What are important life lessons you learned over your life and wish you would have known /done in your early 20s?

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No matter how hot she is or how good she is in bed, don’t marry a crazy person

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Create a habit of saving money. The crap I wasted money on in my youth would shave years off my working career and in hindsight didn’t make me any happier at the time

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Vacation more with people you like/love. Those memories will carry you through hard times.

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Worry less about what people think and more about what you think

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Your health and family are the most important things.

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Take more chances from both a career and life perspective. I went straight from school to consulting and didn’t take the opportunity to explore careers in areas I was more passionate about because it was not a ‘safe’ or ‘stable’ career choice.

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Ask for what you want, don’t assume people know. I see so many people complaining about not getting a good enough raise or promoted. I was that guy for a while too until I realized a good part of the problem was I internalized my frustration instead of sharing it with my bosses and CC.

Just last year I told my boss that I felt underpaid and he went to a partner about it after agreeing with me and made sure I got a sizable bump in December. A few years before that I started telling partners I wanted to make Manager within a year and one of them made it happen in six months.

Obviously you still need to work hard. But a lot can be done by letting people know what you want and expect for working hard.

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At 24:
Life is too short for anger
Work out now and eat properly, greatest investment to make in yourself
Skip out on material goods, invest and grow your portfolio

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Work for the govt first; retire in 20 yrs; collect handsome pension; get great paying job in public sector (cherry on top)

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Read "The Defining Decade." The most important thing to know in your 20s/life: approach all of your decisions with intention. For example: Do not move in with someone you're dating because you are both sleeping over a lot and one of your leases is coming up and you hate your roommate so "why not see." The true impetus of such a decision should be, "Do I see myself having a future with this person, because cohabitation is a serious step that is difficult to undo?" Ask yourself the right questions and take control of your life. Assess the impetus of your decisions and don't let things like jealousy, pride, convenience sway you.

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C1 I'm jumping on that train... Clothes and keeping up with the joneses is my weakness, deleting all my shopping apps

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Drink half an orange Gatorade and take 3 Advil before bed

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