Build a foundation for health.
In your twenties it's easy to feel like you're invincible. That fast food and the five margaritas you downed the night before burn right off and you wake up the next morning feeling fine. This does not last. Start building healthy habits now before they catch up to you later. At 30, I'm still struggling with this one myself. Get in the habit of eating healthfully and exercising. Your body will thank you for years later.
Learn resiliency.
Your twenties is a time when most are relatively free of the responsibilities that will increase into your thirties and forties. This is a great time to experiment, fail, and bounce back. Learn how to ride out failure and persevere. Life is full of challenges. The twenties are a great time to toughen up and start teaching yourself how to be emotionally and mentally resilient enough to weather both the joys and hardships to come.
Figure out what lifestyle and career work for the real you.
I felt like a failure throughout my twenties because most of my university friends seemed happy in corporate jobs that made me miserable. I felt constant pressure to fit a specific mold. It's only within the past year that I've started to come to terms with who I really am and what really makes me happy. Life is not one-size-fits-all. Choose the career and lifestyle that are true to you, not a version of that you wish you were.
Learn to live within your means.
Learn smart financial management now. Learn how to live within a budget and maintain good credit. A mistake I once made, and one I still see a number of my peers making, is being a slave to lifestyle: taking cabs everywhere, buying expensive clothing, and having meals out constantly. This is stupid and reckless. I know people who were left completely adrift despite having made great salaries because they had no savings when their careers hit a rough patch. Their income was spent all on things that are frivolous. Luxuries are a wonderful thing only if you can truly afford them. Don't be a slave to funding a lifestyle that will not last. Learn to live modestly and save up, and then you will have earned the right to purchase yourself some treats, in moderation.
Choose who you spend your time with carefully.
Time is a precious commodity and you start to realize that increasingly into your mid to late twenties. Choose your friends wisely. Separate yourself from toxic or negative influences, those who would waste your time, and those who encourage you to focus on the un
相关单词：invincible
invincible解释：adj.不可征服的，难以制服的
invincible例句：
This football team was once reputed to be invincible.这支足球队曾被誉为无敌的劲旅。
The workers are invincible as long as they hold together.只要工人团结一致，他们就是不可战胜的。
相关单词：relatively
relatively解释：adv.比较...地，相对地
relatively例句：
The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
相关单词：persevere
persevere解释：v.坚持，坚忍，不屈不挠
persevere例句：
They are determined to persevere in the fight.他们决心坚持战斗。
It is strength of character enabled him to persevere.他那坚强的性格使他能够坚持不懈。
相关单词：corporate
corporate解释：adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的
corporate例句：
This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
相关单词：miserable
miserable解释：adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的
miserable例句：
It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
相关单词：savings
savings解释：n.存款，储蓄
savings例句：
I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。
相关单词：frivolous
frivolous解释：adj.轻薄的；轻率的
frivolous例句：
This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式。
He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。
相关单词：mid
mid解释：adj.中央的，中间的
mid例句：
Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
相关单词：toxic
toxic解释：adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的
toxic例句：
The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
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