What Actually Matters in Your 20s

Maybe, you’re living it all wrong

smoul
Practice in Public
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6 min readMar 10, 2024

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I turned 23 recently and it changed my perspective of life. It usually happens often when you reach a certain age. I wanted to become a teacher when I was 6, a doctor when I was 10, a physics professor when I was 14 and an entrepreneur when I turned 18.

People often start their sentences with “Get good grades and your life will be sorted”. So I did as they said and excelled in my classes.

Then they changed to “Get into a good college and your life will be sorted”. So I did. I entered one of the most prestigious universities in my country but guess what, the confusion and dilemmas did not go away.

From the beginning of life, you are told what to do and how to be happy in your life.

Get good grades -> Stay out of trouble -> Get in a good University -> Get a job which pays good -> Start a family

Is this all that life is about?

Maybe I am not the smartest person to tell you what matters in your 20s because I have not lived them all yet — I’m still midway. But maybe I am the person who can tell you the truth without sugarcoating it. The blunt truth about how I will live the rest of my 20s

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