What did you do in your 20s to set you on your way in life?

Wanderer78

I'm a recovered drug user, AMA wrote: »

I put down the needle, the alcohol, the nicotine and the gambling .

fair play to you, it puts most achievements, including my own, into perspective. i wish you the best of luck

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Elemonator

In my 20's now and I'm going to finish my studies and qualify as a solicitor. I enjoy it but sometimes I wonder if its worth it, there's many people my age working and getting established in places like BOI while I have to do 3 more years between examinations and an apprenticeship. I often watch the people working for big firms and seeing them enter work at 8am and not emerge til 8pm. I suppose the pros far outweigh the cons if I allow myself to have a great degree of control over it.

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mojesius

Went back to college after picking the wrong course first time around, got my degree and masters.

In between/during, partied a lot, lived abroad on my own, worked in bars, restaurants and call centres. Eventually got a good job when I came home, now I have a great job in the same company.

Enjoyed the single life apart from one long term relationship at the very start of my 20s and another towards the end, who I married.

Moving abroad alone at 24 definitely changed me, made me a stronger, more rounded person

diomed

I lost money on the horses.
The experience gained was invaluable.
Now I'm nearly breaking even, fifty years later.

enfield

I joined the Irish army during the troubles, spent most of my time on the Border. Had a great time and it made a man of me. After that I could walk into any situation with confidence and not lose the head.
Cheers.
Tom.

Spent most of my 20's working retail, college, masters, going back to college and now at 30 I'm hopefully moving out of the retail job in early next year, (waiting on a job) and looking to finally getting an apartment

PTH2009

still in my 20s til Dec 2019 when I turn on dreaded 30

still in the same job since I was 18 but I enjoy it and have no desire too progress in the company and plan on moving on pretty soon.

when I was 16 I thought I'd be settled now with a big job, kids etc but it's not to be. I don't have a degree but half way there and obtain a third level higher cert and can go back and get a degree if I want too. much prefer out working than being in a classroom

when I hit 30 I think I will try harder but happy enough with my life so far in context. I'd love to have been better with the women and have a good job but these things take time for some. I'm a big gig goer and I've been all over Ireland and the UK too see almost all the band's I want too see and plan on doing more of that.

general health is ok but mental health can be shaky

Slogged my way through a PhD and started a career in an area I've wanted to work in since I was 11 years old. It was tough going at times but I'm very glad I stuck with it.

Jrop

Jobs OXO wrote: »

Got good at eating vag

A very admirable skill

Valmont

I lived in the wilds of Alaska for nine months. It was liberating to get far away from the Irish bubble and learn about other values and ways of living. I then spent a few years following a prestigious career path I would always have wondered about but had my suspicions was nonsense and quit shortly after I was welcomed into the ranks. I turned 30 this year and only now feel my hard work and numerous mistakes have set me in a good direction.

JupiterKid

Did my degree in college and then a postgrad in my field of expertise and then got my first proper job as a researcher at 23, moving on to become a junior lecturer. By the time I was 29 I had got a job as head of research in a govt agency.

But then things started to go ****e in my early 30s. It's a long story.