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20 Things I Wish I’d Known In My 20s (But I Had To Learn By Myself)

“Spirit first. Because that’s what’s most important. It’s not how well you can perform or how much money you can make. But if you’re not the human being you should be, you’re not doin’ it correctly.” — Gladys Knight.

A young client who was finishing up her therapy had a final request.

She wanted some generic life advice: how about 20 things for 2020? she said, throwing down a challenge.

I didn’t have to think about it for too long. The older you get, the more you’ve seen, the more you’ve messed up, the more you have to say.

BUT…

The more scared you are of saying it because you know there is no One-Size- Fits-All strategy for life — that we each have to cut our own path.

Still, I was up for the challenge. Here are some things to ponder.

20 Things I Wish I’d Known In My Twenties

1. Good friends are gold.

In the course of a lifetime, only a few people will truly “get” you. And some of those won’t stay around, either. So look after those who do…