I find listening to older people giving me advice VERY helpful.
How do you feel when you look back at how you were in your twenties? Im 24 - all this worrying and anxiety Im going through sometimes - is it worth it?
(Other ages - pls feel free to answer).
2007-07-24 09:25:13 · 22 answers · asked by Life Is Too Short 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I did say 'Over' 40 anon. Just in my experience - I have received wonderful advice from people over this age group (and parents).
2007-07-24 09:55:50 · update #1
Yes I do like it when younger people ask for advice. It feels good to pass on the little (!) that I know.
I kind of feel ok about how I was in my twenties. I went to Uni, kept my nose clean, got a good job etc. I can give you two bits of advice about being in your twenties, the first being stop all your worrying; nine times out of ten, all the things that you think will happen never do. Worrying is then, a complete waste of your time and takes its toll on your health.
The second bit of advice I would give you is do what you want to do with your life, don't be held back my other people's opinion of you. If you want to learn to ride a motorbike, play the piano/violin/learn to speak a foreign language, then do it!One of the most important things you realise as you get older is that you care less and less for the approval or disapproval of others.
2007-07-24 09:32:41 · answer #1 · answered by politicsguy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When a young person asks an older person for advice, it shows respect to the person and wisdom on the part of the younger person. People learn most everything they know by experience. A twenty-year-old knows they will be wiser when they are forty, therefore they know that a forty-year-old can probably teach them important lessons about life, maybe even preventing them from making serious mistakes.
2007-07-24 09:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweetie, there is a book out called "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff (and its all small stuff)" Things do have a way of working themselves out. It's all about making the choices that are best for you. At any age life can be stressful, so don't be so hard on yourself.
If there is something more specific you need an opinion on, feel free to email me.
Enjoy your day! And yes, I am over 40, way over! LOL
2007-07-24 09:31:51 · answer #3 · answered by Sr. Mary Holywater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm (58) very flattered when someone younger asks for my advice. It shows that the person values my opinion and I'm glad if I feel I helped someone. No, worrying and anxiety are not worth it. Keep the faith and have a positive outlook and things will work out for you....I tell this to my son all the time. He's 29.
2007-07-24 09:30:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anglcake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over 40? Sheesh. I find my peer group not very helpful. People in their 80's now there are some people who have experience life - plenty of hardship - WITHOUT COMPLAINING!!! Wow!
I know a woman who lived through the Blitz in England, people who lived through the Depression, fought in a war no one remembers - tough as nails people who survived hardships and suffering with intense courage and dignity. No whining or sniveling. These are the ones you see fending off muggers and robbers - they aren't afraid of anything.
These are the "elders" you should look to for advice. Forty years olds are still trying desperately to cling to youth.
2007-07-24 09:32:46 · answer #5 · answered by anonevyl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but as Jim Jnr M states, if they ask me then I'm seriously worried!
Looking back to when I was in my 20's, I think they'd just invented the miners safety lamp, or had Wren just built St. Paul's, the worry and anxiety is worth it, looking back on some of the 'silly' things you've done.
2007-07-24 10:00:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I tell them to rely less on people and make their own mistakes. It's the only way they'll learn, short of hitting them in the nose with a rolled up newspaper. I'm not 35 yet, by the way...but my answer is still relevant.
2016-05-17 11:54:59 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's nice to be asked for advice.
What I try to impress on my daughter's friends is that most people are too self absorbed to be paying as much attention to you as you worry that they are. So don't worry about what people think about what you do.
Once you realize how short life is you will worry a little bit less and enjoy things a little bit more!
2007-07-24 09:33:13 · answer #8 · answered by Army mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am honored when a younger person asks my advice. I remember when I first started working in a large office...those women took me under their wings and made me the MadamNaka Diva I am today.
2007-07-24 09:34:37 · answer #9 · answered by Madam Naka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm qualified.
I'll be 65 in 2 weeks time.
Ask for advice by all means - but always remember, just because a person is older doesn't necessarily mean they are wiser.
2007-07-24 09:28:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋