You will compare yourself to others.

Others' success will scare you, agonize you, mock you.

You will look at where you are and feel you are nowhere.

Truth is - in your 20s your position doesn't matter.

Your direction does.

We pull out all-nighters. Sleep odd hours.

Eat junk. Eat odd hours. Abuse our body.

Because we believe there is a tomorrow when we will fix everything.

Truth is - how we treat our body in our 20s is how our body treats us for the rest of our life.

All our lives, especially in our 20s, we feel we are the odd ones out.

Everyone else has it figured.

Everyone else is smart.

Everyone else is so certain.

There must be something wrong with us.

Truth is - everyone feels the same way!

You will fail.

You will have self-doubt.

You will suffer.

You will experience pain.

You will feel paralyzed.

You will feel helpless.

Truth is - you are not stuck.

You can always take the smallest possible step to get you out of where you ...

I remember feeling this way every year in my 20s.

This year is when I had to do it.

Else I won't be able to.

The story is repeated every year!

Truth is - in an 80yr life no one year has the power to impact your life unless you allow it to.

We think there is an age when we suddenly grow up.

And growing up means we have sorted everything out.

We know the answers to all questions.

We are in control.

Truth is - we will never have all the answers. That is life.

You will dread losing your friends.

You will dread being alone.

You will dread growing apart.

Even though you are not happy in those relationships anymore.

Truth is - you will outgrow your friends. It is ok to move on.

You want that phone, that car, that salary, that brand - to look good.

You want people to talk highly of you.

Truth is - people's opinions about you don't make you successful.

Until you don't feel successful within!

In our 20s, we crave validation and acknowledgment.

We attempt to please all because we believe that to be a way to win!

Truth is - we can never be liked by all.

Be yourself. The right people will come to you and stay.

We postpone things.

Calling that friend.

Quitting that toxic job.

Going to the gym.

Saying "I love you".

Following our heart.

We are in a hurry to win.

So we postpone living.

Truth is - life isn't a goal.

It is a day passing b...

We are surrounded by the most people we have ever been surrounded by.

And yet constantly feel alone.

And at 42 I realize that a large part of the reason is these self-imposed beliefs we live our 20s by.

A set of rules that we feel are fixed.

They are not.

This world...

The 20s is the decade that the world tells us to settle.

Finish your education.

Get a job.

Get married.

Have kids.

Buy that house/car.

Settle!

Truth is - the 20s is the decade to explore.

To find out what you are good at and what ma...

You set targets for yourself.

And then imposed timelines on them.

Which were frankly desires and had no basis.

So when you didn't hit them by the time you thought you would, you feel you have lost.

Truth is - you have time!

You're not old. You're ear...

We all dream of something big, meaningful, and purposeful for our life.

We pick that desire; make it into a goal.

Only to be disappointed if it doesn't happen.

Truth is - the ones who change the world never set out to do so. They realized they had.