20 Things on Turning 20: Advice From Someone Still Figuring It Out
So, I somewhat semi-recently turned 20. Which is still weird to write, and I definitely still forget that I'm now in my 20s on a daily basis, not that it really has made a huge difference in my life at this point and time. I guess 20 is part of the weird limbo stage, it joins 19 as not 18 nor 21, but monumental in that I can say I survived being a teenager. Do not get me wrong, I have SO MUCH to learn in and about life, and I figure new things out on the daily, but here are some little tid bits of wisdom I can share from my gloriously short 20 years on this planet. To all you people on the brink of 20 out there: Good luck, it's a wild ride, but you'll make it out fine.
- You think you don't need sleep, until you need sleep.
- Know when to dip out, if you're done, you're done and go with your gut feeling.
- Take yourself on adventures, you never know where you'll find yourself.
- Learn to evaluate what you need, whether that be alone time, friend time, family time, etc.
- While some things in life will start to become clearer and fall into place, you still have a lot to learn.
- Worrying does nothing. It just makes you suffer longer.
- It's okay to be scared, use that fear and turn it into excitement and motivation.
- Jump into what scares you, it may turn out to be far less scary than you thought.
- When in doubt, a clean space can clear your head space.
- Listen to your body, it's probably trying to tell you something.
- It's okay to let it all out, you need emotional release.
- Do things and get stuff done so "future you" can thank "past you", it's the best feeling.
- Opportunity and life will surprise you, things come at the most unexpected times.
- Don't wait for things to come to or happen to you, make your own life happen, that's living.
- Learn from your mistakes, but know you'll probably make the same ones a few times before you really learn.
- Take the initiative to do things you've always wanted to do, otherwise your "maybe later" will become a "I wish I had."
- Your best friends will always be there for you, that's how you weed out the good cookies from the not so good.
- Don't be afraid to lead with your heart and be passionate. It's okay to care about people and things, it's a beautiful human thing to feel.
- Placing your happiness and self worth in other people is a dangerous thing to do, and it's not selfish or arrogant to be in a good relationship with yourself.
- Push yourself to grow, it won't be easy, but you're going to come out a better version of yourself.
- ML
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