What If I’m Wasting My Twenties?

I hear this a lot.

What if I'm wasting my twenties?

And I mean... what exactly are you supposed to have figured out?

Your career?

Money?

Relationships?

Where you want to live?

Who you are?

All before 30?

That's a lot.

You're probably going to change your mind

Maybe you choose a major and then realize you don't like it.

Maybe you take a job you thought you wanted and hate it.

Maybe you move out and realize you can't afford it yet.

Maybe you start something and quit.

Maybe you spend money you probably shouldn't have.

Okay.

Now you know something you didn't know before.

That's part of figuring out your life.

I don't think trying something and realizing it's wrong for you automatically means you wasted your time.

But I don't love “you have plenty of time” either

Yes, you have time.

You're young.

But I also don't think that means do nothing and somehow everything will work itself out.

Use the time.

Try things.

Work.

Make some money.

Learn how money works.

Meet people.

Learn something.

Pay attention to what you like and what you don't.

Change your mind when you learn something new.

You don't need to know what you're going to do for the next 40 years.

But do something.

Maybe this is the bigger problem

I think sometimes we're so afraid of choosing the wrong thing that we don't choose anything.

Because what if I pick the wrong career?

What if I waste money on the wrong degree?

What if I fail?

I get it.

But standing still for years because you're afraid to make a mistake doesn't really solve that either.

You're going to make some wrong choices.

We all do.

Hopefully you learn something and make the next choice with a little more information.

So if you're worried you're wasting your twenties, maybe ask yourself something simpler:

Am I learning? Am I trying? Am I moving?

If the answer is yes, I don't know that I'd call that wasted time.

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