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- Try not to avoid what you're actually good at, you'll end up in IT anyway.
- Stop wasting money, it'll get you into trouble several times down the road.
- Stop wasting time.
- Work out more, it's easier to lose pounds in your twenties then it is now in your thirties.
You'll do just fine regardless.
stop renting and BUY property. Something BELOW your budget.
I disagree. By buying a property you're reducing your options drastically, due to the heavy debt on your shoulders, and by options I mean job opportunities in other places, exploring new areas, starting a business, etc. For me having options is the most important thing in life, and it's what makes life exciting. Not being stuck to the same place for 20+ years until you finishing paying the mortgage.
If you have a baby now, your parents (or more likely Randy's parents) will help out and then when you are 30 you will have a 10 year old that can actually do something interesting instead of a 1 year old that you just lug around.
But first, and this is important, have Randy get tested for protein-S deficiency immediately.
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> It's really because as I age I will be able to afford the comforts and convenience I've grown quite fond of. I will be able to take care of myself and loved ones in emergencies and afford insurance. You seem to be making a number of flawed assumptions here. The first is that you will age. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. You could be hit by a truck tomorrow and die. The second is that access to the comforts and convenie…
Well, should OP had asked "What general advice do you have for someone in their 20's I might have taken studies and their data into account." My advice to myself in my 20's to avoid dating is based out of how much I've fucked up, having no mentorship and poor instincts in that area. If it helps understanding.
Advice to your own younger self is much more interesting, though.
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I'd be interested to know what advise you had for yourself 20 years in the future, and how realistic that advice was?
It was in the middle of a travel journal. It said if you are reading this and are 40, quit your job and start something. I did it (consulting) at the soonest convenient time. I think there was stuff in there about relationships, but that guy was an idiot.
20 year olds are full of expectations about the world, and your place in it. If you can re-read those expectations and they chime with you, great -- go do it.
If they don't ring true (the relationships stuff) then you've grown older and wiser. Or just grown different, perhaps.
- You breezed through university relatively unchallenged. Understand now that the only way you'll be able to compete in the market is to out-read, out-study, think more strategically, and work harder than your peers. You'll find this helpful when being tapped as a co-founder. A good place to start, read-up on the wisdom of Peter Drucker> http://academic.udayton.edu/lawrenceulrich/LeaderArticles/Dr...
- Understand that your success goal posts will look entirely different at 30-40-50. Much of the material possessions and career aspirations that seem important now, become junk & meaningless clutter later. Pivoting & reinvention are key to survival. Often you win by surviving.
- That emergency fund saved your neck when the business tanked. Still you wish you had much deeper reserves.
- Stop taking your health for granted. You'll be shocked by pro-athlete peers, whose careers are largely over by their early 30s, their bodies spent. Then one day you too get injured, badly. Start consciously taking care of your body now.
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Well, should OP had asked "What general advice do you have for someone in their 20's I might have taken studies and their data into account." My advice to myself in my 20's to avoid dating is based out of how much I've fucked up, having no mentorship and poor instincts in that area. If it helps understanding.
It's all about perspective. For example, if I introduced you to somebody who painfully regretted not dating in his 20s out of, say, fear of rejection or relationship failure, you might come to see your past dating experiences in a kinder if not more positive light.
For me personally the key words would be "Ignore women, accrue finances." As much as culture tells us pair bonding is the end all be all, it's not. Outside of college your chances of finding a compatible mate reduce by 10,000% or more. Instead of actively looking and compromising keep up high standards for yourself and any potential mate. Instead of taking dozens and dozens of dates spend that time socializing and sp…
In all seriousness this could be quite important, I have been avoiding relationships all my life due to heavy workload in school. Seems like patterns gonna continue considering I plan to work more :|
Never assume that those around you, even close friends or family members, care about your best interests or future. Chances are their actions are based on their own best interests, even when it involves you. There is a fair chance they are not even considering your future in any of their actions. This is not to say that you should not care about others, but that for many people, the only one looking out for you is yo…
Never assume that those around you, even close friends or family members, care about your best interests or future. Chances are their actions are based on their own best interests, even when it involves you. There is a fair chance they are not even considering your future in any of their actions. This is not to say that you should not care about others, but that for many people, the only one looking out for you is yo…
I actually found it quite the opposite, the only people who really care about you and your future are your parents.