacy of contributing to your boss’ wealth and early retirement if possible.”

13. No longer a priority.

“I think a hard one for me was getting to know that you’re going to hit a point when you are no longer a priority for others. And that’s when you need to prioritize you for yourself.

When you’re younger, your parents want to check in on you. Your friends want to play with you. You have school, family you live with, everyone making sure you are growing up okay. At a certain point, you have to be responsible for a lot of that and passing that along to the next generations. As time goes on, your friends have their own families.

Your job lays on more responsibilities. Your family moves on to their lives, their next lives. And you cease to be the priority. Everyone has their own life to deal with. No one checks in on you. And you have to be that for yourself.

You have to actively maintain your body, your mind, your social circles. And you have to make a lot of active choices to keep yourself well. And you have to do so with the regular stressors of life. Make time to talk to friends. Make your health a priority. Make time to spend with the family.

And develop those deeper relationships. Because after a while, it’s on you.”

14. Make it count.

“Stop running away from what you actually want to do. It doesn’t matter how illogical or stupid it is, if you love it you gotta do it.

Don’t lie to yourself by saying I’ll do something more practical and do what I like on the side. Is it really more logical to spend the majority of your time in this life by giving it away to a 9-5 that you don’t like for all your prime years?

What, so you can work to 65 and feel uninspired in retirement regretting that you didn’t do what you really wanted? Most of us know what really want to do, we are just afraid of owning it because we are afraid we might fail. The only failure is not seeing who you are.

You only live once.

Make it count.”

15. No one will remember.

“That you are always the most prominent person in your memories.

That embarrassing thing you did in high school? No one remembers, they only remember their own That thing you did that you regret? If you learn and move on, you’ll be the last person to forget it too

Don’t worry about how others remember you from your past, and don’t get caught up on it. Either they’ve forgotten, or you’ve grown past the person they remember.”

Now we want to get your thoughts on this.

In the comments, tell us what you think you learned too late in life.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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People Discuss Very Nice Things That Others Have Done for Them

I want you to think about the last time you did something really nice for someone.

And now I want you to try to remember the last time someone did something really nice for you.

Feels good, doesn’t it? I think we all need a reminder about how great folks can be to each other, and we’re gonna do it right now.

What was the nicest thing someone has done for you?

Let’s see what folks on AskReddit had to say about this.

1. Missing her.

“My grandmother made a ton of birthday cards in advance.

After she passed away, I still received birthday cards from her for the next few years.

It was a little weird, but it was definitely nice to hear words from her after she passed.”

2. A lifesaver.

“My ex-girlfriend turned me in for stealing opiates.

Been clean a little over two years now.

May have saved my life.”

3. Very touching.

“My firstborn had a severe deformity, and spent a week in hospital before we took him off life support.

I was staying at the Ronald McDonald House and even though one of the rules was that you are your own maid when you leave, complete with doing laundry and remaking the beds, I was a complete wreck. A kind stranger took care of my room for me even though they were going through their own stuff.

Another blessing from that dark time is that the funeral home took care of everything for me, including all bills associated with the service and cremation.

I will never not donate to the Ronald McDonald House and I know what funeral home I’ll be using when I one day need one again.”

4. Reaching out.

“When I was a freshman in high school I took an art class that was a mix of 9th-12th graders.

I was so bad with people back then so I spent most of class sitting on the floor between the trash can and the drying racks and never speaking to anyone.

There was this one eleventh grade guy who always would talk to me. He didn’t know me or anything. He just happened to sit near me. But he’d always ask about my day or compliment my art or offer to help me with my math homework. At one point he even managed to get me to sit at the desk with the rest of the students.

It’s just one of those things I think about from time to time because he really had every right to ignore me like everyone else did, but he didn’t. He really made art class into a second home for me.

I miss that guy.”

5. That’s amazing.

“Growing up I was severely neglected and abused and had no friends due to my lack of hygiene and  social skills.

One of my teacher ‘s aides brought me to her house to play with her daughter, brought me on family trips with them, gave me clean clothes, and just showed me an insane amount of kindness I’ll never be able to repay.”

6. I’ll never forget that.

“I was fired from my last job. It was the first and only time I had been fired. It sucked. I really liked that job. I got super depressed.

My friend also lost his job later that week. I knew he loved that job. He would always tell me that it was his dream job. And right as soon as he found out, he called me.

He called me to tell me that even though he lost his job, he knew he was going to be alright. He wanted to tell me that to set a good example. I knew he was heart broken, but he put on a strong face for me.

And I’ll never forget that. Never.”

7. Checking in.

“I live alone.

When I had Covid in April, my doorwoman called me every day for a month to check on me, and she went out and got me Tylenol when it was sold out at all the stores that delivered.

I’ve thanked her profusely and got her a gift card, but I doubt she’ll ever really know how much it meant to me.”

8. Pulling strings.

“My boss and mentor wrote me a glowing reference and pulled some strings to get me into a graduate program even though I was severely depressed and my work performance was nothing to be proud of.

I couldn’t comprehend or remember anything due to an undiagnosed disease and I also acted extremely awkward socially. I really don’t know why he went so far out of his way to change the trajectory of my life but the fact that he did saved me from killing myself because I didn’t want to let him down.”

9. Good coworkers.

“Got all my coworkers to donate money for a gift to me from my criminally underpaid apprenticeship.

I recieved $350 which was exactly how much I needed for an upcoming bill, it really saved me when I had literally $0.70 in my account.

To be fair, a few weeks earlier a different coworker noticed me not eating and bought me lunch, then many of them brought me leftovers.

Wow that apprenticeship was messed up.”

10. Out drinking.

“Went out to a bar and got a bit too drunk, some guy saw and tried to push me into an Uber to take me to his hotel.

The bouncer wouldn’t let me back in no matter how many times I asked because according to him “I changed my mind and that’s not the guy’s fault”.

No one else passing by wanted to interfere, but the Uber driver popped out the front and wrestled the guy off me and made sure I was okay, gave the bouncer and everyone else a piece of their mind too.

Hope that guy’s doing well in life.”

11. A great ending.

“Was having a panic attack.

Swung between so euphoric I thought I was going to “ascend” and terrified that I was going to die for certain. Called my loved ones to say goodbye, including my best friend. He came running from a block away.

He was terrified too, but he held it together, sat me down, hugged me, told me that he didn’t want me to go anywhere, that he needed me right here. I needed that. I needed to see what I felt wasn’t based on reality, needed someone to say that I should not obey those feelings because I was needed and loved. On some level, he saved me.

Years later, he voluntarily went into homelessness just to fly out to see me on another continent.

Yes, we’re together now. No, I don’t know how I got so lucky. We’re planning the wedding.”

12. Foreign exchange.

“I am from 1980’s rural Texas, where education was laughed at and where the idea of living in a foreign (said with a sneer) country was ludicrous.

When I was 17 I met a Rotarian who allowed me to go on a year long foreign exchange. I had never heard of that before and had no real idea of what it meant. At 18, I packed my bags and discovered a brand new world! It honestly changed my life FOREVER. Definitely for the better.

While i was gone, I met other foreign exchange students and learned that it was fairly difficult to get into this program. I’d heard Ambassadors children were being turned down. I honestly think that I got to go because no one else from my area wanted to leave the safety of our small town, while I jumped at the chance.

I think about that old Rotarian a lot. I owe him everything for changing my life.”

13. First time flying.

“I was 17 and flying alone for the first time.

I had 2 connecting flights, the first got delayed which caused me to miss my connection in Toronta airport. A huge airport. I met a female priest, I think that’s what she was on the plane going to Toronto and we chatted the whole way.

She made sure I found the help desk and was sorted out with a new flight and accommodations for the night till this new flight before running to catch her own connecting flight.”

14. State trooper.

“My wife and I were driving our kids (3 and 5 at the time) to the zoo. We narrowly missed being smeared by a semi truck but also almost flipped our top heavy minivan doing 75mph when dodging said semi truck.

All in all, we were very blessed to have our lives let alone no damage. The same couldn’t be said for other cars but, fortunately, no one was injured and the other SUV that flipped on it’s side and was full of kids had no one hurt either.

The State Trooper that showed up gave my daughter a little teddy bear that she still has to this day 5-6 years later. She even remembers getting it which is pretty incredible for someone that age.

I think that was the most meaningful thing anyone’s done for me and I’ve been fortunate enough to have a lot of good people in my life do incredible things for me, but this one stands out since it was directed towards my daughter who I was lucky to still have alive at that point.”

What’s the nicest thing that someone has ever done for YOU?

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People Share the Nicest Thing Someone Ever Did for Them

I’m ready for positivity right about now.

Enough with the non-stop negative stories, comments, trolls, etc.

Let’s focus on the good stuff in life!

AskReddit users talked about the nicest thing that someone ever did for them.

And we hope it inspires you to do something nice for someone very soon.

1. Role reversal.

“One of my highschool bullies invited me to his house to hangout for a day, I was really nervous it might just be to screw with me, but I was desperate for some sort of friendship so I went over.

We’re now best friends and he and his family feels like family to me and I have no idea how we ever disliked each other.”

2. That’s nice.

“I went to a local breakfast spot after a rough night. Totally forgot my wallet so I left my phone as collateral and went to my house.

Came back and some guy had already paid for me. I know it doesn’t seem that big of a deal but it was a pretty bleak week for me so it meant a lot.”

3. Very cool.

“A few years ago I was gooing down to visit my grandmother in South Carolina. I needed an inspection and oil change and was a single mom of a 5 year old.

The total ended up being 40 dollars more than i thought. At the time that was devastating and I had to tell my daughter in the parking lot we couldn’t go see her grandmother anymore. Someone heard me talking to her and came over to us and gave us 60 dollars.

That was one of the nicest things someone I dont know has done for me.”

4. A nice gesture.

“Me and a woman were about to get on line for to go drinks at the same time, so I let her go first. We chatted for a minute, she got her drinks and left.

When I go to get my drink, I found out that she paid for it! I’m not working at the moment, so it really made my day.”

5. Wow!

“When I was about 13, the pastor of our family church heard me practicing Chopin on the piano.

Knowing my parents couldn’t afford it, he offered to pay for my music studies (organ, piano, music theory and ear training) so that I’d be prepared to enter music conservatory after high school.

All he asked for in return was that I’d help out with the church’s music program when needed (which, in itself, proved to be a wonderful learning experience).

This kind, generous man spent thousands of his own money to help me along the way to a rewarding career in music.”

6. Took care of it.

“My mother died and I was so stressed trying to find a way to give her the funeral she deserved.

My boyfriend went down to the funeral home, made the arrangements, and paid the balance.

By FAR the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me.”

7. A party for you.

“I’ve never been able to celebrate my birthday, between my sh*tty mom and awful relationships.

It’s just become a tradition to lay in bed and cry every year. Well this year, my best friend and bf put their heads together and threw me a surprise “party”.

Decorated our apartment, baked me a cake and decorated it to the best of their abilities, and got me some small, well thought out presents. 24yrs old and finally had my first good birthday, I cried like a baby.”

8. Helping hand.

“I am currently one of the evacuated people in California due to the fires.

One of my friends in letting me, my wife plus our 3 pets stay with them for as long as we need while we wait to see if our house will burn down or not. While not the nicest thing, it certainly is one of the most genuine and caring things someone has done for me.

Especially right now.”

9. Hit and run.

“I was involved in a hit and run on my bicycle in Chicago.

I broke my collar bone (first broken bone) and a stranger drove me to the ER. I was going into shock and freaking out about finances (I’m a single mother and 2020 is the worst year.)

The stranger gave me her number for the police report and such, and later sent me $5k because she knows what it’s like to be a single mother with nothing. I sobbed.

I hadn’t gotten my unemployment yet and still haven’t gotten a stimulus check. I was overwhelmed by her kindness and I will never forget it.”

10. A good deed.

“When my parents were awful, and my sister was passing away, my friend’s parents took me in for a while but they did it in a way that seemed like a sleepover (for a few months).

I didn’t realize until I was an adult how much they stepped up for me.”

11. Brotherly love.

“My brother took me in when I couldn’t live with my parents anymore.

He helped me sober up, deal with my depression and change my lifestyle.”

12. Sweet.

“I was walking through the streets of Marrakech after it had just rained.

I was wearing those flimsy flip flops so all the wet sand from the street was being catapulted onto the back of my legs. Out of nowhere, I feel a tap on my arm. It’s a young Moroccan girl, not older than 6-7, offering me her water bottle to clean my legs.

I politely declined because I could never accept to take someone’s water in that scorching heat, but thanked her and her mother profusely. Children are so pure.”

13. The Korean fella.

“It was late at night and I decided to surprise a girl I was talking to by heading to her apartment (my now exgirlfriend). It was around 10:30, and unbeknownst to me, the subway stopped running at 11:00. Unfortunately, I was halfway there and I decided to message her and she told me to take a specific bus to get to her city.

I get on the bus, and I don’t have the slightest idea on what stop I should be getting off on. Well, about 10 minutes later, a load of people get off on this one stop. An older Korean businessman sees me and motions to me that there’s an available seat next to him. He starts talking to me in English and he says that the stop where I’m getting off is one stop before he gets off,and that he’ll let me know when.

We start conversation about where he works, how he learned English, what I’m doing in Korea. By the time we knew it, his stop came up. He profusely apologized to me and said that it was the stop before.

I said,”It’s okay, I’ll just walk the opposite direction.” As we get off the bus, we’re both walking in the same direction. As we come up to an intersection, he flags down a taxi, tells him the subway station to drop me off on, and he paid the fare. All this while still apologizing to me.”

Now we want to hear from you!

What’s the nicest thing a person ever did for you?

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People Share Life Lessons They Wished They Had Learned Sooner

You live and you learn…

That’s how life goes, and sometimes it’s good and other times it’s bad.

It’s important that we all learn from our mistakes, but it can also be frustrating and downright painful to think about how we could have done differently or the lessons we wish we’d learned earlier in our days.

What lessons did you learn too late in life?

AskReddit users discussed this interesting question.

1. Good tip.

“Use your turn signals, but do not trust anyone else using their turn signals.

Lesson I still remember from driver’s ed 30 years ago: there’s only one thing you know for certain when you see a car with its turn signal on. They have their turn signal on. That’s it.

You have no way of knowing if they plan on turning, if they change their mind at the last second, if they just forgot to turn it off.”

2. Don’t start.

“Smoking isn’t worth it.

Don’t even get curious. Tobacco isn’t like weed, it’s quickly addictive.

The stupid marijuana PSA’s with ‘one puff can ruin your life’ should be used for cigarettes.”

3. Not your problem.

“Some people just won’t admit they’re wrong.

Don’t waste time trying to get them to accept it.

Wasted too much of mine own time trying to correct people.”

4. Take care of those teeth!

“The importance of dental health.

I didn’t take care of my teeth in my youth and now that I’m older I very much regret it.”

5. This applies to all areas of life.

“If you wait ’til you’re ready, you’ll be waiting forever.”

6. Doesn’t always work out that way.

“Working your hardest and going above and beyond at your job doesn’t guarantee you’ll get any farther there.

It WILL guarantee an unrealistic workload and pace that you can’t maintain for the long term with your employer though. No better way to burn yourself out into total misery!!! The best place to be with work is just doing your job and clocking the f*ck out. You’re far more likely to advance at a career by being well liked.

Do yourself a huge favor and just strive for middle; take an opportunity to shine every once in a while, and maintain your mental health so you aren’t a d*ck to your coworkers. I’m 33 and it’s taken me this long to truly and fully understand this concept.

Average is not always a bad thing, especially in corporate America.”

7. THIS.

“BOUNDARIES are healthy and important.

You never really know someone until you tell them no. Its okay to drop people who don’t respect your boundaries.

And if someone respects your boundaries until they’re angry, they don’t respect your boundaries.”

8. Focus on a few.

“You don’t need a million friends.

Maybe less than 10, maybe 5, good friends.

Put a LOT of effort into those relationships instead of spreading yourself too thin.”

9. Walk away.

“It is okay to walk away from toxic family.

I am not the monster they paint me as. I can’t fix or save them.

I can only protect my kids.”

10. Nothing wrong with that.

“It’s okay to be selfish and take care of yourself over others.

One day you may look and see there’s nothing that you feel proud or accomplished by because you were living your life trying to please others vs doing what you want for yourself.”

11. Words of wisdom.

“Don’t kill yourself working at a job that would replace you without a second thought.”

12. Think about this one.

“If your irreplaceable, you’re unpromotable.

Missed several promotions early in my careers because I was “Too valuable” in the position I was in.

If you want a promotion, work hard enough to get noticed, but not so hard that they’re dependent on you.”

13. You just gotta do it.

“There’s never a good time to change things. You just have to choose when you’re gonna make the change and put the time, effort, and discipline in to make it happen.

Example for me is quitting smoking. For years I told myself that I would quit smoking when things settled down and over a weekend where I’ll be home and stress free. But then I would always start back because some stressful event happened and I “needed it” to help cope. The fact is, sh*t’s always gonna happen but the difference is I need to change HOW I react to it.

But that method is helping me in other areas. I used to game heavily and procrastinate on my adulting duties. Often I would neglect them as I would get so into a session I would lose track of time and be tired. I still do it from time to time as I’m working on changing my approach I.e. I will dust and vacuum everything BEFORE I get on. But it’s absolutely no where near as bad as I used to be.

You know what you need to change. Just start on one thing. Mine was quitting smoking. Since then I’ve focused on my health by walking more and exercising as well as using my newfound time gained from each 5 minute smoke break I had to invest into myself.”

How about you?

Do you think there are any lessons that you learned about too late in life?

If so, please talk to us in the comments!

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Hilarious Tweets About Work For You to Enjoy

If there’s one thing that many of us have in common, it’s that we’ve had to work for our money for most of our lives. My first job was at 16 years old, and I figure maybe sixty years later, I might be able to quit (if I want to).

The other thing we all know about is that being able to laugh at the absurdity of those same jobs is the only thing that gets us through to Friday some weeks, and these 10 tweets are here to help you do just that.

10. You gotta hang onto the good Tupperware.

Especially if it has a matching lid.

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9. Start taking those lunch breaks, gf.

They’re not going to pay you any more if you don’t.

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8. Why is this so painfully accurate?

We really need to stop apologizing for existing.

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7. Just go on.

I don’t have to be well to do what you want.

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6. Your boss knows what you’re doing.

But what’s he gonna do?

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5. I mean, duh.

If you’re doing anything else, you’re wrong.

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4. If you wanna eat you gotta play.

Or just start bringing a sandwich.

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3. It’s still better than the office, though.

Because sweatpants.

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2. You gotta play it cool.

Unless someone goes for that apple fritter.

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1. It is a downside.

We all have to manage it, unfortunately.

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We are not alone in this toil, my friends.

What’s the funniest thing that’s happened to you at work lately? Share the story with us in the comments!

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Following the 1973 release of The Exorcist, six people who saw it had to be admitted to a Chicago hospital “straight from the theater.” Psychiatrist James Bozzuto examined four of them and concluded they were suffering from “cinematic neurosis” — a term he coined. Basically, this was neurosis caused by watching a movie. Symptoms of […]

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