r/AskReddit • • 16h ago

What is a quiet realization you had about your life when you hit your forties or fifties that nobody talks about in your twenties?

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u/TheDugoutPhilosopher 16h ago

You quit trying to make everybody else happy and live for yourself.

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u/Thertat94 16h ago

yeah that shift is real once you stop auditioning for other people. took me way too long to realize my own peace isnt selfish

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u/OakAndIron571 15h ago

You got that right...I literally stopped caring what other people thought and concentrated more on my happiness

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u/roma258 12h ago

Huh? I'm in my 40s and I am raising my kid while managing aging parents (mostly in-laws). The sandwich generation is real. If this is living for yourself, boy....I don't know