Men of Reddit. Whats that one advice you got, you thought was pointless but made sense later on?

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1. Save your money and stop spending it on stupid shit. – Dad

2. Any advice on maintaining a good budget in life.

3. More a comment than advice, but when I was 12 or so one of my friends said “How can you say you’re not rich? Your parents own land.”

4. Don’t get married too early.

   Younger me would have thought I was crazy for not being married by my mid-20’s but the advice now makes sense. When you are married and then introduce a baby, everything goes out the window. You can still have individual goals but it comes secondary to your wife and kids for the rest of your life. You age faster, it’s easier to get into bad habits out of pure exhaustion (“dad bod”), and a lot of dreams die to take care of the family.

   I am well aware that the opposite also has truly great benefits. Having a wife and kids can be an amazing blessing but I understand now why they say hold off for a little if you can. Work on yourself, grow into your career, mature as a man and then when the time works out, get married then. As men, there doesn’t need to be a rush to get married as quickly.

5. Nobody can piss you off unless you let them

6. Gonna be a bitter pill for some, but “Stop playing so many videogames”. Took me a while, but I realized some years ago that video games are a pastime, not a hobby, like drinking with your friends at the pub (and even then I’d consider drinking with friends a more useful activity). Sure it’s fun while you’re doing it, but you’re not gonna remember 99% of what you even did when you finish the session. You’re not making new memories, developing skills or finding friends (in most cases). You’re not going to make unexpected discoveries, learn anything about yourself or be surprised in any way. The entire experience is already laid out for you and preplanned. Overcoming Ornstein and Smough and opening the door to Gwynevere’s chamber feels great the first time, sure, but it’s never going to be as special or unique as, say, a camp you went to in art school. The former can be repeated as long as there is hardware to run the game, the latter will be a once in a lifetime experience that can never be replicated, and that’s what makes it valuable.

7. I didn’t have someone tell me this but, I thought of it my self, and it has helped me a lot, it is: for every good thing that happens there will always be a bad thing of the same magnitude, this helps me keep my emotions in check, and not get too hopeful only for it to get crushed

8. Reddit is not the real world. Saw this in a comment in a niche hobby subreddit.

   Life changing for me. Went from being a Reddit “enthusiast”(too many hobbies, lifeproptips lifehacks everything, antiwork to the max, etc.) to a regular, go-with-the-flow person. Much happier, content, and secure.

9. Most of the good advice I ever got was this. Didn’t understand it until it was too late.

10. If it’s got tits or wheels it’ll give you trouble.
    If it floats, flys or fucks pay for it by the hour.

11. Dad: Don’t get a tattoo. So I didn’t. Then I hit 21 and said, Ok now I’m gonna get one. Dad said, just wait a little. So I hit 25 and said I’m sure now, gonna get one. Dad said, just wait a little bit. This happened a few more times, then I hit 35 and realised (even though the design and phrase of the tattoo never changed in my mind), yeah I’m kinda glad I listened to my Dad, I don’t see the point of a tattoo anymore. Good man, one of the last real men. Never once gave me bad advice and I still take it before anyone else’s.