“Dont think [this] s*** wont catch up with you until youre 40.”
But as it turns out, alotof young people are looking for good old-fashioned generational guidance.
“The benefits of working out.
My father started regularly working out in his 40s.
Nothing extreme, just consistent.
He is now 87 and is still in great health.
“Not wearing ear protection at concerts.
Having tinnitus sucks.”
Do a search for musicians earplugs.”
u/mikron2
3.
“Finding hobbies and other interests is more important than you think.”
“Neglecting your dental health.
That was not a smart choice I made way back when and it affected me for years afterward.
Honestly, it could have been much worse for me.”
“Some people are made of titanium.
Theres no way to know which is which.”
“My friend’s dad was a coke addict [and is] very healthy at 74.
[I] had a healthy runner friend have a heart attack at 35.
Just because one person can binge drink and be healthy at 80 doesnt mean that you might.
You wont know until its too late.”
u/iguessimdepressed1
6.
Not just in catastrophic ways, but in little ways like bad joints or aches and pains.
Stay mobile, stay healthy."
u/juicybananas
7.
“That knee injury you think you recovered from is going to come back to haunt you.”
“Not putting in the work to maintain relationships.
Having friends in your 20s is accidental.
Having friends in your 40s [onward] is a part-time job.”
u/MarcusQuintus
9.
“Saving for retirement.
Wish I started sooner.”
“That life goes by fast, especially after 25.”
u/FOTW-Anton
11.
“Stretch, you fools.
Stretch every day… and strengthen your joints.”
u/who519
14.
“If youre a woman, [be aware of] perimenopause.
15.“Drinking.
It caught up to me fully before I was 30.
Liver problems, kidney failure, pancreatitis, heart problems, the whole nine.
It was nothing short of a miracle that I made it out alive.
It isntrealuntil its real.”
u/Leather-Delicious
16.
She wont accept [that] the sun is what aged her skin.
“Your online life is leaving a traceable trail.
You should be much more protective of what information you publicly share.”
u/paravaric
18.
“If you’re a woman, bone density!
Start a good weight lifting routine to protect them.”
“Excessive ear hair.”
u/balance38
21.
And when you get there… life becomes wonderful.”
“Take your mental health seriously.
Men, let your significant other feel their feelings; don’t make a run at problem-solve for them.
To quote my therapist: ‘Be a lighthouse.
Give a light, but let the storm run its course.'”
“Also, learn to recognize your [own] feelings.
Be open about them.
You’ll be amazed how much smoother your relationships will be.”
u/shottylaw
23.“Credit.
Dont buy new phones or cars every two years.”
u/Motor-Housing2704
24.
When they pass, youll remember those moments when you lost patience and regret it horribly."
25.“Ageism.
Enjoy your youth because when you get older, companies won’t hire you anymore.
They can get someone younger and more desperate to do your job for half as much.”
u/xerox157
26.
“[Right now,] you have the freedom to go on adventures.
I’d hate that now but I loved it then!”
“Not starting saving in your 20s.
“The slow drip of alcoholism.
Getonecredit card that you pay off every month, and finance a car.”
u/Adorabbw
30.
“I regret having a bad lifestyle like being sedentary and not working out.
I wish I could go back in time and start working out and being healthy.
I have diseases that I should have prevented in my 20s; now I’m suffering from it.”
u/miesciky
“Do yoga every day.
I wish I had started decades ago.
Mobility is everything.”
u/d6punk
32.
“Bad eyes from screens and arthritis in hands from holding iPads and phones so often.”
“You’re going to start to miss your friends that slip away.
It’s harder and harder to make really good friends as you get older.
Talk things out, patch it up.
Don’t lose your good friends.”
Im not feeling much older and my body hasnt [deteriorated] much.
My interests and hobbies are mostly the same.
The last 15 years just went by incredibly fast.”
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