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Twenty-Five Tips To Help You Enjoy Your Twenties

It is easy to let society and its expectations influence you.

Valentina Nikic
Mar 18, 2017
Spalding University
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Twenty-Five Tips To Help You Enjoy Your Twenties
Lindsey Hardesty

You have heard it more than once; your twenties are the hardest years of your life. You spend a lot of your time confused and lost. It is easy to let society and its expectations influence you into thinking you should graduate college, find a significant other, get married, and have your first child at a specific age (pshh, it does not work like that). But, that is the issue… those expectations are not healthy, as they cause pressure and a significant amount of unhappiness in your twenties.

So, here are twenty-five tips to help you live a happier life your twenties:

1. You are not the only one who feels lost.

2. Do not let others make you feel guilty about what you eat.


3. Make sure you do things on your own time… there is no such thing as “perfect timing”.

4. It is okay to spoil yourself.

5. You should not have to explain yourself to anyone.

6. Cut toxic people out of your life. You will not regret it.

7. Forgive others on your own time.

8. Alone time is SO good for you.

9. You are allowed to say no to others.

10. Social media is full of lies.


11. Some people will never give you an answer for their behavior or sudden absence; so, let it go and move on.

12. Do not believe all the bad things you hear about others.

13. Take the trip. Or buy the concert ticket.

14. Do not settle, whether that be with a significant other or job.

15. It is okay to make a mistake. Learn from it and avoid making the same mistake more than once.

16. Try to see yourself as others see you; you will start to appreciate yourself more.

17. It can be so hard to save money, but you will be better off setting aside a specific amount every two weeks.

18. Smile more.

19. Do not compare and obsess over someone else; it is not healthy.

20. Staying in on a Friday or Saturday night does not make you a loser; in fact, drinking on your couch or having a game night is normal.

21. Exercise is good for you.


22. Stop apologizing, especially when you do not mean it.

23. Not everyone will like you.

24. Trust your gut feeling.

25. You are amazing and you are doing better than you think you are.

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