People Reveal The Grossest Hygiene Issues They Overlooked In An Ex
Reddit user MustangSallie asked: 'What is the grossest hygiene issue you overlooked in an ex?'
When it comes to love, we've all overlooked something in a partner that we normally would not excuse, because that person meant so much to us.
But when the love wanes and the relationship ends, we realize looking back just how bad some of the things we overlooked actually were.
Already cringing, Redditor MustangSallie asked:
"What is the grossest hygiene issue you overlooked in an ex?"
Poor Dental Hygiene
"They said, 'My tooth keeps chipping and growing back.'"
"Dawg, that’s tartar."
- Alternative_Chip_280
What Teeth-Brushing Habit?
"He said, 'I don't like to brush my teeth because it makes my gums bleed,' as in therefore it's not good for him."
- feyceless
"I dated someone who never brushed his teeth because he didn't like the tastes of minty toothpaste, as if other flavors didn't exist."
- Princess_Jade1974
Used Tampons
"How’s this, happened with my high school girlfriend, at 17."
"The bottom drawer of the bathroom was filled to the brim with used tampons, and when I discovered this and asked why the bin or even just a sealable bag wasn’t an appropriate option, she sheepishly said she liked the smell of them."
"I tapped out."
- Metaphysical-Alchemy
Sniffly Nose
"I would frequently hear my ex blowing his nose at night in bed. He always said it was into a t-shirt. I thought that was gross but whatever."
"Then when I moved out, I discovered he was actually blowing it into his hands and wiping it onto the back of the fabric headboard of my bed! His side was covered in so much disgusting crusty snot."
"I left it there. F**k trying to clean that!"
- bilby_mum
Simply... Unclean
"I could smell my ex's a**. I had to bring it up more than once. That was one of many things. I don't know why I put up with that s??t. All I can think of is that I had low self-worth."
- rubberloves
"Oh God, same. My first proper boyfriend had a constant stink of s**t. I thought I was going crazy because how could someone who just showered smell like poo?"
"Anyway, when we broke up, the first thing my sister said was that she was so glad I was no longer dating S**t Man. Cannot believe I dated that."
- rabbitluckj
Nowhere in the Wedding Vows
"Oh hi. This is going to be cathartic."
"My ex had a toenail fungus so bad that his super long and disgusting crust-mobile toe literally cut holes in multiple fitted sheets."
"Our toilet paper rolls would get poop on them. Because ye olde ex somehow got a poopy hand EVERY SINGLE TIME and then transferred a little bit of it to the roll. Was he doing the first pass with a bare hand? I have no idea."
"Once he didn’t change his clothes for a week, then he took a shower AND ALMOST PUT THE SAME UNDERWEAR BACK ON. I had to convince him to put on clean undies."
"Sat on the bed right after a shower, naked. Stood up, and a tire track was on the bed. HE HAD JUST SHOWERED. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES."
"Fuzzy teeth."
"Anyway, we’re divorcing now."
"All of this started after we got married, and then the pandemic basically turned him into a feral animal. I did not consent to marriage with this level of hygiene."
- psnugbottybug
Disgusting to the Family
"Well, not on purpose, but when we broke up, my family told me he smelled horrible. (I have zero sense of smell, so I had no clue)."
- AtomicDreamWeaver
A Reality Check
"I was seeing a guy but he would never invite me over to his bedroom, and one night his friend dragged me to the room and was like, 'LOOK, at THIS. You want THIS? This is nice?! It’s disgusting! He’s hiding THIS! I’m trying to help you!'"
"He was flipping through trash to show me how bad it was. Food containers everywhere, trash all over the floor and I’m pretty sure suspect-looking piss bottles?"
"I ended up dating him for a year, and cleaned/gutted his room several times, but it was just too much."
- Zoinks3324
"I can just imagine how hard it was for that friend to be like, 'I love my buddy, but please do not date him.'"
- Camimo626
Absolutely Unlivable
"They peed the bed. Every night. I would sleep so close to the edge of the bed to avoid it, and my ex always reeked of piss, even after washing the blankets."
- glusmoker69
Poor Cleaning Habits
"He showered maybe twice a week and changed his underpants even less often. In the summer, I could smell his a** crack."
"His job was dishes and he'd leave them for weeks if I didn't end up doing them for him."
"The only thing I really wouldn't do was laundry because we had a creeper downstairs I wasn't comfortable around. So sometimes even I ran out of underwear."
"I left him almost two years ago and he went back to living in squalor. His place is all carpet and he told me recently he vacuumed it once since I left and that was just because the unit was being inspected."
- Pour_Me_Another_
What Shower Habit?
"She showered once a week, sometimes longer, and was very usual for her to go days on end without showering, didn’t change her panties or bras for weeks, either."
- DUKEPLANTER
Worrying For Them
"Refused to floss. She claimed the space between her teeth was too tight, so I introduced her to the Glide series from Oral B; but she still refused. I suggested a water pik since there was no actual flossing involved, and she refused again."
"Some nights her breath was really really bad, to the point where I let her know because I was worried for her health. She took it as an insult and tried to say I was just being a d**k."
"I loved the relationship, but we eventually broke up. The flossing wasn't a factor in this, but it's certainly something that I eventually overlooked."
- bassman2112
Taking Care of Them
"His toothbrush was moldy. I don’t think he ever thoroughly rinsed it off after brushing He still used it, and called me a nag for mentioning it was probably unsanitary."
"So I got him an expensive electric one. It got moldy. So I took on replacing the brush heads for him myself every couple of weeks."
"He wondered why I barely wanted to have sex. Who wants to f**k someone they’re raising?"
- powands
An Unwelcoming Home
"He did not clean his house at all. I mean there was trash everywhere, no clean dishes, no spot was clear on countertops, and his bedroom was so cluttered, there was only a trail clear to the bed."
- wetpeachyangel
So Necessary
"He refused to wear deodorant because it was 'feminine' and 'feels weird.'"
"Mofo, you stink. Wear it."
- GodHatesUsAll
This conversation gave us the creepy crawlies and left us in need of a nice spa treatment.
Everyone could use a healthier dose of self-worth and self-respect, but that seems especially true for these Redditors who actually thought they had to put up with this.
People Reveal Their Biggest Dealbreakers When Dining Out At Restaurants
Eating at restaurants is usually great: you get awesome tasty food that you didn't have to cook for yourself.
Not every restaurant is created equal, though, and everybody has those one or two things that are just total dealbreakers when it comes to dining out.
Redditor jobokar asked:
"What’s a dealbreaker for you at restaurants?"
Nobody Likes A Sticky Table
"If the table is sticky and it gets stickier after they wipe it."
- kissingdistopia
"Was so frustrating at one place I worked at. When the varnish starts to wear off, it gets sticky especially when humid. Losing tabels to it and them not fixing it really sucked."
- Bbols23
Bad Salsa
"if you go to a mexican/tex-mex spot and the chips and salsa are terrible just pack it up and leave, nothing will get better."
- thejamielee
"I just don't know how you mess up salsa. Like if you can't combine tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and lime juice with some peppers you should be out of business.."
- BaaBaaTurtle
"It’s a good metric for restaurants taking shortcuts and not putting a simple from-scratch component together."
- badlilbadlandabad
"There are plenty of good enough premade salsas you can buy. If they don't even do that, it means they don't care."
- -gggggggggg-
I Can't Even Hear Myself Think
"Loud music. I've been in restaurants before where I can't hear myself think, let alone hear people opposite me talk."
- Philcycles84
"On top of this, an over abundance of televisions."
"Sports bars are fine, but there should be some separation between them and restaurants.
- CarrieFisherStevens
Don't Invade My Personal Space
"Tables packed closely together to the point where you might as well just be sitting with the strangers next to you."
- jimcol
"I ate at a restaurant where it was like school cafeteria seating. Multiple parties sat at the same table. Haven’t been back."
- LittleRileyBao
"I got bad news for you. You're going to HATE eating out in Europe and Asia"
- CousinSkeeter89
"I got sat across from a stranger at a 2 seat table once at a busy restaurant in Japan. Definitely one of the more uncomfortable dining experiences I've had."
- SerbianSh*tStain
Pizza In Venice
"I sat at a table with a Japanese woman and her daughter in a pizza restaurant once during Carnevale in Venice. She spoke no English and I only spoke a few words of Japanese. It was one of the most delightfully memorable meals I have ever had and the pizza was to die for! Would I have wanted to share a table with strangers in a U.S. restaurant? Probably not. But it’s different in Italy. That wasn’t the only restaurant on that trip where I sat very close to and conversed with strangers, and it was a great experience."
- Catwoman1948
Odor Is Key
"The smell when you walk in. If you can smell sewage, mold or excessive bleach or ammonia when you walk in over the food, turn around."
- DarthGayAgenda
"Holy sh*t, there are places like this where you live?"
- icelandichorsey
"I've been to places like that in every US state I've eaten in except Utah (but only because I've only been to a single McDonald's there). The excessive bleach smell is especially telling because the only way that happens is if they dump the stuff by the bottle everywhere. The GM at my last job was like that. She believed the smell of bleach meant clean and used a lot on everything."
- DarthGayAgenda
"If a fish restaurant smells like fish, don’t eat there."
- BowwwwBallll
But How Much Does It Cost?!
"No prices on the menu. If I’m going to spend money, I want to know how much I’m going to spend. Just tell me the steak is $40 for f*ck sake."
- indigoassassin
"Yeah what’s up with that? I’m trying to find a nice (er) restaurant for me and my wife’s anniversary. Everything in the 'nice' category doesn’t include prices. I feel like if I call the restaurant to ask, they’ll say something like 'if you have to ask, don’t eat here.'"
"Even if I had a million in the bank, I’m not going to eat somewhere that’s a total wild card."
- mr_blanket
You Staff Are People Too
"Owners being rude to staff in front of guests"
- LittleBlackBird0191
"Though, you’re in for a treat if owners being rude to guests in front of staff"
- Chickenmilk_
"Only if the guests deserve it."
"Managers being rude to entitled a**holes to protect their staff makes me fall in love just a little. Owners being a-holes to guests who have reasonable questions or complaints, less so."
- moratnz
Am I Invisible?
"If they just ignore you for 10 minutes. Even if you are (too) busy at least acknowledge you've seen me and will get to me."
- domin8r
"Or when they take your drink order and then disappear for 35min."
- curmudge
"I once stood at the cash register of a Dennys in Redding for 20+ minutes. We were the only ones standing there. After trying to flag down a staff member I left 30 bucks and took off."
- OCSupertonesStrike
Can They Really Make All Of Those Things Well?
"I’m from UK so maybe not relevant but HUGE menu with loads of variety. If they can just master 5 or 6 dishes they will taste far better that the 50 different options that the kitchen has to offer."
- Stokehall
"Yep, Gordon Ramsay calls this out on his restaurant makeover shows. Except for Chinese, they prepare a few ingredients in a million ways."
- RoboKat70
"I’m with you on this. There’s a little place near me who has at least 50 different things on the menu, maybe more. The food is always overpriced sh*t, most of it tastes like it came from the freezer section of the grocery store because a lot of it probably does at that point."
- mamasamsquanch
"I'm a chef and I can tell you, it definitely is mostly frozen. Depending on how many staff there are, usually Any menu over 20 or so items is a red flag. Ain't nobody got time for all that prep. 15 or less is a good sign."
- CautiousCollection5
Maybe Don't Lie To Your Customers
"We had a chucks roadhouse open up and they sent out “too good to be true” coupons in the mail (4 surf and turf meals for $25). It was just to get people to their tables and ordering, then they say “those aren’t valid, we sent out a retraction” (they didn’t). On top of all that they have an “honest to goodness fee” of 4% on every bill lmao"
- funghi2
"That sounds like a great way for people to never go back there again. After getting swindled like that I would never go back, tell all my friends to never go there and leave a terrible review on google."
- donscron91
While tasty food you don't have to cook is definitely awesome, maybe be careful where you're getting it from.
The Craziest All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Horror Stories According To Employees
There's possibly no better bang for your buck than an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Where you pay a fixed, often relatively low, price, and can then indulge in anything from scrambled eggs and bacon, to sushi, custom-made pasta dishes, and a carving station.
Needless to say, with so much at their disposal, customers often find themselves carried away by the experience.
As a result, employees who work at all-you-can-eat buffets have seen all kinds of things.
Resulting in stories that they can't wait to tell friends and family when they get home from work and some things which they make their life's mission to erase from their memories.
"All you can eat buffet workers, what are your horror stories?"
Just... How?!?!?
"Years ago, I worked at an all-you-can-eat country buffet in South Carolina.'
"I was a busboy."
"One day, I went to a table."
'It was a mess, as per usual."
It looked to be a large family/group of families of around 12 people or so."
"The thing that stuck it in my memory is that whenever they had finished with what they were going to eat, they would scrape their plate and use it again.'
'Scrape their plates... onto the floor next to their chairs."
"So next to each chair, there was a 6inch to 18 inch pile of chicken bones, crab legs, mashed potatoes, remnants of backed potatoes, etc."- OdessaVNixon
Cover Your Mouth!!!!
"I work in a hotel's restaurant, and at breakfast, it was a serve your self carvery."
"Anyways, this happened at the beginning of March, the COVID-19 anxieties were on the rise, we had a dance party in all weekend, and they were heading home today, because it was a Sunday."
"We, all the staff, were wearing gloves as we had gotten severe, even bloody, cases of dermatitis from overwashing."
"Not ideal, but we were clearly going out of our way to protect ourselves and our guests."
"Back to the story, this ady walks up to the carvery and starts coughing."
"Spluturing everywhere all over the food."
"Not even covering her hand."
"Then she put her pudgy fingers in and picked up a sausage and ate it as she made her way down."
"Touching the counter etc."
"There was glass covering the carvery, but it only went halfway down to allow them to serve themselves."
"The head waitress of the time saw out of the corner of her eye as she was busy serving coffee or something, and the rest of us were elsewhere."
"The breakfast chef was also elsewhere bringing out food or something."
"It was another busy shift."
Sick Seth Meyers GIF by Late Night with Seth MeyersGiphy"We got the food in ASAP and it all had to get thrown away."
"It was such a waste."
"We then got so many complaints, because there was no food, as the chef was having to recook everything."
"Unsurprisingly the coughing lady was one of the many who complained, but there was very little we could say to her."
"We all got a mouthful of abuse for not having someone watching the carvery at all times, which wasn't possible due to us been deliberately understaffed."
"A**holes ."- SaveMePls22
There Is, Indeed, A Wrong Way To Eat Sushi!
"I saw a dude nearly empty a sushi buffet and took it to the hot plate and told the dude to stir fry it and add extra grease."
"The sushi dude literally threw a knife into the sink and left."-Jellcat
Classic Conditioning
"One time I went to a Golden Corral with my friend and his girlfriend."
"My friend's girlfriend had a lot of edibles before we went and long story short, she was 'too high to tell' that she was full and ate so much that she vomited alllllll over our table."
"Not a little, but a lot."
"My friend had stepped outside for a smoke a couple minutes before this happened, and I called him quickly and told him his girl just exploded all over our f*cking table and we needed assistance, and he didn't believe me."
"He thought I was messing with him so we went back and forth for a couple minutes while I convinced him I wasn't kidding, all the while we're sitting in a packed restaurant with our table covered in puke."
"A waitress came up and started to ask us how we were doing until she noticed the mess in front of us."
"It was a bad time."
"I have not been back to a Golden Corral since."- wozordmotors
There's A Reason It Tasted Like Rubber...
"There was this one time when a customer ate all our shrimp and two plastic lobsters."- balloonmax
Manners don't seem to be taught at these schools...
"Watching hundreds of twelve to thirteen-year-olds take on an all-you-can-eat buffet is a horrifying experience because usually there are other large groups from schools doing the same thing."
"The people who work there to attempt to control this madness are saints."
"The kids go crazy like they never have seen food before."
"Putting spaghetti in the chocolate fountain, eating crazy combinations of food, etc."
"The 3 hour ride back to school after dinner is always dreadful."- RoseTheChief
Ex-Employee
"Ex buffet worker, STORY 1- so its peak season, and a fairly busy day, I was working in a zone and there was a family that just by looking at them you could see any sort of problem, has usual I go to their table to ask if they want a drink to start their lunch (like a martini), and when I look to my side i see a lady bragging about the size of her plate (best way to describe it is a mountain about 20cm tall, which consisted of fish rice potatoes, meat, etc... we had basically 2 dishes of meat and 2 of fish, plus fried stuff so you can imagine how her plate was), also I should mention that it usual to have people ask for a bag with leftovers for the dogs, but this lady decided it was a good idea to bring a bag made of fabric that absorbed all the liquids from the food, at some I have a coworker entering the kitchen and ask for a plastic bag for her, since she had her bag inside her purse and everything was soggy."
"STORY 2- I always share among friends is that time I thougth I was going to be slapped because of a bottle juice, we usually had 1liter or 2liter bottles of juice for the customers and there was always someone o thought they could have the bottle and take it home, one day enters a couple with 2 daughters, a coworker was doing their zone and from he told me it was a bad service he did due to wrong information, they ended their meal and went out to relax for a bit in the sun, I was serving the bar and it was my duty to ask them if they wanted something to drink, and so I go, has soon has I get out the door I see one of the daughters hide a 2 liter bottle of ice tea almost full, I ask them if they want something, they very rudely tell me no!, and so I get back to a superior to ask if its permitted to take bottles now, they told that I needed to get that bottle since our boss gets mad over it, has soon has get to the table and say they can not take the bottle home the mother stood up and got her body against mine and started yelling and I could see her hand getting ready to hit me."
"Additional facts: theres always someone trying to force you to get free stuff. Our coffee mugs were branded so you could see when someone steals them. Theres always someone willing to start an argument because we didn't have what they wanted for that day. Sometimes we had people take and entire tray of food, usually desert to the table(literally the tray) and then we used to get additional charge because it was an entire cake so they argued about it."
"There were outstanding costumers that I loved serving them and fortunately there are more that I liked than the ones that did this sort of thing."
"STORY 3: It was a busy day and we hosted tour buses during summer, and this was a group of elder people that come every year from a big city, it's all organized by this priest, they had 12 tables in a space that had 16 so I needed to let them know that they need to stand together, my coworkers told he has the habit to get a bit close and touchy with females so they wanted a guy who can handle himself with 60 people so everything can go accordingly, so there I was, helping people find a place to sit, when everybody had a place to sit I was finding a place for the bus driver and chatted for a bit with him, this priest comes over next to me asks me if theres everything ok, he then proceeds to tap me on the back and the make is way down squeezes my butt and walks away immediately. Needless to say that I was shocked and thinking if I could count this has being "blessed"
C0ldKing·
When you have free reign over even the tiniest thing, it's hard not to feel like you have free reign over everything.
But next time you find yourself at an all-you-can-eat buffet, just remind yourself that you are out in public, and not at home.
And it's the, likely underpaid, employees who will clean up your mess after you, not the buffet elves.
Also, if you want to get your sushi stir-fried, just don't!
There are some basic hygiene practices which we can only hope everyone practices.
These include washing your hands after going to the bathroom, covering your mouth while coughing, brushing your teeth and bathing on a regular basis.
Since the global pandemic, however, some slightly heightened practices regarding hygiene are much more commonplace.
Such as washing your hands for a full 20 seconds, not to mention every time you get home after being out for a long period of time, and always having hand sanitizer on your person when out and about.
Even when people are more conscious of their personal hygiene than ever, there are still some practices which continue to be overlooked.
"What's a hygiene tip that you think is underused and you wish more people knew?"
Clearer Lenses And Skin
"For those with glasses, wipe them down at the end of every day; at least every part that touches your face."
"Your facial skin will start to clear up all over."- JetxJaguar_
It Deserves The Same Attention
"Brush your tongue! It will significantly reduce bad breath."- randommillenialguy
Doesn't Need To Be The Fancy Stuff
"If you can afford tickets to the venue you can afford deodorant."- wiyoh94875
katy perry deodorant GIFGiphyWhy You Should Test It On Your Wrist...
"Not every scent is compatible with every body."
"The bottle may say eau de cologne but on you it turns into eau de durian."- YourBrianOnDrugs
Be Sure To Get Every Crevice...
"Clean your piercings."
"Stank builds up in those holes!"- pupperama
"Wash your belly button in the shower."
"Wash between your cheeks and the rim of your B-hole in the shower."
"Wash behind your ears."
"Not in that order."- _Goose_
"Wash the inside of your butt crack."- wetlettuce42
homer simpson singing GIFGiphyYour Dentist Isn't Lying..
"Floss."
"It makes your breath smell better, saves you pain and money at the dentist and reduces your risk of losing your teeth when you’re older."
"My in-laws have dentures and it sucks."
"Implants are better but very expensive."
"I made excuses not to floss for years."
"One day I realized that that’s all they were: excuses."
"Now I floss every day without fail."
" I also scrape my tongue with a stainless steel tongue scraper."- TheManInTheShack
... And Maybe After?...
"Wash your hands before sex."- wiyoh94875
Sick Black And White GIF by Fleischer StudiosGiphySome might call those who worry too much about their hygiene neurotic or obsessive.
However, if being neurotic means always having impeccable breath, smooth, glistening skin, and a sweet natural odor, maybe we might all consider being a little neurotic every now and then...
It doesn't have to take much to completely alter your life.
What can happen is you get into your own head, thinking there needs to be some grand, sweeping act that shifts your entire life's direction. Without this large gesture, then there is no change.
Really, all it takes is a commitment to something small and the results can begin showing up sooner than you think.
Reddit user, u/colorfulsoul_, wanted to know the secrets to turning your life around when they asked:
"What improved your quality of life so much, you wish you did it sooner?"
There might be a way to make your life better, today, right now.
Just go to sleep.
Nothing Good Happens After 11p
"Sleeping when I'm sleepy"
hellofellowhumanss
Who Knew Laundry Could Weigh So Heavily?
"Throwing out ALL my socks and buying a single type."
"No more looking for pairs."
atlantis_airlines
"This, and buying a mesh laundry bag with a zipper."
"when it comes time to fold your clothes, no more looking for that missing sock - they're all in the bag!"
mdsmds178
When Are You Seriously Going To Talk?
"Deleting all the people from high school I don't see anymore from social media"
FineBahnMi
"I did this too. Was one of my best decisions. Social media has never been a kind place for me."
sorryboutth4t
Or Really Any Online Toxic Culture
"Stopped playing league of legends"
Shoddy-Ladder-6233
Physically, there's a lot we could all be doing. While the thought of going to the gym feels like a death sentence to some, in ten or twenty years that sentence could be paying you back with interest.
Let Your Mind Clear While Clanging And Banging
"43y.o. Started exercising regularly again. 4x a week. Forget the physical benefits for a minute, the mental benefits outweigh the "gains" all day."
Longjumping-Step-270
"This is exactly why I finally took up exercise. I've never considered myself a FITNESS GIRL by any means, but last winter my mental health took such a hit that I had to try something, and I liked it so much I'm still sticking with it."
thewitchywordsmith
It's Probably Easier To Walk Up The Stairs Too, Huh?
"Quitting smoking. I couldn't imagine life without it back then. But man is life better without a constant need like that, not to mention all the health benefits."
myteethareallpenises
Get Into Nature
"Hiking in mountains. It's quite hard to explain why. It just feels like finally I've found some sort of peace or some sort of home. Or probably one of the most important parts of self."
hudvin
You Only Get The One Set
"Flossing. I never saw the dentist as a kid, and no one really pushed me to or cared about my dental health."
Ok_Replacement_8801
"As an older redditor who had poor dental hygiene growing up: keep at it."
"Getting old sucks as it is but its even worse when you have a problem that could have been avoided."
Torringtonn
Invest In Your Body, If You Can
"Bought an expensive (think: 1000 Euros) office chair."
"Now neither back nor butt hurts after 10 hours of home office work."
DocTomoe
The Strangest 'Wrong Number' Stories | George Takei’s Oh Myyy
Before we all had caller ID, wrong numbers phone calls were commonplace. But now that almost everyone screens their calls, it's wrong number texts that have ...A New Way To Get To Sleep Faster
"It's something I did when I was younger, but life kinda got in the way........I just recently started again and am so glad I did. Swimming. It is such a stress reliever and makes you tired in that way you sleep like a log at night."
CurtCurmudgeon
Not everything is physical, and not everything is going to happen today, but real change begins to slowly unravel in time.
No, You're Not JUST Tired
"Eating healthy. It's amazing after you realize how much you feel like sh-t after you just took down a double cheese burger, extra large fries, and a large coke, but at the time, you don't realize it and just "think" you're tired. Good eating habits and exercising changed my life."
D1sCoL3moNaD3
Learn To Do What You Love Because You Love It
"To do the things that I love without being desirous of superficial success. This lesson largely sprung because I was into writing fiction, and as we all know it's not that financially rewarding. When I got over the fact that not everything has to eventually have a financial outcome, and that it needn't necessarily to turn into a career, I leaned towards many things in my life that made be a better person - things that a stable job could never hope to provide."
"And this eventually led me to have better relationships, make braver decisions, and stand up for myself."
SpecificAccountant43
Just Say, "No."
"Learning to be okay with saying "no" and starting off all relationships (personal and professional) with healthy boundaries. You don't ever need an excuse to say "no" to if you don't want to do something."
"Don't feel like going out with friends that night? No thank you."
"Don't want to work an extra shift at your place of employment if it's not mandatory? No thanks boss!"
"Boundaries are amazing, and when set from the beginning, they are much easier to maintain for your own mental well being."
DnDYetti
To Quote: Just Do It
"Making decisions without constantly overthinking about them."
"I was in a dreadful, toxic work environment. I loved my peers but management significantly impacted my ability to maintain my aspiration to grow with the company. My mental health started to suffer, began drinking heavily, gained lots of weight and could not wake up in the mornings to drive to work. All of this toxicity for a close to minimum wage job."
"I was always overthinking about quitting and my fears of not finding another job. Not being able to pay my bills. What my girlfriend at the time would think of me if I was jobless."
"One day, I decided to take a calculated risk and stop overthinking. I quit, with no back up. I decided I would go back to school with my small savings and get a proper education. In hopes that I would have a stable salary."
"Once after taking that leap, my college professor knew a tech recruiter that worked at a massive organization. I was quickly recommended by the professor, got the job, and am now financially stable. Most importantly, my mental health is back in a steady state."
"Sometimes, you just have to trust that the universe will guide you through all these deep and dark paths, so you can arrive at your blissful destination"
merkin-slayer
It's Not As Important As You Think
"Letting my pride and ego take hits. I used to have been such a 'me, me, me' person in my early life. When I allowed myself to be taken down a peg or two, I started having new perspectives on life and people around me."
neoastic
"It's a great lesson for young people: If you're wrong about something, don't double-down on it, just admit fault, learn, and keep it movin'. We all make mistakes, let's quit pretending we're somehow "better" than everybody else!"
RoguePlanet1
There can be real change in your life so long as you stick with, hold it in your life every day, and work towards something. Trying to be better is enough, and we all deserve it.
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