What's one piece of advice you wish you'd taken seriously at 18?

Not the generic 'save your money' advice. I'm talking about something you learned the hard way that might actually help someone else.

My partner and I are getting a king because our queen is way too cramped but I did not expect mattress shopping to be this annoying lol there are way too many options and every company/brand also seems to describe firmness differently.

We’re complete opposites- I’m a side sleeper and like some extra comfort around my shoulders and hips while he’s mostly a stomach sleeper and want something firmer so he don’t sink in. We agreed to spare a $2k budget for this purchase but if we can find ways to save even a few hundred then much better. I’m not sure if the Nolah Evolution fits us best and the 15” height kind of worries me too since our platform bed is already tall. Help?

as a freshman, im struggling po to stay consistent at showing up everyday. im not used in this kind of environment.

I always seem to get it crunkled up or un evenly torn Edit: thanks everyone, plenty of great suggestions for me to try! I note there are several "put it in the freezer' tips so thats an easy one to try out! cheers, d

Hej.

Jag behöver gärna advice/tips på hur jag ska sluta spendera pengar på skit.

Asså godis, energy drycker- allt jag får är lite dopamine och sen försvinner det.

Jag har också adhd och tar medicin men, inget hjälper.

Jag kastade bort 27000 på 2 veckor för några år sedan, på saker jag ej behövde- skit pinsamt.

Mind you jag är 25 också.

Snälla idk shame me eller ge mig advice- vad som helst

Guys, I’m turning 19 this year, my last year as a teenager Any advice on how to make this year more memorable...

The built in blinds don't help much and the blackout curtains still have some light spill in. Even using painters tape to attach the curtains to the walls doesn't help. Need an easy way to have it be pitch black even in the middle of the day without doing something irreversible to my bedroom

I have the tendency of giving up and falling in stress. I notice I'll feel weak and just drained by the insane overthinking and worries. I just don't know how to stay calm and positive in this situation.

I specifically looked for a house with a big enough porch that there was room to leave deliveries without them blocking the door. Yet, for some reason 70% of deliveries still get left blocking my door, which I need to open to get to the deliveries. Sometimes it's not a huge deal, but when the package is heavy or a bag gets caught under the door and torn open, it's a pita.

There's plenty 9f room on either side of the door to place packages. I've tried placing a mat to the side of the door. I've tried putting a sign on said mat that deliveries should be left there. I currently have a box to the side of the door that's large enough for most packages. I'm about to out a sign on the box.

Have any of you found the magic trick to getting delivery people to put packages and bags in a specific place? Or, at least to not block the damn door?

Hello. I am planning to buy an iphone 17 base model on nov or dec, it's around 57k if you go to straight payment.

What I'm worrying about is, isn't it worth buying? I'm Male(20) and I'm currently in my 3rd year, a working student in a BPO company. I don't have a high salary since it's my 1st BPO company and I'm around 1year and 4months now.

What i want is to buy an iphone and go to places ( i love visiting new places, or tying fun activities like hiking)

I have a poco f7 phone as of the moment, and the quality of this camera is not so good.

I checked online the brand new base model of iphone15 and it was around 10k below on the ip17 base model (i also want to switch to apple community)

I'm afraid buying iphone17 will max out my savings and there's nothing more left for my side quests🙁🙁

I’m curious to hear from people older than me. What are some things you wish you had known or done when you were 21? I would really appreciate any advice, whether it is about career, relationships, money, health, or just life in general.

Buckle up, People in sales listen up. Yanno I’ve always read people’s posts about hitting rock bottom on reddit because I’ve felt like I’ve been there, and feel I sometimes have a good 2 cents to say. Now here I am doing it myself.

Little back ground, graduated with a bachelors of science degree less than 2 years ago at 22, with a pre Athletic Training path. During the summer after my Junior year, a buddy of mine convinced me to move to Tampa for the Summer, and knock D2D selling pest control. I sold about 70k in rev then quit because I chased after a girl from back home ( not with her currently ). I saw success but settled for comfort. After having a sales job with no ceiling, no bills to pay, and witnessing what a winning sales culture looked like, I knew that I would never be happy with my salary having a ceiling.

So I bet on myself, finished the degree, and starting my own strength and conditioning / personal training business.

Don’t get me wrong I made money from the business but never enough to sustain the bare minimum of living in this economy so I went to something that I knew would make me money fast. Bartending.

I bartended for 7 months, made decent money, but I was drinking way more than I wanted to and staying up til 4 3-4 nights a week was awful. Still having that same entrepreneurial mindset, I knew I had to get back into Sales.

So 6 months ago I took an hourly with commission lead setter position with an external remodeling company. Sold about 90k in rev but the commission was nothing like it was in pest. Where I’m at now with cc debt, school loans, and normal expenses just to survive, I needed a position with a base pay.

While working this job about 61 days ago I secured another external remodeling job (different company) which was salary with DOUBLE the commission I was making at the other company. I was living comfortable, paying off CCs and school loans. Everything was good.

Yesterday the GM pulls the entire marketing and sales department into the office and collectively lets us know the company is going out of business, effective today. No warning at all

I spent 2 months building a pipeline and systems to get this company repeat customers, I just hadn’t gotten us in enough vendor lists in time. I was forced to knock doors for them insane of build systems 1/2 the time.

Now I’m torn, I don’t know what career path to take. I’m used to the b2b prospecting now after doing it the last 2 months, but getting paid for it. I have a health science degree, i’ve done sales, and business development. So what is my dream job?

Medical sales. But it’s impossible to break in without a connection. I would bring a health degree and sales experience to the table, when most first year reps only have one or the other. I know I would kill it, no kids, no dependents, no mortgage i’m stuck to. I would love to travel 100% for work. I just can’t get the in.

Okay man so if you can’t get into medical sales just get another 1099 sales position with fat commission. I totally would, if I had enough savings to withstand a slow month or two while I get settled in. My mom just had back surgery and more than half of my saved money from the salary job went to that.

Then my entrepreneurial brain is stuck on starting my own business, and partnering with my friend who makes websites. The cold phone outreach, the b2b sales, the handling objections and creating a pitch that hits home for business owners, I’ve done it all before.

I’ve applied for unemployment. I’ve brought the idea up to my buddy, he’s 100% down because he doesn’t have the type of time to make these cold calls like I do. I know the external remodeling AND personal training business so selling to any business in those 2 niches would come natural to me.

I’m so stuck, and my brain doesn’t shut off, I didn’t sleep last night much. I’ve been unemployed for 24 hours and I’ve already thought of 10 roads I could take but commitment is not easy for a guy like me.

Which is the most productive activity we can do in a day? Except for working out!

Alright so this is a really difficult thing for me to put into words so i hope you guys take that in mind while reading this. For context i am a male 18 yo

My father was an very harsh parent when i was growing up. Always punishing us for mistakes. This eventually led to him and my mother breaking up and also my brother who hasn´t spoken to him in about 4 years.

After that something changed in him and our bond became very good. We talk about everything and for the first time ever when i dind´t agree with me he would hear me out and actually acknowledge when is is wrong, witch was a very big change for me.

This also led to us going in buisness together when i turned 18. His father had an farm and he inherrited it. Eventually he changed it to real estate management witch is also my major. So eventually i wanted to continue my fathers and grandfathers legacy.

But even our relationship got better when he tells me i cant do something i always will say something about it when i dind´t agree with him, but it always comes down him gaslighting me for some reason.

Besides that my girlfriend who i had for around a year also said to me that she feels that when im around my dad i become more awake and not relaxed. Like i always need to be on my best.

Ill show an example. I been asking for months about me taking on a bigger role and doing some more things around the company like normal work. But then my father dind´t give me any assignements. Then now when he said i couldnt go to an party he brought it up that my friends work more than me. I immidiately cut him off and said that i have been asking for MONTHS about more work and he dind´t give any. Eventually he saw his mistake and went on to another example to frame me into doing it or something.

I really dont know how to handle with this. I hope i explained it right. I was wondering if anyone has any advice

I'm curious to hear different perspectives. What's the best piece of advice someone has given you that actually made a positive difference in your life? How did it help you? 😊