I Feel like I'm wasting my 20's

[O.T.I.S.]

I feel like I'm wasting mines too.

I was just asking my sister how is it that people my age can afford trips to Greece & etc? What am I doing wrong?

Sugar daddy.......

 

[ShenJingPoQi]

Most people who are successful in their early 20s usually have strong financial and social support. Life is a marathon not a sprint. You need to make mistakes to learn from it to have better experiences in the future. Most 18-25 are sheeps to the wolves that is life. Also men aren’t like women, you will hardly met a male in his early 20s with everything set. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't hustle as hard as possible as young as possible.

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

I came in here expecting OP to be 27 or something

Right I literally got to OPs age and LOLed

 

[Rozay Oro]

20 blew by
21 blew by

Now I'm 22 and I feel like I should be doing more but Idk what

Don't wanna wake up and be 30 and look back like wtf did I even spend them doing?

I'm 21 and I feel you OP. Working part time in retail and doing only two classes a semester in community college. The only things that I can be happy is that I've never got myself arrested with all the dumb shyt I did as a teen, my mom has always loved me and that I'm not in a university knowing student loans are piling. I'm thinking of maybe joining the airforce or getting certs if I can't join. shyt sucks, i can't find a good girl to actually date nor have I had sex since February. These girls gaining that 10,000 xp off of me word to @BocaRear All my friends are lazy as fukk and living stagnant imo. My young co-workers are the same. shyt I can go weeks without touching my ps4. I've been learning to draw and considering other crafts but regardless in the long run they will take forever to develop and probably won't gain anything. I think I'm having a quarter life crisis.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Honestly, I don't understand how you young nikkas CAN'T experience different shyt at your ages.

Its what you put your mind to. I had friends in college who did shyt like became foreign exchange students, my baby cousin decided to go stay in japan with a random ass Japanese family while he was in his early 20's

There are shyt you can volunteer to do that will allow you to travel and see the world.

My boy was a DJ for a cruise line and went everywhere in his 20's

There's opportunity if you look for it. I'm still trying to work overseas now and I'm 30 with no kids, no immediate family, etc.

I've lived all over in my 20's... Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, San Diego, Hawaii, etc... Had addresses in EACH. I was just reminiscing about my first SINGLE apartment in hawaii that was on some GTA5 shyt... On the top floor with ceiling high windows/patio overlooking Pearl Harbor and all the parties, girls, etc.. shyt was crazy

Thats why im not against people joining the military if theyre smart. I got friends in italy, portugal, japan, Africa, etc.

Im trying to go to Cuba or Panama next. You just got to make a plan and learn skills that allow you to do shyt.

Hell, even becoming a truck driver like @BrothaZay will allow you to see most of the US.

Your 20's is your best time to bullshyt imo. As long as you're smart and productive. You're old enough to make money but still young enough to enjoy it without major responsibility

 

[O.T.I.S.]

You also need to get up and just go. I moved to Miami on my own as a teenager. Took advantage of a schooling opportunity... Best decision of my life. Moving to Miami led me to tons of different places and opportunities.

I don't even like ATL now because to me its so boring. Living alone overseas was the best experience of my life.

 

[Rozay Oro]

I'm 23 and can definitely relate, I mean career wise i'm where I should be but in other areas, particularly socially i'm seriously lacking I should be having way more fun than this

Damn I might be in the same boat or worse socially/fun

 

[Rozay Oro]

lol youre still young man....I'm about to turn 29 and just now starting to figure it out....But one thing I did do is spend alot time mastering my skills...one thing im happy I invested in

What are your skills tho?

anyone who says, "you're only 22, don't worry too much" probably isn't accomplishing much of significance.

you should have anxiety about establishing yourself... you're a grown man. no one is going to coddle you being a black man the way your other millenial counterparts are.

for me, your 20s is all about setting the baseline for power moves and stability into your 30s... most my nikkas in their mid-20s are already clearing six figures

elevate your mind and elevate your circle if you're serious.

Do they have student loan debt ho? How do I elevate my circle?

 

[Rozay Oro]

Honestly, I don't understand how you young nikkas CAN'T experience different shyt at your ages.

Its what you put your mind to. I had friends in college who did shyt like became foreign exchange students, my baby cousin decided to go stay in japan with a random ass Japanese family while he was in his early 20's

There are shyt you can volunteer to do that will allow you to travel and see the world.

My boy was a DJ for a cruise line and went everywhere in his 20's

There's opportunity if you look for it. I'm still trying to work overseas now and I'm 30 with no kids, no immediate family, etc.

I've lived all over in my 20's... Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, San Diego, Hawaii, etc... Had addresses in EACH. I was just reminiscing about my first SINGLE apartment in hawaii that was on some GTA5 shyt... On the top floor with ceiling high windows/patio overlooking Pearl Harbor and all the parties, girls, etc.. shyt was crazy

Thats why im not against people joining the military if theyre smart. I got friends in italy, portugal, japan, Africa, etc.

Im trying to go to Cuba or Panama next. You just got to make a plan and learn skills that allow you to do shyt.

Hell, even becoming a truck driver like @BrothaZay will allow you to see most of the US.

Your 20's is your best time to bullshyt imo. As long as you're smart and productive. You're old enough to make money but still young enough to enjoy it without major responsibility

If I join the airforce and choose an IT based job. Will it possible to be stationed in japan or europe or anywhere thats not America nor the middle east?

 

[Turk]

How do i even broaden my circle though?

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

I'm 27 and def wasting my 20's and bullshytting. I can sit around and bytch and moan but that will drain precious energy I need to get my shyt together...

The main thing you gotta remember is that you are not your past or the dumb shyt you've done or the time you've wasted. You can make a change at any moment, the brain is plastic and can always pick up new skills if you put the work in. I was a lazy nikka due to fear of failure and I got addicted to weed and porn and the internet. Everything has it it's price. The people I came up with who went to school or honed their skills or got out there and networked are now reaping the rewards. I wasted my time and I'm facing the consequences of that. We are all eating the fruits of our past actions. Opportunity cost and all that.

Now I know better so it's time to do better. Cut out the negative habits, get my hands dirty and put in the work and lay groundwork for a better future. They say you got to live like you are the hero in your own movie and if my 20's are a movie, shyt didn't start out too hot but I'll be damned if I won't have a dope 3rd act.

And remember...

 

[camer999]

I feel you OP I'm 23 and started feeling anxious as soon as I turned 20. I'm in an OK position, still haven't finished my degree () one semester though (). Just landed a gig making like 26.60 an hour and it is part time up to 28 hours (I wanted it like that). Got my small business that I can wait to put more money into as soon as I start working. All these things but it still doesn't feel like enough sometimes I'm proud of myself other times I feel like crap. Even my older brother feeds into to it cause just when I was celebrating landing it. He proceeds to tell me there are tons of early to mid 20s making 60-80 (Full time at this gig would be like 48k). Idk breh but I think it will come in time. I just turned 23.

 

[zayk35]

You will love your twenties( especially if you are on your own) but when u get to be about 28 and making some $$$.... you won't want to be 20 again

 

[Barnett114]

I swear nikkas watch too many rap videos/stay on Instagram too much

Stop comparing yourself to others and live the life you want to live

 

[O.T.I.S.]

If I join the airforce and choose an IT based job. Will it possible to be stationed in Japan or Europe or anywhere thats not America nor the middle east?

Depends on a lot of different factors actually. AF isn't known for having good stations BUT they're known for how they treat their personell...

But if you pick a career that allows you to travel (aviation) or doing joint work you can go all over