Category: what should people start when they’re younger

Everyone has regrets about how they spent their youth. It’s normal, but listen – if you can learn to take advice from those older than you, really hear them out, you can avoid making at least all of the mistakes we have.

If you’re still young, here are 12 things older people say you won’t regret starting today – not tomorrow.

12. Not all parents are good parents.

Ignore my parents.

Turns out narcissistic parents that raise you under a rock to believe they have the best intentions for you. Is a complete lie.

If I had ignored them, I would have started saving up money at 14yrs old (latest) and moved out at 18.

11. It’s never too early.

INVESTING. Put 10 percent of every paycheck into stocks, bonds, ROTH IRA, etc… I never did and ended up getting a military retirement instead.

I would have been so much better off if I had invested right out of high school and just kept doing it.

10. What a sad person.

Cutting of my narcissistic father earlier.

He is 92 years old and in hospice and treats the entire family like his own personal emotional punching bag.

No one will miss him when he is dead.

9. Refocusing your mind is a helpful trick.

Meditating.

8. You can turn it around.

Eating healthy and exercising.

I’m 40 and have all sorts of issues due to an extremely poor diet as a child.

Don’t be like me, start now. It’s easier than you realize.

7. Don’t take your grandparents for granted.

Painting and building miniatures, my Grandad used to build trains and railway miniatures.

Wish I managed to show him some of my miniatures I have painted and learned from him.

6. Drink more water.

For me the one I could have started earlier is drinking enough water! I cut out soda in my first year of high school, but I didn’t really replace it with anything. All throughout high school & up until I actually graduated from undergrad, I would proudly say “I’m like a cactus! I just don’t need that much water!”

Well, I finally started drinking the proper amount of water just to try it. I felt amazing! My chronic headaches were basically gone. I had energy. My skin looked great. It’s been maybe 3 years since then, and I’ve been drinking tons of water ever since. I can’t believe how many terrible headaches I could have avoided by just drinking more water.

My siblings roll their eyes at me, but they get “chronic” headaches too! So I always tell them to drink more water. They don’t listen at all though. Only time will tell, so I hope they figure it out like I did.

5. Take your health seriously, no matter how you go about it.

Brazilian JuJitsu I have rolled with kids 20 years younger than me and get absolutely destroyed.

No matter what age or body weight you are, BJJ is an excellent skill to have.

You basically will dominate 90% of new comers with just a little practice.

4. Money is important.

Learning how to manage my finances. Through my twenties, I wasn’t a mindful spender, and racked up some debt (~$20k)…

I wasn’t able to pay it off because I was at a low paying apprenticeship, but I finally paid off my last credit card last week! Now I’m planning on saving for the real estate market correction and pick up some properties.

3. Really open your mind.

Learning about other cultures and other languages.

It opens your perspective exponentially.

2. You’re worth it.

Standing up for myself.

It would have made my home life a lot more tolerable.

1. How I wish I’d accomplished this in my 20s.

Not giving a f%ck.

I still need to work on some of these, but it’s a great list.

If there’s anything you would add to it, tell us in the comments!

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Hindsight is 20/20, and once you’ve reached a certain age, it’s common to look back and think about all of the ways you could have improved your life by starting one good habit or another earlier.

These 14 people have some great thoughts, so younger people take heed!

14. All day every day.

Listening to radio/podcast/audiobooks.

13. It’s ok to take a reaction beat.

thinking. sometimes you just have to stop for a while and think. you will be seeing a lot more

12. You don’t want to get stuck.

Quitting my old job to find something better. I’m a person of habit and I stayed there because it was stable and I was afraid of losing that if I tried to find another job.

I dropped an application at another company with my years of experience listed right on the front. My phone blew up the next day.

They wanted to hire me on the spot. Offered me double what I was currently making. I nearly had a heart attack. It’s been almost a year now and I couldn’t be happier.

11. Don’t obsess over it, though.

Taking my diet seriously. Not long before my 25th birthday I had high blood pressure, insulin resistance (from PCOS apparently), popping joints, fatigue, permanent discoloration from obesity chub rub, sleep apnea.

The past 3 months I’ve lost 15 out of the 150 I need to lose, so the road ahead is long. I just want to be hot (and alive) while I’m still in my 20s lmao

10. Do it sooner rather than later.

Saving for retirement. It’s always said and mostly ignored until you get older and realize you’ve made a grave mistake. To compare, if you started saving just $200 a month at 18 to retire at 65, you would end up with approximately $330,000 (at a lo w rate of return).

If you waited just 10 more years to start saving the same amount, and started saving $200 a month at age 28, you would only have $200,000. Your best friend for saving for retirement is time. Even if you are only saving $50 a month at 18, it is still vastly better than saving $200 a month if you’ve waited too long to start.

9. Especially with your kids.

Saying yes more often.

Once I started doing it, I began realizing how much fun/great stuff I had avoided because of prejudices or lack of good will.

8. A worthy pursuit.

Learning a second language, My Dad’s side of the family are from France and came over to the UK during Ww2, My nan wanted to teach me French when I was younger but being a stupid kid I just wanted to play PlayStation and never bothered.

It is the one regret I have in life, now she is no longer here I am teaching myself. I would highly recommend learning a second language for any reason even just as a way to pass time on a train with duolingo

7. It’s not a dirty word.

Mine would be saying no more often, interestingly enough. The thought of staying in on a weekend night repulsed me for the longest.

It didn’t help matters when I met my wife, because she was the exact same way. We’d go to concerts and comedy shows on weeknights, double dates with friends at least once or twice a week, just any excuse to go out, blow money, and socialize.

Over the last year or two, we’ve started to morph into homebodies, and this quarantine stuff has helped even more. It feels nice to stay in and enjoy each other’s company, or even do our own thing in opposite rooms.

6. Both mediums are worthy.

Watching movies. I have always been a reader and watched movies very rarely but due to lockdown i was looking for some movie recommendations and made a list of movies my favorite writers liked.

Watched every movie by fellini and chaplin and now it feels like falling in love. I have literally watched a movie a day last month.

5. Being an introvert is fine, but not every day.

Have friends, spend time with people, social interactions.

4. Just keep at it.

Waking up early in the mornings (5ish),

I really struggle in the mornings so waking up early and going for a walk lets me get through the shit before I start working, Took me a few months to adjust though.

3. Try something new every day.

Eating food with more spice thus trying foods from other cultures.

For years the spiciest food I ate had only salt and pepper and I missed out on soooooooo many other foods from sooooooo many other cultures.

2. You never know when it will be the last time.

Spent more time with my mum while I could.

And my dad I suppose, but feel that regret less.

1. Not just for a rainy day.

Saving money.

Still so angry at teenage me for buying all that crap when I could have been building a nice pot up without even having to sacrifice too much disposable income (which was most of my income at that age!).

I agree 100% with all of these (though some I still need to work on myself)!

What would you add to the list? Tell us in the comments!

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There are a lot of things about life that we can’t know until we know, until there’s more perspective and experience under our belts.

If you’re someone whose younger, perhaps still in your twenties, here are 15 things older people wish they’d started doing when they were your age.

15. Regretting this now.

Exercising.

Could’ve avoided so much joint and back pain, asthma and self-confidence issues if I started years earlier.

14. Absolutely no one should start smoking.

Taking my health more seriously.

Specifically quitting smoking and making it stick.

I am now 5 years nicotine free, but that’s after 33 years of smoking.

13. Reading is an excellent habit.

Reading.

It’s like being able to steal years of people’s life experiences in just a few days without having to go through any of the bullshit.

12. If you can master this you can change your life.

Getting up when the alarm goes off instead of hitting snooze.

11. Finances are important.

 Look up topics such as investing, personal finance, economics. I find youtube to be an easy way to learn things, just gotta be able to filter out the bullshit.

Also, Khan Academy has some great lessons on finance.

What branch of finance are you particularly interested in? I could recommend some sources

10. Brush. Your kids. Teeth.

Brushing my teeth no one made me when i was too little to care and by the time i wanted to do it for me the damage was done

9. Skin cancer is no joke.

Wearing sunscreen every time I go out.

Skin cancer sucks.

8. Yes. Do this TODAY.

Being myself more.

I remember I constantly changing my personality based on the friends I was hanging out with which made me very unhappy.

But now that I started being myself around people that actually like me has made much more accepting of myself.

7. And also pain.

Taking care of my teeth.

I didn’t take my dental health seriously when I was young and now I need a decent amount of work done that will likely cost me a lot of money.

6. You need like 5 good ones, tops.

Not worrying about having lots of friends.

In my younger years I tried to be friends with too many people at once and didn’t have any solid friendships.

Having a few really close friends is far better than many wishy-washy friends.

5. Little changes every day.

Getting up early and just doing what needs to be done in a day instead of putting it off forever

I got started by getting up early for work. Slowly it became my new norm to get up at 7am on my days off. The getting things done part was trickier.

I guess I started by doing small things like cleaning or doing errands right away. Like if I was washing clothes, I wouldn’t let them sit in the dryer. I would take them out right away and hang them up.

Eventually it just became a routine and part of my life.

4. There’s no downside.

Being honest with the people around me, and not lying to myself about who i am.

3. I’ve really got to give this a try.

Yoga – made me a much fitter, more confident, and happy person!

2. It’s not a bad word.

Telling mfs no.

1. Self-esteem is everything.

Accepting myself and not tying who I am to other people’s perceptions. It took me so long to accept my brain and my neurology, much less be proud of it like I am now.

It really screwed up my self-esteem when I was little and I didn’t really get out of that until high school.

I definitely agree with most, if not all, of these!

If you’re on the older side of life, what are some things you would add to this list? Share them with us in the comments!

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