10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me In My 20s

When you’re young you don’t care about a lot of things, you just try to live the life to the fullest. You will make a lot of mistakes and bad decisions, and if you’re lucky enough you will learn many important lessons. After you reach a certain age you will start to realize some things. You see differently to the things you once ignored. If you really want to thrive in your 20’s you should pay attention to this:

1. Travel as Much as Possible

Before you lock yourself with marriage, kids and career you need to go to explore the world. There’s nothing better than experiencing new places and creating memories.  You can start saving some money and learn how to travel on a budget. You don’t even have to focus on the destination, focus on the journey and enjoy every second of it.

2. Don’t Accept Bad Behavior

Never accept a behavior that you’re not willing to deal with your whole life. If your partner or your friends are not respecting you, ignoring your needs and not supporting you just forget about them. It will never get better, it always going to be like that. Run away from them, there are plenty of opportunities waiting for you.

3. Take Care of Your Skin

Always take care of your skin you don’t even realize how fast your skin is aging. Take of the makeup, wash your face every night, exfoliate and moisturize. And never forget about the sun cream, even if you’re not planning to go to the beach. Your skin will be thankful.

4. Cook Your Own Meals

Maybe it doesn’t sound very appealing because is asking too much effort, but learning how to prepare your own meals is a lifetime investment. Cooking at home will save you money and will keep the pounds away.

5. Choose Your Career Wisely

Money is not always as important as you think. If you sacrifice to a career that you don’t like you will end up living a miserable life. Make sure to choose a job that makes you excited and fulfilled and never settle for less. If you don’t like your job, it’s time for change. You need to try new things until you find what makes you happy.

6. Save As Much as You Can and Stay Out of Debt

Being in a debt will make your days stressful and will make you a slave to the current circumstances, because your life options are very limited now. Do everything you can to avoid being in debt. Try to pay off the credit cards on time and make an emergency fund. Saving money will give you the opportunity to make your own choices.

7. Stay in Touch with Your family

There are a lot of reasons why we lose the contact with our family. Sometimes we are very busy or sometime we just want to avoid some family drama. But what you need to remember is that life is very short, maybe there won’t be tomorrow. So try to see your family as much as you can, one day you will be glad you have done that. After all you know they truly love you.

8. Know When to Let Go

Family and friends are very important, but sometimes you need to know that it’s time to put the line. If someone keeps bringing you down, you need to speak about that. If they refuse to listen just step aside. You need to distance yourself from those who can make the damage worse. And the distance doesn’t mean you will never be in contact again. It might be the first step for building new adult relationship.

9. It’s Okay Not to Want Kids

It’s okay if you still don’t want to have kids, you don’t have to share the same dreams as others. Don’t listen to people who are trying to change your mind, there is nothing wrong with you. If you find your career or something else more interesting, just go for it.

10. Stop Trying to be Something You’re Not

There’s nothing wrong to be different from the others.  All you have to do is to accept yourself just the way you’re and be happy with that. If you have introvert personality or social anxiety don’t waste your time with unnecessary struggles. Acknowledge your differences and develop coping mechanisms. That will be the best way to live a successful life.