r/LifeProTips

My fiancee and I had some dog drama at a family trip last weekend and had to go to the vet for a bad bite our Saint Bernard mix got. After turning down a bunch of unnecessary tests and drugs we finally got the thing we needed which was an antibiotic.

They were trying to charge us $120 to fill it on site which I thought was ridiculous. I asked for the script which they reluctantly gave me and filled it at Walgreens for $20. Always Google what the vet is trying to sell you and filled your prescriptions elsewhere.

A lot of people assume that working longer hours automatically makes them look dedicated.

Sometimes it does.

Sometimes it just teaches everyone that you'll absorb extra work without complaint.

Before regularly sacrificing your evenings, ask yourself whether it's leading to better opportunities, more responsibility, better pay, or valuable experience.

If the answer is no, you may be solving your employer's problem while creating your own.

Experts forget what it felt like not to know. Their brains have compressed all the small steps into one move, so when they explain it they skip the part that's actually tripping you up. The person who learned it last year still remembers the confusing parts and can point at the exact thing that finally clicked for them. I spent three months stuck on a guitar technique my teacher kept saying was 'just feel it,' then a guy two rows ahead in class fixed it in ten minutes by telling me which knuckle to lead with.