Start thinking about what you want in life before it’s too late

Only you can change your life

Mayank Joshi
ILLUMINATION
3 min readAug 5, 2020

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This is a true statement and applies to the majority of teenagers today in this world. When I was 15, I observed most of the youngsters in the school don’t care about their future. I always asked my friends what do they wanted to do in their life. I received only one answer one time.

“We’ll do anything”

I don’t understand what type of statement is that. People don’t care about what they wanted to become in life. And when they grow older, then they realize this thing. But now it’s too late.

And then regret is always there in the heart about why didn’t we do anything great in this life.

And this goes on for generations. Some are there who’ve chosen a career for themselves. But they just choose a career for their family and their relatives’ sake. If you are between 20 to 30, then most of you would have got a job. Some would like the job, some would hate it.

But have you ever thought of why you didn’t think about what you wanted in life at a very young age? Most of you would’ve definitely thought about it. See the thing is when we’re young we don’t give a f*** about what’s going to happen in the future. But as we grow older, we realize this thing.

What’s the point if you didn’t realize it when you were young. When people realize this thing early on in their life, they generally become successful in their life. Because at that point they would have:

  1. More time
  2. More energy
  3. More intelligence

More Time

Ask any billionaire or a millionaire about what’s the thing that they most care about. There will be one word on their lips, time. They prioritize their time because they know that the time gone will never come back.

You yourself know that time is an invaluable asset that we have. 24 hours are more than enough. But how we use it determines the value of those 24 hours. People say that they don’t have time to learn this or that. Spend one day with them and notice them. They will mostly be on their phone or watching Netflix.

Spend one day without touching any time-consuming electronics. You yourself will understand how much time you have.

More energy

You know that teenagers generally have the most energy. After that energy starts to decrease. And energy is important for your success. More the energy we have, the more work we’ll be able to do faster.

And if you’re in your teens then please start doing things. Because the earlier you’ll start taking steps, the greater chances of your success.

Intelligence

It doesn’t mean that if you’re not able to score good marks, you’ll not make it in life. So don’t think you’re not intelligent. Note this: Your brain is the most powerful thing you have. Your brain could easily generate $1 Million from $0.

As I said, the earlier you start, the more benefits you’ll have. So start now.

And these benefits are invaluable. And we’re wasting these.

A study was conducted among grandpas(60–80) and they were asked what’s the thing that they would do when they were young.

Do you know what the thing was?

Not doing the thing that I truly wanted to do in life.

I don’t want you to have these regrets in your life. Because this regret hurts very badly. And regrets are bad for health. And it generally leads to so many diseases.

So wake up because no one is waiting for you at the door and is gonna make you successful. There’s no time.

One wise man said,” You have two lives. The second one begins when you understand that you only have one life”

I hope your second life has begun. Go and get what you want. I’ll end up here. Have a great day.

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Mayank Joshi
ILLUMINATION

This is your friend, mayank. Like to encourage people to take necessary steps towards their success. Come join me in the journey.