As I have 21 workdays until retirement here are a few things I learned.
1. Most people can literally go fuck themselves.
2. Half of all people are below average. It is perfectly reasonable to expect to deal with a fucking idiot 50% of the time.
3. In my life, I have always been impressed by the number and type of people who will simply fucking lie to your face or behind your back.
4. Trust but verify.
5. Anyone who tells you they are honest, is not honest. Honest people deal with you honestly. I've never heard an honest person tell me, "you can trust me". A lying sack of shit says it every time.
6. If your girlfriend/boyfriend/pansexual lover is always accusing you of cheating or constantly anxious about where you are or what you are doing it is because they are cheating on you. Jealous people are afraid you are going to do to them what they are doing to you.
7. Never loan money to friends or relatives, EVER. Any money you give them has to be money that you would flush down the toilet. If they give you the Corvette and the title signed over to cover the loan............................maybe.
8. There is no reason ever to go to the LBGQTRACSBTRY luncheon at work..........................................ever.
9. If you have finally got a grown-up job, start saving for retirement. My grade school principle was born in the 1890's and still working in 1970. In my yearbook he wrote, "Save your money". He was right, if he had saved more money he would have been retired a decade before. I married a cunt and she cost me a decade of my life's work. I was single for twenty years afterwards and had to restart my life. I've met my goals and am going to retire at 61.
10. Be very, very careful who you marry. They can ruin your fucking life and some of them take pride in it. If your girl/boy/pansexual friend has an ex that he/she/it treats like absolute shit, that is going to be YOU at some point. Crazy people rarely can act normal for six months, do not make quick decisions that can cost you a lifetime of misery.
11. Get a hobby. I work with dozens of people who should have retired years ago but will not or cannot. They are either broke as fuck and at the casino hoping for some dumb luck or they have no friends, hobbies or interests outside of work. I've seen several retire at 75 and die by time they are 80.