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Three Life-Long Lessons to Remember

     Today’s blog discusses three important lessons that I believe everyone should take into account throughout their lives.  It is important to learn more about how to manage life’s unpredictability, how to deal with the highs as well as the lows, and understand how to make life better through various practices.  I am confident that this short blog does just that.  So, here are three life-long lessons to remember.
1. Change is Inevitable
     Many people fear change because they enjoy their current routines, lifestyle, and environment.  However, the only everlasting feature of life changes.  Life will never be the same day in and day out.  We will ultimately see change at one point or another, both minor and drastic.  The outside forces of the universe are always changing as well, and through the butterfly effect can interfere with our current routines.  The butterfly effect states that a small change in one area can lead to drastic changes in another.  I believe in this theory as everything that occurs around us has some minute effect on the surrounding environment.  The point is, we should look at the fear of change as irrational and try to embrace it.  The amount of time spent worrying about the coming change prevents you from enjoying the moment.  However, once the change has been put into effect, you begin to adapt and it becomes a part of your new routine.  So, after all of that worrying, you were fine in the end.  This happens to everyone, and you would be smart to remember this when similar instances occur.  If you can catch yourself worrying about change before stressing out, then you can avoid all of the useless worries and enjoy life, embracing the change in the process.
2. Accept the Positives and Negatives of Life
     Life is a roller coaster of positive and negative.  We can enjoy one minute of life and be disappointed by the next.  We will never 100% enjoy every occurrence in life.  Our personalities, likes and dislikes, opinions, etc., are what help us determine what we perceive as positive or negative.  No matter, we should accept these moments for what they are despite our personal opinions.  A negative situation, though distasteful at the moment, can be a deciding factor in who you become later in life.  More so, any negative aspect of life will not last forever, so to be disheartened by it is not productive.  Rather than worry about it and wallow in self-pity, it is better to accept the situation and work on turning the negative into a positive.  By doing this, you will feel much more in control of your life, less stressed, and better equipped to handle any of life’s curveballs.  Overall, accept both the positives and negatives of life, enjoy the positives when they occur and stop worrying about the negatives so much.
3. Never Stop Learning
     A lot of people seem to believe education ends outside of the classroom.  This is not the case, and you would be wise to remember this.  School, in my opinion, lays an educational foundation down for the public to build upon.  Once we have finally left school and are thrown into the workforce, what we learn thereafter determines our future quality of life.  For example, you would be wise to learn how to invest your money to plan for retirement.  Doing so could prevent you from having to worry about retirement with little to fall back on.  Also, learning more about a particular skill or job will open doors for future employment.  This, in turn, would mean better opportunities for your professional and personal lives.  As Tai Lopez once said, “The more you learn, the more you earn.”  Heed these words as well as mine and learn to better your lives.

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