One thing I know now that would have saved my younger self a great deal of suffering is that your twenties are not the time to rush things. It is during this decade that the most consequential decisions of your life are made. The choices we make in our twenties often stay with us for the next forty years.

Your twenties are a decade of construction: physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, and spiritually. It is a time to discover who you are, find the path you want to follow in life, and build strong internal foundations for the decades ahead.

In your twenties, it is also when you should listen less to your emotions and more to your reason, your instincts, and the wisdom of those with greater life experience. Those who make the most of this decade are far more likely to create the conditions for success in the years to come.

Those who invest wisely in their twenties often spend the rest of their lives enjoying the returns of that investment.