Valuable Life Lessons That Will Help You Through Your 20s

Your 20s are the years where you are most likely to make decisions that will impact your future career path, your relationships and your life in general. Rather than just living life to the fullest, there are definitely lessons one can learn in their 20s, that will help them navigate through the later years of their lives.
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Here are a few:
1. Dreams Require Sacrifice 
Big dreams many times require a lot of sacrifice. You will have to put in a lot of time and work that other people seeking to pursue their dreams are just not willing to. You may have to work through the nights, weekends, holidays and even vacations, to see it all become a reality. You may also have to turn down doing things you desperately want to do because you need to work to reach your goal. You will have to work when the last thing in the world you want to do is work. You will consistently have to make short term sacrifices to achieve your long-term goal. Only the people willing to go the extra mile achieve their goals and realize their dreams.
2. Embrace Failure 
Everyone fails. Failing is what success is built on, so embrace it and do not fear it. Failure means you’re doing things- the more you take risks and make hard decisions, the closer you are to success.
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3. Don’t Give Up 
The one thing all successful people have in common is they never, ever give up. You never know how close you are to the next opportunity or the next breakthrough- so keep going at it. The most wildly successful people are not geniuses or prodigies, they’re just regular people who work incredibly hard and refuse to give up on what they want even when every odd was against them and to keep going is unbearably difficult. So don’t give up.
4. Don’t Compare Yourself To Others  
Athletes who swim and run are instructed by coaches not to look to the side to see the competition because it slows them down- the same in life, is true. Someone else’s success does not determine your failure, and someone else’s stagnation does not determine your success. You should be the only person you’re competing with. If you are working as hard as you can every day and improving every day, that is all that matters.
5. Start Saving Money
Erring on the side of saving is the smartest way to manage your money. You can start saving for retirement, a house, a car, etc. and prepare yourself for all of life’s emergencies like losing a job, suffering a medical emergency or a car accident, etc. Put as much money as you can in your savings account, and live frugally where it’s painless for you. If you love to cook, cook as much as you can, it’s healthier and cheaper. Only buy housewares and clothes that you need. Try to cut down frivolous spending to the bone. It all adds up.
6. Time Is Your Most Precious Resource 
It’s the only thing you can never get back. Do not waste it on work you don’t want to do and people you don’t want to be around. Do not aimlessly read the internet and social media for hours and hours, that’s so much time that’s slipping through your fingers.
7. Love Yourself
No one will love you more than you will love yourself, so love yourself completely because you’re the best advocate you have. Life is short, spend it loving who you are. If there is something you want to change, then put in the work and change it, because loving yourself and believing in yourself is the only way you will achieve everything you want to. It will give you the confidence to takes the risks you need to, to keep going when you want to quit, and believe that your ideas are valuable and you can bring them to life.
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Source: Forbes