7 wise truths that we usually comprehend closer to 40 years

1. If you constantly think about what people will say, you will not achieve anything.

It’s normal to be afraid of judgment and judgment. It is not normal to let this feeling completely take over you, and, blushing for what has already been done, is afraid to take the next step. One of the most important lessons that can be learned by this age is that the best response to other people’s reproaches, comments and criticism is silence. Most claims are not worth your attention.

2. “Later” there will not be a lot of time to enjoy life.

We truly realize that our age is short only when we realize that youth has passed. When we are in our early 20s, we are sure that we have our whole life ahead of us – and it will be enough to find ourselves and to build healthy relationships. Alas, time is against us.

Don’t put off life and change until the mythical moment when you’re finally ready—that moment will most likely never come. Take a step towards your dream, even a tiny one, but every day.

3. No matter how much your employer pays you, financial freedom lies elsewhere.

Growing up is inextricably linked with the need to pay the bills, so the money issue worries the majority. As a result, many hold on to jobs they don’t like just to keep their source of income. They understand that they are unlikely to find another place like this.

There is only one way out – to improve and look for alternative earning opportunities that will allow you not to worry about the bankruptcy of the company or the deprivation of bonuses.

4. It is important to be friends with people of different ages

Friends younger than you will help you maintain a sense of optimism and belief that everything is possible, and you can learn worldly wisdom from older comrades.

5. Relationships are like french fries

If it is hot and tasty, we greedily pounce on it, and if not, then we continue to peck at it listlessly, without putting the plate aside – after all, this is french fries! It is the same with relationships: both friendly and romantic. We tend to spend years chewing on what should have been spit out and salvaging what cannot be salvaged, especially when there are no better options on the horizon.

What to do? Learn to enjoy loneliness so that it is not associated with a feeling of fear, but with sincere pleasure, and to refuse love and friendship that make you suffer.

6. Sunk Cost Errors Have Serious Consequences

Sunk cost errors are a mental distortion that often causes us to factor in sunk losses when making decisions. It makes us believe that we shouldn’t quit our jobs or get divorced just because we’ve already invested a lot of time and effort into a job or relationship.

Yes, no one will refund us the cost of training. But, without leaving the unloved work, we continue to spend years of our lives on it, and even suffer. If you caught yourself doing this, ask yourself: “If I hadn’t invested time, money and effort into this, would I continue now?” If the answer is no, then move on without regret.

7. Thinking you’ll be happy “as soon as…” is a recipe for unhappiness

We tend to think that happiness must be conditional on something. Allegedly, we will definitely feel better “as soon as”, “if”, and “provided that” we achieve a certain goal – we get a promotion, we start earning more, we buy a dream car, we meet the right one. But if the process of moving towards the goal does not make you happy, it is likely that your joy will be short-lived at the destination.

What conclusion can be drawn? It’s time to stop being afraid of your own mistakes and start taking into account the experience of those who walked before you.