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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Worst: quitting a job before I had another one lined up. I quit because in order to stay I'd have to commute about an hour each way and didn't want to. I thought it'd be so easy to find another job but it wasn't. I was out of work for two years and burned through all my savings.

Best: learning to be direct (while not being mean) and setting boundaries. Learning to call my mother only at the very end of my lunch hour - otherwise she'd keep me on the phone for ages. But if I said "Ok my lunch hour is over - I have to go back to work now" she somehow understood that and would say goodbye. (She's dead now, so it's a non-issue but this gave me a ton of stress while she was alive.)[/quote]

Oh, I forgot two more bests!
1. Learning to make small talk. I practiced on hair dressers, because ... captive audience. I still brought a book, because hairdryers are loud, but learned to chat about casual things that aren't personal and ask questions. I did not have this skill until my 30's. 
2. Learning to ignore my parents and go with my instincts. My parents had this "worry about yourself - don't worry about other people" attitude. I got yelled at if I asked if we should tell someone their headlights were on, for example, because my bedroom wasn't clean. Now as an adult, if it's a hot day and a kid is waiting on the stairs locked out, outside my apartment I feel free to give them a bottle of cold water. Even if my laundry isn't folded. I gave a work-friend an encouraging card last week because she's been struggling, even though my kitchen was a wreck. One has nothing to do with the other. [/quote]

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