(ARTICLE) 23 Life Lessons I’ve Acquired Before Hitting 25 Years Old

I’m still in my 20s, I am currently writing this as a 24 years old young man.

Though I haven’t been on this earth very long, over the years, I’ve learned many lessons and acquired a modest amount of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding along my life journey from personal experiences, but mostly from observing the failures and successes of others.

1. Always be your number one priority because that is who you have to live with daily.

Be selfish before you are selfless.

Putting yourself first is not selfish.

“If anything, I should feel guilty when I don’t take time to prioritise myself, because it affects how well I can then care for others.”

- Gemma Hartley

2. Learn to save money and START Investing as early as possible, and never stop.

This is what has allowed me to be semi - retired at age 24.

People from my past struggle to understand how I’ve been able to do this so early.

Let your friends piss away their money, wasting on getting drunk, cars, clothes and women.

Be smart and do things the opposite.

You need to learn how to save money first.

When you start investing, you want to be investing into Index funds and Crypto.

Real estate is only good to maintain wealth, it’s not the best strategy to build wealth because it requires a lot of money upfront.

Crypto requires the least amount of money to build wealth but it can be extremely volatile depending on what projects you are involved in….especially if you don’t properly understand what you’re doing to at least a basic level.

3. If you can’t handle a credit card responsibly, wait until you’re ready to own one; doing this will save you plenty of financial trouble.

4. Ideally, you want to stay debt free. However if you are paying for an education which will lead to something tangible it’s totally worth it.

Paying off your debts is great, but make sure you invest while paying off your debt. You can’t get time back.

5. Consensual sex is a shared experience. It’s not something one person takes from one another.

6. Leave dead-end relationships.

Don’t wait around. It’s not productive for anyone.

Also men, if you know a girl wants more but you are not in a position to be able to deliver, just move on.

It may hurt her feelings in the short term, but it’s much better than wasting her time whilst she’s in her prime.

Hopefully she finds someone who’s in a position to be able to deliver and you will find someone when you’re in a better position.

6. I think further education is an amazing investment into one’s future.

But it’s not necessary.

It doesn’t make you more valuable than someone else.

It doesn’t make you a better person.

It doesn’t necessarily make you a more intelligent person.

It doesn’t always make you more money than the non- graduate.

If you are going to go to further education, pick someone which has a great earning potential

7. Rejection is god’s protection.

Everyone doesn’t need to accept you. Be extra comfortable with rejection.

8. You don’t have to say “yes” to every opportunity, every event, every person, and everything else.

Boundaries are challenging to implement later in life, but the sooner you implement them, the more profound and easy your life experience will be.

9. It’s okay to think differently than everyone else. Be an outlier. Be the robot that has a glitch.

Most people follow the follower. However, if you want to be successful, you will increase your chances by doing what most people don’t do.

10. Being healthy is a life-long journey. It takes consistent effort, and it’s not always easy.

11. Avoid addictions to things, people, circumstances, and substances.

12. Don’t be a freeloader.

Give more than you receive from others.

13. Be independent financially, mentally, and emotionally.

There is nothing sweeter than the taste of independence.

14. You don’t have to live in the same neighbourhood, country, state, city, or home for the rest of your life.

15. The new cars, the big houses, the name-brand clothes, and everything else that comes with money is nice but unnecessary, especially if you can’t afford it.

Don’t be a fraud.

At the end of the day, it’s just you.

You don’t need to waste time and energy trying to impress people or live a life you’ve been taught to buy into.

16. If you are gonna be in a relationship, be with someone you can simultaneously evolve with.

Because if only one person evolves in a relationship, it’s most likely not going to last.

And if it does last, it will potentially be filled with unhappiness, discontentment, and unfulfillment.

17. Men… I repeat… do not have kids if you don’t have your life together !

Most people aren’t ready to have kids because they have yet to deal with their own issues.

Whatever issues you don’t deal with, your children will deal with. Many people take the responsibility of having kids lightly.

It’s respectable for a person to say, “I’m not ready to have children because I’m still working on some internal issues.”

than for someone to have children just because they want them or are running out of time on their “biological clock.”

18. There are two kinds of people in life: doers and talkers.

19. Relationships can make or break you. Choose your relationships wisely.

20. There will be people you love, but you cannot save them from themselves no matter what you do. Love them and let them go, or you might go down with them.

21. Family is not always blood. Sometimes your family becomes people you meet along your life journey.

22. If you don’t love yourself, you won’t be able to love others.

Furthermore, however much you love yourself will show up in the types of people you surround yourself with.

Are your relationships healthy or unhealthy?

Your relationships are a reflection of you.

23. Live the life you want to live, not the one you think you should.

Till next time.