When You Turn 40, Cut These Three Kinds of Social Ties — They’re a Waste of Time
Reclaiming Your Time and Energy for Personal Growth and Fulfillment
When you reach a certain age, you gain more life experience. You’ve tasted the ups and downs of life, so you can make clearer judgments.
When you reach a certain age, you should learn to simplify your life. This way, your life will become easier. Some relationships don’t need to be maintained.
When you turn 40, cut these three kinds of social ties.
They’re just a drain on you.
Too Much Focus on Networking
In today’s society, many things are an exchange of value. When you no longer have value, people won’t care about you. Those so-called connections are just your own worth.
It’s hard to find someone who genuinely cares about you on life’s journey. Most people are with you for their own benefit. When you reach a certain age, you should learn to let go of unnecessary social ties. Be a low-key person, and you’ll find happiness.
If you don’t know how to be low-key, people won’t take you seriously.
There’s a saying: “There’s always someone better than you, and there’s always a higher mountain.” Humility is a kind of wisdom. Not long ago, a new coworker, David, joined the company. He was pretty good at his job, but he didn’t know how to improve his social skills.
Whenever he chatted with coworkers, he would always boast about his abilities. At first, coworkers would flatter him. But as time went on, they became increasingly annoyed by him.
Gradually, everyone started to distance themselves from him. Later, he realized the problem and even bought a book about improving EQ and kept it in his office.
Honestly, seeing him do that made me feel something. I think a low-key person won’t hide their brilliance. Their low-key nature is their own shining point. A person who knows how to be low-key can achieve more happiness and beauty.
Focusing too much on social networking will ultimately be a waste of time because true friends are attracted, not flattered.
Useless Drinking Socializing
On life’s journey, we’ll meet all kinds of people and face all kinds of social events. When we’re young, we might pursue success, but when we reach a certain age, we no longer have the interest to play along. We crave peace and happiness in life.
Those so-called drinking buddies are just for your entertainment and amusement.
When you’re truly in trouble, they might have already forgotten about you. These friends aren’t worth your time.
Life is like a cup of tea. It won’t be bitter forever, but it will be bitter for a while.
You have to rely on yourself. Don’t always depend on others. When you place too much hope on others, you’re destined to get nothing in return.
Learning to abandon useless social ties is also a kind of wisdom. There are countless paths in life. No one can be your savior. If you want to succeed, you have to rely on yourself.
Drinking Circles
Your body should live a regulated and disciplined life to stay healthy.
When you reach a certain age, your health is the most important thing. True friends won’t ignore your health. Drink in moderation. If someone always uses the amount of alcohol they drink to prove the depth of your relationship, then that relationship is not worth keeping.
They don’t care about your health and won’t care about your life. All they want are some benefits in real life. So these people aren’t worth making friends with.
True friends won’t cut you off because you don’t drink. They know how to respect and tolerate you. These are the people worth cherishing.
The biggest pain in life is not failure, but not experiencing everything you want to experience.
Those who dare to give up in real life are often the wisest. They understand what they should be in contact with at each stage, so they will strive towards their goals.
Take one step at a time. This way, you can make your life go according to plan. If you hurt yourself because of a momentary bias, then the outcome will be a loss.
When you turn 40, you should learn to cut off these three unnecessary social ties. You get something by giving something up. When you learn to follow your heart, you can achieve more happiness.
