Women In Their 40s Are Tweeting Precious Life Lessons They Learnt Late In Life

They say ‘life is the greatest teacher of all’. It teaches us lessons through heartbreaks, failures, and loss that can’t be taught in classrooms, workshops, or seminars. But what if we want to avoid all that pain and get a jump on these life lessons? The only way to do that is to listen (and we mean really listen) to those who’ve been there and done that.

Twitter user Gayatri recently invited women in their 40s to share the wisdom they’ve gained over the years (some perhaps a little too late) and the answers are eye-opening.

Women in their 40s, what is one life lesson you learnt late in life?

I -learnt that sacrifices you make for others are overrated. At the end of the day, you’ll be held responsible for the choices you made esp. by those whose share of responsbilities you took over!

Over to you!

— Gee (@GayatriiM) August 18, 2020

Women revealed the lessons they’d learnt the hard way like being selfish, not replying to every message (best dating advice ever), not postponing happiness to an unknown future date and learning to delegate. Take a look.

To be selfish and to put yourself first. Because no one else will.

— Kiran Manral (@KiranManral) August 19, 2020

That there is no end to learning.

— Karunamay (@Karunamay7) August 19, 2020

Don't rush to help anyone just because you understand their pain and want to protect or care- unless asked for 😞 very hard to stop, but constant reminder to wait helps !!!

— Ash JJ (@ashjjkk) August 19, 2020

I have learnt this before 30 itself.. No one values your sacrifices. A girl who left her job at 29 to be with her husband and take care of her family is constantly taunted today for not having a job and any goal and ambition in life and also constantly threatened for a divorce.

— silpa kar (@KarSilpa) August 19, 2020

Don't trust anyone, blindly.
Try to see what lies beneath that innocent mask that the person is wearing in front of you and speaking so sweetly. Pull of his mask at the very first opportunity you get, expose people before they exploit you.

— Dil Hai Congressi دل ہے کانگریس (@BeAndItIs2) August 19, 2020

That you will be condemned for whatever choice you make. So make choices which make you happy.

— Shivangi शिवांगी ‏ شیوانگی (@Shivangiyadav) August 18, 2020

I learned that you don't have to reply to every message you get. I learned that it's better to evaluate relationships based on reciprocity, and that sometimes silence works better that spelling out the truth for someone( coz no one likes people that are brutally frank)

— Aishwariya(Not Rai) (@aishwariya) August 19, 2020

There may never be a later. Don't keep things you want to do for later. Do them now.

— Debeshi Gooptu (@DebeshiGooptu) August 19, 2020

How true!!

I have learnt to say NO and without any guilt. Its like now I know what I dont want – very liberating to feel so

— Shalini Baisiwala | Travel & Books |🌍✈📚✏ (@Shalz75) August 19, 2020

Unless you have faith in yourself – don't expect others to have faith in you.

— Chandu Kolvekar (@KolvekarChandu) August 19, 2020

Be kind and gentle to yourself . And it’s perfectly fine to prioritize yourself

— Lakshmi Sharath (@lakshmisharath) August 19, 2020

Absolutely yes!!

A woman has to make a space for her self, her identity.

Just don't keep waiting that someone will come n do it for you.

Don't be an ever apologetic person bcoz U want to realize Ur dreams.

Learn to delegate.

Else U will suffer an emotional n mental burnout.

— neeru bahl (@Neeru_Bahl) August 19, 2020

Our favourite is ‘don’t be apologetic about your dreams’ and ‘have faith in yourself’. Which one’s yours?

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