1. Learned how to live in the present without feeling anxious what the future holds.

2. Stopped having unrealistic expectations.

3. Became extremely picky and selective about sharing the most important resource of life I have - time.
4. Cultivated self-control and patience.

5. Became as self-reliant as possible.

6. Learned to become unaffected by emotions. Especially the harmful ones, such as anger, contempt, and fear.

7. Realized that not everything needs to be pleasurable in life. Sometimes you just have to deal with unpleasant things if you want to achieve your goals and move forward.

8 Mastered the art of feeling indifferent towards the things you have no control over, such as how others perceive you, who likes or dislikes you, what they say about you etc.

9. Learned that the more easily provoked you are, the more easily you can be controlled by others.