It's no big secret that life is an incredibly tricky thing.
However, before you berate yourself for failing one more time, remember that it's like that for everyone: Hollywood A-listers, world-class scientists, Instagram influencers who fly to the Seychelles every other weekend, your mom, and even your elderly neighbor who seems so content all the time.
We're all experiencing life for the very first time, and it would be foolish to believe that we're able to nail it without encountering a few rocky roads on our way – yet, a few life lessons from those who have gone a long way have never hurt anybody.
“What is something that not a lot of people know [and] that if they knew it, would drastically improve their quality of life?” – this web user turned to one of Reddit’s most thought-provoking communities, asking its members to share their go-to piece of advice that would significantly enhance someone's quality of life. The post managed to garner over 1.6K upvotes as well as 1.5K comments revealing only the most life-changing tips.
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#1
When having a discussion with someone you should listen to what they are saying and not think about what you’re going to say when they’re done talking.
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#3
I realized that I would never talk to someone the way I talk to myself, it was a little light bulb moment. Self compassion is a long road.
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#4
You are not obligated to stay in contact with friends or family forever. If they make you miserable you are free to walk away.
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#7
Saying "no" is easy. Saying "no" and not needing to explain yourself is even easier.
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#11
Drinking mainly water and going outside for ten minutes a day will greatly improve mood and health
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#13
Spending time in nature is one of the best things to make you feel better. They don't call it forest bathing for nothing
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#14
Don’t tell your self you’ll be happy when [insert goal here]
Be happy now because it may be all you’ve got
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#16
Empathy. If you can empathize with why someone is acting or feeling a way it makes the world easier to navigate. It helps you give grace to others and reduces your stress as well. You also see that not everyone has walked the same path as you and even if they did, they had a different view.
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#17
Incremental progress is realistic progress. If you're only going to find satisfaction in progress that takes large or extreme jumps to achieve, you'll just find long stretches of depression between a few days of satisfaction.
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#18
Instead of saying something about yourself, ask the person a question about them or a follow up question about what they said last.
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#20
If you're fat and lazy (Like I was), you can use your laziness to your advantage by convincing yourself that you're too lazy to get up and get a snack (I'm still lazy but I'd stopped having to get a snack every few moments thanks to that.)
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