More Advice to Your Younger Self | E-Neighborhood Advisor

Our email last week about author Mark Manson got such good feedback, we decided to share some more of the 600 responses he received when he asked his readers ag 37 and over what advice they would give their 30-year-old selves. Here are 3 more of the most common replies. Be Good to the People You Care About Last week we included the advice about not spending time with people who don’t treat you well. Conversely, while enforcing stricter boundaries on who we let into our lives, many readers advised to make the time for those friends and family that we do decide to keep close. “Appreciate those close to you. You can get money back and jobs back, but you can never get time back.” (Anne, 41) Don’t Be Afraid of Taking Risks, You Can Still Change Many readers commented on how society tells us that by 30 we should have things “figured out” — our career situation, our dating/marriage situation, our financial situation and so on. But this isn’t true. And, in fact, dozens and dozens of readers implored to not let these social expectations of “being an adult” deter you from taking some major risks and starting over. As someone responded: “All adults are winging it.” Be Kind to Yourself, Respect Yourself This one was rarely the central focus of any email, but it was present in some capacity in almost all of them: treat yourself better. Almost everybody said this in one form or another. “There is no one who cares about or thinks about your life a fraction of what you do,” one reader began, and, “life is hard, so learn to love yourself now, it’s harder to learn later,” another reader finished. Many readers included the old cliche: “Don’t sweat the small stuff; and it’s almost all small stuff.” Eldri, 60, wisely said, “When confronted with a perceived problem, ask yourself, ‘Is this going to matter in five years, ten years?’ If not, dwell on it for a few minutes, then let it go.” It seems many readers have focused on the subtle life lesson of simply accepting life as is, warts and all. Your Flooring Consultant, Matt Capell Email: sales@capellinteriors.com Phone (208) 288-0151 Fax (208) 917-6160 P.S. Here's a joke for you! My friend asked for advice on buying a bed I told him "before you make a decision, you should sleep on it."