36 LESSONS OF MY 36 YEARS
Channel: Aaron Jhun
Date: 2020-10-28

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3626qKRcE3-MObYJPU8Zg/join Today is my 36th birthday!!! In honor of that I wanted to share 36 lessons I have learned in the last 36 years of my life. Most of these have come up in the last few years, but nonetheless I actually managed to come up with 36 lessons I have learned in the last 36 years of life. So hopefully you take something away from this post and learn a life lesson you can carry with you.
    1. Enjoy the little things in life.
I have learned within the past few years that life is just too short to not find joy as often as possible. And with that comes finding joy in as many of the little things as possible. Whether it’s spending time with people you love, watching your favorite show, or celebrating a small, but meaningful win, enjoying those little things help you be more grateful for what you have in life and where you are going.
     2. Everything happens for a reason.
This is such a big lesson I have learned and I was reminded of this over the past couple of months. When one door closes another door will open. You just have to be patient and trust when the timing is right it will come to you. Everything bad that happens leads to something good if you are patient and just trust that it will all work out the way it is meant to.
      3. You can’t please everyone.
I used to be complacent. I used to try to make everyone happy. I tried to be a person that everyone could love and want to be around. But I quickly learned that it’s impossible to please everyone because everyone has different thoughts on who you should be. So now I just do the best I can and for the right people I will be enough just as I am.
      4. Kindness goes a long way.
Kindness really helps brighten people’s day and helps them move forward with confidence and happiness. I have seen the value of kind people who are willing to help as much as they can. I also strive to show kindness to the people who are kind to me and build relationships that center around being kind and uplifting. Those are the best kinds of relationships.
     5 Communication is key.
Growing up I saw the downsides to lack of communication and the detrimental effects it has to any kind of relationship. Even do, I still fail to communicate properly most of the time. So technically I am still learning how to communicate effectively, but I can at least attest to knowing the significance of it and how far it can take you.
   6 Take time for yourself.
We have a very limited amount of time on this planet and we can’t spend all of that time on other people. Sometimes we have to take time for ourselves and do things that we enjoy. I have learned that taking time for myself and just relaxing on my own really helps me stay motivated and helps with creativity. It’s also great to just relax sometimes and not worry about external responsibilities.
    7 It’s okay to outgrow people.
Not everyone is meant to be in your life forever and that’s okay. Sometimes we outgrow the people in our lives or they outgrow us. Sometimes it’s not anything personal at all. It’s just a matter of people grow and change. And we just have to learn to be okay with and accept that people come and go in different stages of life.
    8 Don’t be so hard on yourself.
This is something that took a really long time for me to learn and I pretty much had to learn the hard way. I used to be way too hard on myself and still struggle with this at time. But I have learned that I can’t be perfect at everything and that I won’t be great at everything I try. Not everything will work out the way I want it to and that’s okay.
     Appreciate what you have.
Gratitude is something we all need to have. Even when life isn’t perfect all the time, there are still so many things to be grateful for. I try to lead my days and end my days with gratitude because I know I could be much worse off than I am. So it’s really important to me I express my gratitude and thank God for the many blessing that He has given me.
      10reat Yourself.
This is a fun one, but it’s also an essential one. I find that treating myself keeps me motivated to work hard and really push forward to reach various goals that I have. So a really big life lesson I have learned, especially in the past few years, is the value of treating yourself and rewarding yourself for any job well done.
     11 Be open-minded.
Especially in the society we live in today and everything going on, I think it is extremely important to be open-minded and not live in a box with your thinking and views on the world and other people. Just because someone looks different, thinks different, or acts different from you does not make them bad unless they are doing something to harm someone else.