4 Lessons I’ve Learned in my 20’s So Far
Now, I am nowhere near out of my 20’s yet. But I always enjoy reading life lesson posts, and I feel I have learned a lot so far in life. So I’m going to share with you 4 lessons I have learned in life so far.
1. YOUR PATH WILL CHANGE
I was always one of those people that thought I had a clear path of where I wanted to go in life. In high school, I knew I would go to college. I knew what degree I was going to go for.
And then after that, a job in the field I loved. After that wasn’t very clear, but I knew I wanted to go into the design field. So I choose interior design. I knew I wanted to own my own business one day, so thought I’d buy and sell houses.
Whew, was I far off the mark.
I spent 2 years at one school, my dream school, and ran out of money to afford classes. Moved to another school… And hated it. I left after 2 years.
I spent 4 years in college and didn’t have a degree to show for it. I did however have a bunch of debt to take with me though.
Now, about 2 years later, I am a full-time blogger, YouTuber, and online content creator.
It’s a very different job from the one I thought I would hold, but I couldn’t be more content with where I am right now.
2. CHOOSE HAPPINESS WHEN YOU CAN, AND LEAVE NEGATIVITY BEHIND
I grew up in a pretty negative household, and for a lot of my teens I was depressed.
Now, obviously, it is unrealistic to say you should be happy all of the time. Even more so for those that suffer from depression.
But, I learned as I got older that, when possible, choose happiness. I learned this lesson from my very care-free husband and his family.
If it wasn’t for him and seeing how his family lived their life, I think I would have stayed in the negative mindset my parents taught me to have.
3. TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS AREN’T WORTH IT
This goes for friendships and relationships as well. Just last year, I lost two very close friends of mine. My husband lost his best friend (my close friend as well) and, ironically, I parted ways with mine not long after.
We had known for a while that they were pretty toxic to be around, but as you grow older you tend to lose touch with people. We all had been friends for a while and we didn’t have many friends left.
Because of this, we stayed friends with them longer than we should have. But, in the end, once the blowouts of our friendships were over (both ended on pretty bad terms), I realized that they weren’t worth keeping.
I haven’t looked back since.
4. THAT JOB YOU HATE? IT’S NOT WORTH IT
Both my husband and I worked the same job. We’d been there for about 3 years. We were lucky enough to work together because we only had one car.
When the Coronavirus hit America, our workplace was nice enough to let us take leave to avoid getting sick. Which was music to my ears- I deeply hated that job.
As lockdowns went on, our place of work shut down for a bit due to a lack of workers wanting to come in. We were expected to go back. Until we got the call.
Our place was closing. Permanently.
In one afternoon, my husband and I both lost 100% of our income.
Naturally, I was freaked out. But I couldn’t help but be so relieved, after months off the job, I would have passionately hated going back.
Luckily I was growing a blog on the side. I made the decision to try and go full-time. The only problem was, before that point, I had not seen a dollar in my bank account.
After 3 months of hustle though, I finally saw my first payment. Each month after, my income has grown. My first dollar came 3 years after my on-and-off blogging journey had started.
If I hadn’t lost my job, I wouldn’t be working as hard as I am now to make money, nor would I have had the time. And even though I am making less now, I am happier than I ever was.
I learned, in the end. that toxic job wasn’t worth it. And I am so glad we were forced to leave.
I know I have a lot more life lessons to learn. But, so far, being in my early 20’s has still taught me a lot. And I am happy and proud of where I am in life. And I think you should be proud of yourself too.
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