Youth is a precious thing, in that you often can only appreciate it when it’s in the past. In your teenage years and 20s, it’s so easy to feel like you have all the time in the world and then, suddenly, you blink and you are thirty five with a mortgage. Like with any skill or investment, most of us probably wish we had started planning a lot earlier.
Someone asked “How did you “waste” your 20s?” and netizens shared the things they maybe should have done differently. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to comment your own thoughts and experiences below.
Someone asked “How did you “waste” your 20s?” and netizens shared the things they maybe should have done differently. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to comment your own thoughts and experiences below.
#21
I lived at a bar and was the worst version of myself.
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#22
Currently in 20's but wasting it because I'm afraid to venture out, kinda introvert here:(.
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#24
By not doing anything. i basically became a hermit from 23 or so and did pretty nothing but sit in my basement and play video games.
as my friends all moved out of the area, my social life went with them, and i never went out and created my own social life. instead i just.... sat at home and watched the world go by.
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#26
I'm in a toxic relationship and having trouble figuring out how to invest in myself. I'm still trying to work on it.
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#27
All these responses are actually making me feel a bit better about my wasted decade.
All I did was play games. A combination of chronic pain and a crippling fear of strangers made me give up on a normal life and live as cheap and humble as I could. I couldn't get my driver's licence out of fear, couldn't hold a job for panic, have no friends or even many acquaintances and can't afford most hobbies.
I'm nearing my 40s now and the experience at least helps save money. I learnt to enjoy things that are free and have even made money from some. Things like propogating plants from clippings. It took my twenties to get going.
I continue to waste my life by most people's standards to this day.
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#28
My 20’s were mostly a blur, I get flashbacks of it every once in a while. From what I do remember, it was just saaad.
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13points
#30
Traveling the world. Had a lot of catchup to do for retirement starting in my 40s.
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Youth, being a treasure that is better appreciated in retrospect, greatly benefits from moments spent embracing simplicity and freedom. While we often look back and wish for more foresight, those formative years allow for the kind of unstructured enjoyment that's beautifully captured through the lens of tranquility found in carefree summers.