What Are Your 20's Really For?

actual answer depends on where you live. in the city, your 20s are for going out and getting drunk. in small towns, your 20s are for raising your teenage children and getting drunk.

 

I can't tell you what to do with your 20's, but I can tell you what I am doing with my 20's.

When I was a teen my parents divorced and it got in my head. The divorce imterupted me finishing school. By the time I was 20 I hadn't even graduated yet. I felt like I had no hope and would never recover. I was afraid to get in relationships cause I thought my parents relationship was so solid and I didn't think they could break up. Then they did and I lost trust in relationships. I tried getting jobs, but couldn't get hired cause I didn't have graduate or have my GED. Also, I never got my liscense so I couldn't drive. Stuck at my house watching TV. Felt hopeless, powerless and alone. Then one day I said f*** feeling this way. I told myself I was not going to feel powerless like that again. I got off that couch and started walking. I lost 45 pounds by getting around on foot, or simply getting around period. I checked in to GED school. I applied for a few jobs and today, at 21, I own my own Buisness, I have my GED diapolma coming for me in the mail and I'm working on getting my liscense. You can use your 20's as you please, but I feel like my teen years were wasted enough and I don't think I can risk wasting another decade not advancing myself and not doing something worth while. I figured out what to do with my 20's when I stopped caring about what I could do with my 20's and asked myself what could my 20's do for me in the future. I began saving, investing and started my own company. I even have other streams of income that I keep a secret, but they generate me cash even if I am not working.

It's not all about money though. I donate a percentage to local charities and even gave a homeless guy a large sum of money just cause he asked me for a quarter. Not only did me feeling powerless make me want to never feel that way again, I also never wanted anyone else to feel that way. I started working as a dishwasher. After that I voluteered at a thrift store until I was hired. Then I began selling on eBay. After that my business was born. I'm not saying you have to start your own company and help people in need, but I wouldn't recomend anyone throw away their 20's. It might be the norm and the popular thing, but I really don't ever want to feel powerless when it comes to my life again. Basically, I am using my 20's to gain control of my life. If not now, later.

Edit
The Art Of Manlies has a great article about the power of the 20 something mind. I haven't read much about the hip forums spam policy, so I wont share it until I read that, but It's a good read. You might could find it googling "art of manliness power of the 20 something mind."

 

I think this was the best advice of all.

 

And forgiving yourself for them.

C/S,
Rev J

 

Pretty much this is what I've been doing with my twenties. I'll add to try to have as much casual sex as possible.