What’s something you learned the hard way that everyone should know early?

That people's actions will always tell you more than their words

Saving money early matters way more than people think.

not everyone who smiles at you has good intentions.

If you don't have time to do it right, you definitely don't have time to do it wrong.

Not everyone is your friend so don’t trust them fully

The lack of hard discussions does not equal peace. When a relationship of any kind never includes discussions over disagreement or heavy topics, it usually indicates one or both of you are intentionally hiding problems. 

How important it is to love yourself

dont get a 2nd dui it's not worth it

People do in fact care if you’re fat

Most doors open out, pull don’t push.

Here are a few things that I always mention: If you do the crime you gotta do the time, that sometimes the people that you think are your friends aren't your friends and that if you don't treat her right she will LEAVE.

Do it right the first time.

As you get older you regret the things you didn't do more than the things you did. Time goes by so fast

College at these current prices are not worth it. Don’t go.

You can be the prettiest lily in the garden, but what if he likes roses?, learnt this hard way

You know how parents try to keep their kids away from bad kids and you think they’re interesting and fun so you hang out with them anyways. Well later on in life if you’re still hanging out with bad kids you can end up in a lot of really bad situations because of them.

Stop eating cold food at night

Being a good person doesn’t guarantee a good life

Never tolerate violations of a relationship's foundations. If you have this relationship because of a shared moral conviction, for example, don't stay if they stop caring about that conviction. I refused this, and ended up enabling a very dangerous person. I thought my continued presence could bring them back to that moral conviction, after I had perceived they'd left it. The reality was that they had never had that conviction, and had no intention of being on the same grounds as me as long as they could keep me *believing* they agreed. Another way to say this bit of advice is, "don't stay with people who will appease you instead of actually engaging".

God is always in control. All of the horrors in life included