13 Things I Wish I’d Known In My 20s

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There are always things you wish you’d known ahead of time. For example, I wish I knew when the market was about to crash or when Steve Jobs had the idea to make the iPhone.

But that’s just wishful thinking. Often, when someone asks you what you wish you had known before, your mind naturally navigates toward something that would increase your material security.

How many times, though, do you stop and ponder about how your life would’ve been different if you had an insight about some issues you face today, or, at least, the consequences of those things?

That is the idea I’m exploring in this article — the things I wish I knew and how I believe my life could’ve been different had I known them ahead of time and done something about it.

The 13 Things I Wish I Knew Early On

1. It’s Okay to Make Mistakes and Fail

“Making mistakes is better than faking perfections.” — Anonymous

I grew up terrified of making mistakes. I don’t know if it’s a result of being a perfectionist or that I wasn’t too brilliant in school, which meant I had to compensate everywhere else.

Today I believe failure should never be a goal itself, but we all need to accept it as an integral part…