30 People Share One Piece Of Advice That Changed Their Entire Life

If you wouldn't take advice from them, why would you take criticism?

My therapist told me not to fight my drinking cravings, but rather to ignore them.

Instead of white knuckling it on the couch trying to ride it out, she suggested I find a project and keep myself busy instead.

It worked. Today I'm 41 days sober.

“A quiet life is not a boring life”

Don’t make permanent decisions on temporary emotions

If something is worth doing, its worth doing badly.

At one point in my life I just did not want to do anything because of depression and anxiety and it sucked. I was brought up to believe "if something is worth doing, its worth doing right." So I decided because I didn't think i could get it right I wouldn't bother doing anything.

I read this, and realised I'd been doing it all wrong. I may not be able to get up and shave and shower and run 2 miles in the morning. But I can get dressed and brush my teeth. That'll do.

"You can be the ripest, juiciest peach there is, and there will still be people who don't like peaches" - Dita Von Teese

Used to stress about people liking me or not, stemming from different experiences as a kid. I read this quote and realised that I can be the best I can be, but I'm still not gonna be to everyone's taste, and that's alright. Helped me stress down almost entirely about that.

Not everything in your brain needs to come out of your mouth

Not quite advice, but a male co-worker said his wife was his best friend and I realized my husband and I weren't friends at all. tried to change the relationship but eventually left. 10 years later married a man who was my friend, still married 13 years and he is my best friend.

My 5th grade teacher ms. Davis.

“If you are getting frustrated it’s perfectly ok to walk away for a bit a come back to the problem, it’s better to walk away and come back with a clear head then just getting more frustrated”

This was the first person I met that saw me and got me.

I was always told to think three things:

Does this need to be said?

Does this need to be said by me?

Does this need to be said by me right now?

If it’s a no on any of these, shut up.

Be the person your dog thinks you are.

Hating someone is like drinking poison yourself and waiting until it kills them.

Comparison is the thief of joy

Dont find someone to grow old with, find someone to stay forever young with.

"Good memories can be just as toxic as bad memories"

For people in bad friendships/romantic relationships, so many people hold on to the good times in the past, hoping that it'll be like that again. You remember how good things were at the start, and you convince yourself 'they're not that bad, remember that one good time.....", even though at present, you're being treated like sh*t.

But what's in the past has already happened. Your current reality is not that anymore. Good memories can really trap you in bad places if you're not careful.

This advice has definitely been a wake up call to me before.

Not really advice, just a remark someone made a few times that hit home.. They said that most things people do have nothing to do with you, even if it’s directed at you. It really did change my life in that I hardly ever take things personal anymore.

Nobody knows what the [hell] they’re doing

Never have an argument with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you through experience

"you don't have to know exactly how to do something. You just need to know that it can be done, and the rest can be figured out.". My former boss when I started my IT career. Changed how I looked at the problems I dealt with at work and at home.

Wear sunscreen.