Reddit user u/ObjectiveWerewolf78 asked: "What's a hard-hitting life lesson you learned way too late in life?" The thread promptly filled with nuggets of wisdom from people who learned these lessons ...

When we talk about the "school of hard knocks," we're typically referring to wisdom gained by navigating difficult circumstances and adversity. This learning is often marked by hardship, and the ...

Life is anything but easy, especially in young adulthood, when most people are just figuring out who they are. As the years pass and people grow older, they learn valuable lessons that pave the way to ...

Marriage is one of the most rewarding yet challenging journeys in life. While we often enter it with high expectations, the reality is that marriage is a lifelong learning process. As a psychologist ...

Gen X was born between 1965 and 1980, which means this year they'll be turning 45 to 60 years old. As a smaller generational cohort, Gen X is often referred to as the forgotten middle child, stuck ...

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Starting a business has been one of the most exciting and fulfilling chapters of my life — but it’s also been unpredictable, humbling and often much harder than it looks from the outside. Here are a ...

When you spend years, even decades, building a life with someone, there’s an unspoken assumption of partnership, shared futures, and mutual consideration. You intertwine finances, dreams, and daily ...

Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business: Boxing and the Art of Life, by Ed Latimore (Portfolio, 304 pp., $30) Occasionally, an author who has learned deep and durable lessons emerges to share them with ...

In 2002, I twisted my hip leaving my office after work. It didn't stop hurting for months, but I mostly ignored it. After a year passed and it had only gotten worse, I finally saw my doctor. When I ...

We often romanticize marriage as a magical union—something shared between two people who are perfectly compatible. Yet, anyone who has been married for a while will tell you the truth: Marriage is ...

It’s hard not to root for the National Trust for Local News. Prior to founding the Trust, as a researcher at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Hansen Shapiro ...