being 20 and young is no longer a valid excuse to do what you want

7/28/2019 Being 20 and Young is No Longer a Valid Excuse to Do What You Want

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Being 20 and young is no longer a valid excuse to do what you want. Life

doesnt get any easier and it is crucial that you use this time to position

yourself in order to give yourself a competitive advantage in the future.

Our 30s can be very successful, or a complete failure, all depending on what

we learn and how much effort we put in during our 20s. Here is a list of 20

accomplishments and lessons that we ought to learn before we begin the

fourth decade of our lives.

20. Let go of the past and look forward to the future.

By the age of 29, there will be many things that you will accomplish and therewill be things that you failed at. You must learn to let go of your failures and

learn from them. You must not think about what you could have or should

have done, but rather what you will do next. The 30s are the new 20s, so get

your shit together and make something of the next decade!

19. Accept that you are an adult.

By the time that you reach 27 years of age there should be no doubt in yourmind that you have reached adulthood. This is the time to accept that you are

an adult and that it is time to act like one. This does not necessarily mean to

tone down your crazy escapades, but it may. In your 20s you need to come to

terms with being your own master and taking responsibility for your decisions

and your life.

18. Learn to maintain and keep your environment organized.

Your personal home environment very much reflects who you are as a person,

who you are inside. If your surroundings are hectic, you are likely to feel inner

tension. If your surroundings are neat and peaceful, your mind most likely

experiences the same peace. If you want to find and maintain peace, then you

must manifest your inner peace in your outer surroundings.

17. Learn to maintain your body.


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Exercise is important. And so are all the grooming tasks that a person should

learn to maintain throughout the years. Looking tidy, organized and well

trimmed becomes more and more important the older you become. You may

not feel the need to trim those nose hairs now, but you will when you are 50.

This goes for both men and women.

16. Learn to dress well.

People judge you on how you look and how you dress. Wearing the right

clothing for each occasion will make whatever you wish to accomplish a bit

easier in the very least it will only work to your benefit and not against you

as would dressing poorly or inappropriately. Women need to learn how to

wear dresses and walk in heels (walk, not waddle) and men should get

comfortable in a suit. No matter who you are, there will be at the very least

several times that you will need to dress to impress.

15. Start to accumulate a fortune.

I dont know about all of you, but I plan on being a billionaire. If you are to

become a billionaire, you will have to become a millionaire first. Hit that first

million by 30 and your first billion by 40.

14. Learn to adapt.

We must all embrace change the sooner the better. Change occurs

constantly and unless we learn to change along with it, we will get left behind.

Sticking to the ways of the past finds you living a life unfit for reality, but rather

fit for a time that once was. The longer you wait to embrace change, the more

difficult it will be to change your ways and habits.

13. Outline your perfect partner.

Some believe that its best to leave love to chance or fate. I, on the other hand,

believe that loving is a decision and not some completely random,

unexplainable concept. You may not be able to find a woman that matches


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your dream woman 100%, but you should have a good idea of what you do

want in a partner and what you dont want as well as how important each

characteristic or lack of is to you.

12. Reestablish your connection with your family.

Keeping on good terms with your family is important if possible, of course. I

understand that not everyone is allotted the luxury of good parents, but for

those of us that were ought to try to keep in touch as much as possible. Even

if you were never much of a family person, as I wasnt, if you plan on having a

family of your own one day, youll want to be adding onto an already solid

family tree.

11. Surround yourself with people that you would like to keep around.

Having close friends are important. Building a trusting relationship with

someone takes years, so its best to get crackin. Do people make new friends

in their 30s?

10. Find work that you love doing.

The key is to do what you love and love what you do. If your work doesnt give

meaning to your life, which honor may very well be reserved for your friends

and family, then it must at the very least not make your life more unpleasant.

The perfect job is out there for you. Figure out what that is while your age still

starts with the number 2. Once you hit 30, it will be more difficult to get hired

without any previous experience.

9. Get that body you always dreamed of.

Getting into shape gets harder the older you get. I know you planned on

starting your diet tomorrow, but before you know it youll be turning 70

tomorrow. Have you ever tried to get into shape for the first time at 70? Me

neither, but it must suck.

8. Learn to keep up to date with current events.


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There is a world outside you that goes beyond that which you see and do.

There are other people on this planet people that you share a common

bond with. Knowing what the human race is doing all the good and all the

awful is an important part of understanding life. Knowing what is going on

overseas may help you better understand why you are experiencing what you

yourself are experiencing. If you havent learned to read a newspaper

regularly cough cough, Elitedaily.com then you should get used to doing

so before you hit 30.

7. Learn to read regularly.

Learning is not just something that you do while in school. Human beings

should never stop learning. We were blessed with intellect superior to all other

animals and we would be failing to live up to our abilities were we to allow our

minds to become stale and slow. We need to keep our minds fit and perform

mental exercises. One of the best ways is to read every day.

6. Clearly outline your life goals.

Your 20s are a time to figure out which direction you wish your life to go. What

goals do you wish to accomplish and what steps will you take to get there?

This the time to define what is most important to you and to promise yourself

that you will do all you can to attain all that you wish for.

5. Get out of debt.

Before you can save money or create wealth, you first must get yourself out of

debt. Debt not only grows as the years go by, it also gets heavier on your

mind. The stress of having a debt hanging over your head will give you is too

much distraction from what is important.

4. Begin to put money in the bank and learn to leave it there.

There are much more lucrative, albeit riskier ways of investing your money.

Putting your money into the bank, however, is a good practice to learn. It is

always good to have a bit of funds on hand for an emergency. You should be

able to put some savings away in your 20s.


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3. Date the wrong person(s).

I am a strong believer that in order to date the right person, you first have to

date the wrong person. Otherwise you will always question whether or not you

made the right decision by committing. Dating can be pricy, so you may just

want to skip the dinner and just sleep around a bit.

2. Get your own place.

Living with mom and dad is free and living with roomies can be fun. But

everyone ought to live on their own for at least part of their life in order to

better get to know themselves. If youre lucky, you will fall in love and get

married one day. Then the possibility of being alone becomes a distant

memory or a costly divorce.

1. Support yourself.

Finally leaving the nest and flying on your own can be difficult at first so I

understand the reluctance. Nevertheless, there is no reason to be nearing

your 30s and still living off mom and dads dime. If you cant support yourself

financially, then you have not learned how to survive. You must become a

survivor.

being 20 and young is no longer a valid excuse to do what you want

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