Listen up, Twenty somethings!

Making your College years count.

Maybe you found this page because you're putting homework, got sick of Facebook, or are genuinely trying to learn something.. None of that matters. What matters is that you absorb the meaning of this post. Make your procrastination count.

One day i was on a TED talk binge, and i came across a talk with Meg Jay that changed my life. I’m going to share it with you, and hopefully it will do something for you as well.

Why claiming your twenties is important:

• 80% of life’s most defining moments take place by the age 35
• The first 10 years of a career has an exponential impact on how much money you’re going to earn.
• More than half of Americans are living with or dating their future partner by 30.
• Our brains cap off its second and last growth spurt in your 20s as it requires itself for adulthood (if you want to change something about yourself, now is the time to do it).

How to make your Twenties count:

• Forget about having an identity Crisis, get some Identity Capital — do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that is an investment in who you might want to be next.
• The urban tribe is overrated. Twenty somethings who huddle together with like-minded peers limit who they know, how they think, where they work. Reach out to your weak ties (Friends of friends of friends), because new things come from them. Half of new jobs are never posted, and that new person to date almost always comes from the outer circle.
• You’re old enough to where the saying ‘You cant pick your family, but you can pick your friends’, doesn't apply anymore. You become independent, and experiment with love. Now is the time to pick your future family. That doesn't mean settle down in your twenties,that means being as intentional with love as you are with work. Picking your family is about consciously choosing who and what you want rather than just making it work or killing time with whoever happens to be choosing you.
• Don’t be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do. You’re deciding your life right now.