# Life Lessons:  What have you learned that you wish you knew when you were younger?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-lessons-what-have-you-learned-that-you-wish-you-knew-when-you-were-younger/671510 "2013-10-17T18:37:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-lessons-what-have-you-learned-that-you-wish-you-knew-when-you-were-younger/671510/81 "2013-11-05T02:23:47Z")

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Sufficient unto the day are the troubles thereof. Or, as a friend put it “Don’t borrow trouble; the interest rate’s too high.”

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-lessons-what-have-you-learned-that-you-wish-you-knew-when-you-were-younger/671510/82 "2013-11-05T04:06:54Z")

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All things happen for a reason. Sometimes it’s a a really shitty reason though.

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