English article: I regret not doing these things in my 20s

Life is filled with regrets. Ask anyone around you what their regrets are and they usually have no difficulty ing up with many items on their “regret list.” And for some reason our enties are ripe for a field of regrets.

Life is always full of regrets. Ask people around you if they have any regrets, and they will easily come up with a list of regrets. For some reason, your 20s are the easiest time to make mistakes.

Perhaps it's because as we get older we look back on that period of *** hood as the height of freedom and autonomy. As move into middle age

we look back and wish that we had made better choices and taken more opportunities. Here's a list of things that we regret not doing in our 20s.

Maybe it's because as we grow older, when we look back on that time again, we will I found it to be a time of freedom and independence. As we enter middle age, we often wish: If only we had more choices! Here are some things we would regret if we didn’t do them in our 20s:

1. Traveling more

Travel more

I regret not traveling more

and so does nearly everyone that I have asked. Before kids

and mortgages and marriages

when our mitments and expenses were lower

the opportunities for travel were much greater

but for some reason many of us thought we'd always have time for travel later.

I regret not having more places to travel, and almost everyone I asked said so. Before kids, mortgages and marriages, when we had fewer responsibilities and fewer expenses, there was a great opportunity to travel, but for various reasons we always felt like we would have more time to travel in the future .

We dreamed of visiting the pyramids of Egypt

surfing off the Hawaiian coast

dining at a Parisian café

drinking espresso in Rome

trekking through the rainforest

and so much more. Sadly

many of us never made these journeys and the opportunity passed us by.

< p> We dream of going to Egypt to see the pyramids, surfing on the beach in Hawaii, having dinner in a cafe in Paris, tasting fragrant coffee in Rome, hiking through the tropical rainforest, and other such plans. Sadly, most people fail to take action and simply watch the opportunity slip away.

2. Investing early

Investing early

How many times have we kicked ourselves for not starting our 401Ks, in our entities

for not putting our excess cash in long term investments

for not investing in our future early. No matter how much we try

we can never get back the head start that we missed. Playing catch up in our 40's and 50's is very difficult.

How many times have we thought about it and wanted to kick ourselves: why not start 401K (my note: a pension system in the United States) in our 20s. Plan, why the excess cash was not used for long-term investment, and why we were not invested in our future earlier. No matter how hard we try, the time we missed will never come back. By the time we are in our forties or fifties it is too late to catch up.

3. Being more responsible with spending

Arrange spending more rationally

In order to invest in our retirement or save for that down payment

we would have needed to make wiser financial spending choices. Things like buying or holding on to that perfectly reliable used car

instead of splurging on the new model…because we could

eating out less and saving for a house instead

buying fewer shoes and purses and clothes and paying off student loans sooner. So many saving opportunities lost

money spent on tangible things

instead of on the future.

For investment after retirement or down payment for a house, we need more reasonable financial management. For example, buy a nice second-hand car instead of wasting money on a new model... We can also eat out less, save money to buy a house, buy fewer shoes and clothes, and pay off student loans early. So many opportunities to save money have been missed. We have exchanged money for many real items, but we have not paid more attention to our future.

4. Better planning

Better planning for life

I regret not focusing more on where I wanted to go in life

what I wanted to do

who I wanted to be and what it would take to get there. With some more planning in our entities

we'd be further ahead in our 40s and Perhaps a bit happier as well.

I regret that I did not think carefully about my path in life, what I wanted to do, who I wanted to be and how to achieve it. If we can plan our lives better in our 20s, we will be better at it in our 40s, and perhaps feel happier.

5. Seizing more experiences

More life experiences

I wish I had learned to ski and paint

speak Italian and do the Tango. I regret not living somewhere else before settling down. Others have said they regret not pursuing their hobbies or learning to sky dive or mountain climb. I prefer to stay on the ground

but I do regret not learning more

not trying new things that are hard to fit into the life of a forty something working wife and mother.

I wish I had learned to ski and draw before, Speaks Italian and dances tango. I regret not living somewhere else before settling down. Many people regret like me that they did not continue to cultivate their hobbies, did not learn to skydive, and did not go mountain climbing. I do prefer to be pragmatic, but I also regret not learning more and trying new things that no longer fit into the life of a 40-year-old stay-at-home wife and mother.

6. Living a more active lifestyle

A more active lifestyle

The bodies of youth are wasted on the young… I wish I had run a marathon before my knees ached

that I had biked more

hiked more

and took spinning classes when my legs were stronger. I regret not joining a softball team or volleyball league. We don't often realize that we have squandered our physical abilities until things start aching and creaking.

When we were young, we squandered our youthful energy wantonly... I wish I could Before I had knee pain, I could run a marathon. I would ride a bicycle more often, walk more often, and ride a spinning bike more often when my legs and feet were strong. I regret not joining a softball club or volleyball league. It’s always until the onset of physical exhaustion that we realize the value of exercise in our youth.

7. Making more friends

Making more friends

I regret not reaching out more

Putting more effort into creating a tribe of support that would carry me through more difficult times. We socialize sure

but many of us don't put enough importance on building deep and lasting friendships. Some do

many don 't and wish they had.

I regret not reaching out more and working harder to make friends who can accompany me through more difficult times. We do socialize, but most of us don’t focus on building deeper and more lasting friendships. Some people do, but many don't, and they wish they had worked hard for friendship.

8. Pursuing a more meaningful career

Pursuing a more meaningful career

Many of us wish we had taken more career risks

opted for meaning over money

pursued the career path we wanted instead of what we were expected to do or simply following the path that was laid out before us. How much better to have explored our options and pursued meaningful work in our entities than to have spent 20 years doing something we don't love.

Most people work according to other people's expectations or follow the path paved by others instead of following the path paved by others. Be willing to take more career risks and follow our hearts to work and earn money. How great it is to be able to choose and pursue a more meaningful job in your 20s instead of working in a job you don’t like for more than 20 years!

Life is good; don't misunderstand. Few of us walk around every day pining for our youth

at least I hope not

but we do occasionally look back with a wistful sigh and wish that we planned more

lived more

and stretched ourselves more when we had the freedom and energy to do so.

Needless to say, life is good. Few people walk around every day remembering our youth, but we do occasionally sigh thoughtfully and recall: How we wish that when we were free and energetic, we could have more plans and more activities. way to expand yourself.