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29 Things That People Started Really Appreciating Only After They Got Older
Article created by: Monika Pašukonytė
Back in my teenage years, I tried to be everything at once. An average party girl clubbing every Friday night, a hiking fanatic conquering some mountain on Sunday mornings, or a passionate football player drilling on the field on the weekdays. I wanted to try it all.
But as I grew older, I started preferring a slow life with lazy weekends where I refused to jump out of bed for anything. And when you look at this incredible thread you will see that I am not the only one who suddenly had a change of heart. Just scroll down to check out these fascinating changes for yourself!
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#1
Quiet days. Days when there is nobody else around.
Edit : I wish you guys would stop responding to this. I want my peace and quiet.
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#2
My wife.
I thought I was at 100% when we got married. Here I am sitting at 235% like a bad game of smash bros.
#5
How little I care what people think of me. I still wrestle with what I think of myself, but peer pressure does nothing to me anymore. Freedom!
#6
Being very selective with whom I spend my time with. I do not have any interest in meeting new people constantly. I like who I like.
#8
My mate retired 18 months ago, at 70. He rarely answers his cell phone nowadays. I asked him why, he said “my life is really good, I enjoy everything about it. No one has ever called me with good news”.
#10
Good people who don't have a lot of negative baggage, did a lot of their inner work already and are nice people.
#12
Generally speaking, I don't feel bored anymore.
Shockingly enough, when there's nothing to do... I actually sit back and do nothing.
#15
Walking up early on the weekends. Grocery stores are empty, the world is still hungover and sleeping.
#16
Old people. Could see them as boring in the past. Now I am fascinated by their experience and knowledge. In comparison, I feel disappointed by the current generation of young people who love a lot their phone and social medias. In comparaison, old people seem to have more to share, they are less boring.
#17
Cooking.
It use to feel like a chore to feed myself, but now I enjoy shopping for ingredients and cooking a meal.
#19
Who else loves when their families get together & enjoy genuine quality time now that everyone's older?
#21
Cleaning! I was always untidy but I’m really learning to love a clean and tidy space. It’s literally always worth the effort.
#24
Mornings.
Spent years in the service industry, working til 10PM, hitting the bar after, up til 3 AM every night.
Switched lines of work, started getting up earlier. Now im in my mid 30s and theres nothing I like more than getting up early, even on the weekends, and just having the whole day ahead of me.
#28
Talking to people. My favourite thing is to learn, and everyone has a story to tell, or wisdom to share. Knowledge is power.
#29
Well-kept garden.
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