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Ask HN: What do you wish you were doing in your 20s that you didn't do?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you were doing in your 20s that you didn't do?
#2In order of relevance to ME:
1. Give less of a fuck (without being an arsehole or deliberating provoking others), but being more adventurous and establishing my own truths, rather than accepting generally perceived "wisdom" of sheeple.
2. Be more bold (did I mention that already?) - Yes, Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
3. Of course, have more sex ...
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you were doing in your 20s that you didn't do?
#3Saving 5% of my gross income. That's really the only one; I was lucky in that my 20s were incredibly amazing due to a bunch of circumstances that I really had no choice in or influence over.
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you were doing in your 20s that you didn't do?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you were doing in your 20s that you didn't do?
#51. Be a better dresser.
2. Travel.
3. Plan to stay in touch with the people I met and the friends I made.
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you were doing in your 20s that you didn't do?
#6One of my mistakes out of many: eating like I was still a teenager.
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you were doing in your 20s that you didn't do?
#7I would give anything to go back and relive my 20s (I'm in my 40s now). I think about it every day. Here are a few (of the many) of the things I wish I'd done differently:
1. Saving and investing money. Compound returns are a magical force and time is the most powerful factor. Do It Now. Apps like Acorns make it increadibly easy to get started.
2. Take some risks. The older you get the harder it is to take risks because you'll most likely have obligations (spouse, kids, mortgage, college tuition, career hanging in the balance).
3. Sex. 20YO bodies are very different than 30YO bodies (and a hell of a lot different than 40YO bodies). You can never go back, so take advantage of that now. Additionally, I'd be willing to risk rejection by asking the hot folks out. I was always afraid of rejection so I only dated average people. Now I realize if I'd taken some chances with some hotties, I'd have likely landed a few.
4. Travel. Once you start gaining obligations, your travel will consist of semi-yearly trips to Disney or the beach. Take vacations to exotic places now. Backpack across Europe, go on Safari in Africa, take some risks, meet some people.
5. Keep up with high school and college friends but stop caring what everyone thinks. Be your own person. I've spent way too much time worrying about what so and so thinks and not living my life.
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you were doing in your 20s that you didn't do?
#8Don't get married. Compound interest by investing passively in index funds.
Not just the sex, but the meeting and getting close to new/more people.
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#9 1. Develop good habits and do whatever you need to keep them. It makes the rest of this list easier.
2. Keep lifting. The older you get, the more important this is.
3. Don't get addicted to caffeine and sugar.
4. Don't take any job that requires death marches.
5. Quit any job the minute they ask you to work nights and weekends.
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you were doing in your 20s that you didn't do?
#10I would take more life risks in my early 20's like traveling/living in different places.
In my late twenties I would take more business risks - creating apps/companies that are seemingly without business model and it would help me learn a lot.