In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers)

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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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) 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.

looseylewinsky , mliu92 Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) You don’t HAVE to become a parent if you don’t want to

sleepyworm , Todd Morris Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) 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.

CactiNeedle , dahon Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) You are not obligated to stay in contact with friends or family forever. If they make you miserable you are free to walk away.

otherm0ther , H. Michael Miley Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) It’s okay to not have an established opinion about everything.

JaqenYcar , Bill Smith Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Turn signals exist for a reason. *Use them.*

skelepyro , Mechanic Base Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Feeling tired and/or like s**t all the time is not normal and if you do then you should probably see a Dr.

HaViNgT , MIKI Yoshihito Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Saying "no" is easy. Saying "no" and not needing to explain yourself is even easier.

UnusualWind5 , Scott Robinson Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to.

Complex_Management87 , ePi.Longo Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Personal boundaries. You don’t own anyone an explanation and you don’t have to keep s****y people in your life.

tennesseewaltz , j dunlap Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Never cheat on someone. You'll sleep better at night if you're guilt-free.

MrMorsley , Takumi Yoshida Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Don't go cheap on mattresses or shoes.

lukaron , Chris Yarzab Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Drinking mainly water and going outside for ten minutes a day will greatly improve mood and health

Choonabayga , Dr. Matthias Ripp Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) It’s okay to be a virgin.

blankspacefood , j0hncooke Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Spending time in nature is one of the best things to make you feel better. They don't call it forest bathing for nothing

lhj81 , Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Don’t tell your self you’ll be happy when [insert goal here]

Be happy now because it may be all you’ve got

rugzy_dot_eth , mathijs van spankeren Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Getting off of social media.

jeffend1981 , Tracy Le Blanc Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Most interactions you have with others, particularly strangers, they'll forget about pretty soon after they happen. They have their own s**t going on. Once you realise this, it becomes much easier to ask that stupid question, to complain, or to let go of something embarrassing that happened.

AlterEdward , Gareth Williams Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) 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.

spookaddress , Sunny Ripert Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) 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.

Surprise_Corgi , Tony Alter Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Instead of saying something about yourself, ask the person a question about them or a follow up question about what they said last.

idiotsincars22 , Alexander Henning Drachmann Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) You don’t have to wait until bills are due to pay on them.

brucemaguse , Bill Smith Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) 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.)

ABrownieKink , Shannon McGee Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Always round down your paycheck. You made 433 this week. So 400.

Always round up your bills.

Take you highest monthly bills times 12 and that's an estimate for how much you need to live.

Then take the lowest pay month and times that by 12. That's how much you make a year. Roughly.

Bills fluctuate(heat electric etc)and your pay isn't always the same. IE sick days etc.

This is the difference between what you can buy and what you can afford. If your pay is below or slightly over to those yearly bills you need to cut stuff or another job.

This will help you estimate your financial status before it becomes a bigger problem.

wraithwraven , 401(K) 2012 Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Put an end to working more than 40 hours per week.

diklamoir , Insights Unspoken Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Having a good sleep schedule. Going to bed AROUND the same time every night and waking up at the same time every morning. I know this isn’t feasible for everybody but it really changed my life and my productivity through the day

Sudden_Ad_756 , Taro the Shiba Inu Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Just stepping back and appreciating the world. Too many operate on autopilot 24/7 that they miss out on simple things.

KidOmen , Adam Bautz Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) White vinegar has 1001 uses

bk15dcx , Sean MacEntee Report

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Pee after sex! Used to have so many uti's until I learned that and haven't had one since! It's so easy and useful idk why this isn't more well known

opediah Report

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In This Viral Thread, People Are Exchanging Tips And Hacks For Living A Better Life (30 Answers) Exercise is good for keeping your body healthy

Not into ripped bodies?, not into team sports or sport culture?, not into gym lifestyle?

Exercise anyway, doing something you enjoy, it's good for you

Stunning-Hedgehog932 , zombieite Report

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What do you think ?

StrangeOne 1 year ago

One thing I'm learning at my new job, that I wish I knew from the start, is not being afraid to take advantage of your company's open door policy. Not abusing it, but taking advantage of it to address any confusion on protocol procedures and training, and getting feedback on how well the managers think you're doing. Unlike my last job, I'm not getting any daily, constant reviews and performance forms and don't hear of the positive feedback, but I do get told what I'm wrong and corrected. It was making me afraid that I'm screwing up a lot, and not able to handle the job quickly. Apparently if anything was really wrong it would get back to the managers and, after asking them, I was told no news is good news, and they see I have a good work ethic and willingness to learn. It helped a bit with my confidence. However, I have noticed I wasn't trained properly and that's where I see the problem lying. The managers have taken notice and make improvement, clarified and retrained me on things.

6points

Ahimsa Soul 1 year ago

Good for you!

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Bec 1 year ago

Hard work and persistence are more important than 'talent'

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Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 year ago

Basically I'm f****d cause I can never get myself to follow the advice =/

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We have saying: "if advice was any good, it would be sold, not given away!". If you find hard to follow advice, ask yourself why. Some people just don't respond to advice. If that's your case, just look for someone who you look up to, and follow their example. I used to do that in the office, rather than saying "If I were you, I would..." or "Why don't you...", I'd say something like "Mary had the same predicament and she did so and so. Do you think it helps?".

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