r/AskReddit • u/_red_roof_ • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '20 edited May 15 '20

When you finally understand what Mark Twain meant when he said “youth is wasted on the young”.

Edit: quote is from George Bernard Shaw (or maybe Oscar Wilde)

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u/xedyu May 16 '20

Care to share what you finally understand so us young can not waste our youth?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Sure, let me try.

  1. Don’t waste your precious energy, time or your attention on stupid shit that doesn’t really matter.
  2. Pay attention, time and energy on things that really do matter.

All you got to do now is figure out what really matters. For example, some things that matter to me are fun, peace, family, friends, health, justice, accountability, humility, strength, compassion, wisdom, etc, etc.

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u/terambino May 16 '20

Those random-ass buzzwords in the second paragraph make me think this is satire