19 Things You’re Not Allowed To Do In Your 20s

Admit that what you want most in life is to settle down with someone you love, have a family, and be surrounded by children and family and the people who care about you.
Admit that what you want most in life is to settle down with someone you love, have a family, and be surrounded by children and family and the people who care about you.
Have you ever wondered about what it’s like to live in a place other than where you are?
My great grandmother was Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal secretary. They were having an affair.
One of the worst pieces of career advice that I bet each of you has not only gotten but given is to “do what you love.” Forget that. It’s absurd.
36. “Only time can heal his heart, just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.” – Miss Piggy
There’s a lot of confusion with learning when to hold the tongue and feeling like women’s thoughts shouldn’t be suppressed; there’s a big difference.
Did my best friend actually betray me by calling the cops after I told her I was suicidally depressed in order to get her attention, or was she genuinely concerned for my life and did what she thought was best?
Being in love is a full-time job, and a lot of other parts of your life are going to have to take a big hit in terms of time commitment in order to accomodate it.
Because I’m still in love with my ex, and that makes me feel pathetic and angry, so then I drink to deal with the loneliness.
My time of reckoning came when I needed to fix insomnia, and non-fiction business books before bed just compounded the problem. I began reading fiction to “turn off” and instead saw breakthroughs in creativity and quality of life as a side-effect.
Being able to tell the difference between when a friend is joking around about something, and when they are actually trying to talk about something really serious that they are afraid/embarrassed to let other people know about.
Public Relations: In addition to only being allowed to write emails in all caps, you are required to constantly attend events that specialize in mid-level dudes cheating on their girlfriends with 22-year-old assistants.
As I’ve often said, “Insight is not enough.” We’ve all had breakthroughs in our thinking, but they only make our lives change if they make our behavior change.
Talking about what you’re going to do makes you a lot less likely to actually do it. Keep your plans to yourself.
You are still in that phase where you’re really into sex but you can only deal with so much post-coital spooning before you’re like, “Please leave, I want to watch Netflix and eat food by myself.”
You may not be aware of a Christian band channeling Pere Ubu, Jello Biafra, Gordon Gano, Man or Astro-Man, G.G. Allin, The Sex Pistols, and Devo.