A survey of 2,000 Britons aged 50 and above has revealed a list of 29 life lessons people over 50 will love younger people to learn.
Check them out below
1. Treat others as you would wish to be treated.
2. Never smoke.
3. Stay in touch with loved ones.
4. Always vote.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
7. Don’t be a cheat.
8. Family comes first.
9. Don’t compare your life to others.
10. Spend less time online and more time in the real world.
11. Don’t waste time in a job you hate.
12. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
13. Read more books.
14. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
15. Time is a great healer.
16. Forgive and forget.
17. You don’t have to win every argument.
18. Don’t judge others.
19. Never have children to save a relationship.
20. Follow your gut instinct, it’s usually right.
21. No-one likes a know it all.
22. Friendship is more important than sex in a relationship.
23. If a relationship has to be secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
24. Blood is thicker than water.
25. Make new friends and be sociable.
26. Don’t marry for money.
27. Learn to love your looks.
28. All that matters is that you are loved.
29. Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
It pays to little to listen to elders because they know a thing or two about life.
The survey was published in Mirror Online.
Jake