30 People Reveal Things That Improved Their Lives So Much, They Wish They Had Done Them Sooner

Congratulations!

My mother was my abuser, but everyone thinks she's great :(...I'm faking it until she dies; or my dad dies and I go NC.

I started to confront my mom about some big issues from when I grew up. She kept interrupting me and saying that she had no idea what I was talking about. At one point she even said "WHO did that to you!?!? If I had known about this I would have told them to cut it off!" And I just said "you, mom. You did this to me along with grandma and auntie". And she denied every single thing. So... I will never ever get closure with this. I'm happy for op that they got some closure with their parent, though.

I confronted my physically abusive and verbally abusive mom. She conveniently doesn't remember whipping me or calling me the family whore

Walking away and praying for the best for both the person who hurt you and yourself while still keeping your boundaries can both be the hardest and most important decision you will make in your relationship with that person. I had to do exactly that with my dad years ago and see more of it coming in the future if he does not take accountability for how he treated my sibling and me when we were children. It’s been hard, but I don’t regret it.

Losing weight is hard and takes a while. I’m below weight by a lot, so I don’t know how it feels, but I’ve heard from other people that it’s not easy at all. So good for you!

Once you experienced how to do it, you can always do it again. It'a like you found a key to a room within yourself. Once you got that key, it is there for you to use.

Killing it! I got weights and equipment for the pandemic and have never looked back. Congratulations!

Good job! Keep on working. 165kg is still a lot, but losing 60kg is still a pretty good achievement!

If I could afford it I would.

Productivity has skyrocketed multiple times since 1945. Should be the norm

I work 12 hour shifts and almost every other week I'm here for 84 hours. I do not care after the 2nd day into 9 straight. I'm on BP now & have a book open both are suspension level offenses. If I could b so lucky to get days off without taking vacation...

I'm barely surviving working 60+

Sure, if you can get a job like that which will pay the bills!! but......

Say hi to your dad from another bionic dad ;-)

Why are men so afraid of going to the doctor?

To quote a tweet I saw a while back, it's hard to be sad about the state of the world when there's a little freak running laps in your house after taking a loud s**t.

That would’ve been my first answer also. I have two dogs and a cat. One dog is my ESA, the second one was a recent medical foster that I adopted, and my cat is a gorgeous surrendered Persian. I’m never alone and I’m never lonely.

AWW, I hope that you have many long and happy years with your two dear sweet kitties 😻😻💖💖

My family and I have pups we love dearly ans have never regretted our decision to make them members of our family!

My chickens are like that for me, and my cat

Addition by subtraction.

Leaving any hateful religion is an improvement. I'm really starting to wonder if humans are just hateful by nature to join these institutions, or if these institutions turn humans into hateful monsters. Hate hate hate. That's all that seems to come from churches nowadays.

My mom grew up in the Church of Christ, it was forced on her by her mother- she told me stories about how that place was nearly as abusive as her home. As a result, she told all of us kids that we had the full freedom to choose any religion we wanted. Which is probably the reason all 3 of us are atheist/agnostic. Me, personally, I visited a few different churches with my friends when I was young and hated every minute of each occasion - just walking into the building made my spirit shrivel up. Listening to the sermons just doubled the sensation: I watched the people around me nod and clap and "hallelujah" to whatever was being said, while I sat there asking "Why? That doesn't make any sense. You just contradicted yourself!" The few times I dared ask a question in Sunday school about these confusing issues, I was looked at like a devil-possessed person.

Been there, done that decades ago. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Guess you are a lefty and your political beliffs clashed with their Christian beliefs - happens all the time - sad you made that choice.

I call it side quest and do it for xp

That's a good way of putting it, i also feel the need to clean after an activity to cleanse the room in a way

this exactly

My problem is that, with that feeling of freedom comes the feeling of guilt. (Damn hustle culture)

Absolutely!

should be on top of the list

I think having a washing and dryer in the building was the single biggest quality of life improvement I have ever experienced. So much time saved and hassle avoided.

TRUTH.

I want one but my kitchen sucks all around anyways.

Yes. Definitely.

Cut off a toxic now ex relative

Yep. I did the same with both of my sisters. They are toxic AF and just really awful people. One I haven't spoken to in over 20 years, the other for a little over 2. Not one single regret.

Broke off with my abusive, selfish, entitled mother at 75.

Sometimes you have to walk away and pray for the best for both that person and yourself; that’s okay when all else has failed and there is no shame in knowing when to let go of a relationship that is hurting both of you.

16 years ago, I had to breakup with a friend of over 20 years. It really does feel like a weight is lifted and you can't really describe that feeling unless it happens to you. Most recently, I had to cut someone else out of my life after she ghost me for 5 months and avoided me when I ran across her at a walking path. Both blamed me and that's okay. So much better without them.

I stopped watching the news when I actually thought if kept on eye on things I would see bad stuff coming, like it gave me some control of the chaos. Turns out that’s called anxiety. Walked away and never looked back. Mental health improved.

Most people want more or less the same thing. The media makes it seem as if there's a huge divide, when most people are more or less in agreement about the issues and prepared to compromise on how to address them. It's so much easier to go tribal and blame all the ills of the world on a single politician (the politician in question depending on the bias of the particular media outlet involved). That's not how things get done. Better to build bridges than work so hard at putting up barriers.