# The general Life Advice thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-general-life-advice-thread/486729>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-general-life-advice-thread/486729 "2009-02-20T16:11:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-general-life-advice-thread/486729/101 "2009-02-22T04:47:41Z")

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> [@BlueKangaroo](#):
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> Do nice things for strangers, if and when you can.
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> I’m not talking about those big things that make the national news, or even those big things that make a dramatic difference in a person’s day or week or month, but the little things that make people perk up just a bit. For example, I saw a woman in Target today buying a gift bag and tissue paper (red & white with a star pattern) that she got at the front of the store. I stopped her and pointed at my red & white with hearts pattern that I’d gotten from the back of the store (valentine’s day clearance) and said, “Just so you know, these packs are back there and only cost $0.20.” I give people coupons I don’t need when I seem them in the store, and things like that.
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> It brightens my day to do this, and brightens my day when others do these things for me.

This is what makes me feel happy. At the grocery store, helping an old lady find something. I like helping people. Sometimes to excess, lol. I love my life, but I want to help others. I buy $5 fast food gift cards to give to homeless beggars. I hold doors for people, even when it slows me down. I volunteer at various functions.

Take the time to help people, it will make you feel good.

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-general-life-advice-thread/486729/102 "2009-02-22T05:36:19Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> Read the safety informations cards when you travel by airplane, every time. Studies repeatedly show that those who read the safety cards are more likely to survive a crash.

Didn’t we just do a causation/correlation thread?  
I submit it is because it is the folks who read the cards tend to be those who pay attention - not because they read the same 5 sentences 200 times.

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-general-life-advice-thread/486729/103 "2009-02-22T05:39:44Z")

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Be Woh, What, and Where you want to be by the time you’re 30 - after that age, people tend to get sticky re. those items - picking up and moving 1000 mile is MUCH easier at 22 than at 32.

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