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10 Unwritten Rules Of Life

What no one tells you when you are young

Emeka Nwanedo
7 min readOct 10, 2024
Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash

From the moment we draw our first breath, we are thrown into a world full of endless possibilities and daunting challenges.

As kids, we’re sheltered by parents and teachers, learning the basics but often missing out on what truly matters.

Schools rarely teach us about things like personal finance, taking care of our health, entrepreneurship, or navigating relationships. Instead, we pick up these lessons through trial and error — by living, failing, and figuring it out along the way.

In this article, we dive into ten of these unwritten rules. Things no one will consciously tell you about life but that arguably make all the difference.

There are no perfect relationships

Relationships can be messy, but they are often worth it. No one tells you that relationships, whether romantic, familial, or platonic, are complicated and require constant effort.

When you’re young, you might believe in the idea of “happily ever after,” but the reality is that every relationship is full of ups and downs.

People change, life circumstances change, and values change. Communication breakdowns happen. It’s a constant balancing act between understanding…

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Emeka Nwanedo
Emeka Nwanedo

Written by Emeka Nwanedo

2X Top Writer and a Published Researcher. I'm in love with lifelong learning. Let's get smarter everyday

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