A must read from Yaone Benjamin Nthebolan :..... When we’re a teenager we think we know it all. Then we hit our twenties and we look back on our teenage years cringing at the bad choices we made, the embarrassing mistakes we seemed to have been drawn to, but the silly mistakes we make as teenagers rarely affects us permanently. We can look back and laugh at ourselves, joke about our misdemeanors with our school friends and be glad we made it through to the other side. Our twenties though, that’s a whole different ball game. This time we’re playing for keeps, and it’s time to recognize that. We graduate from university...di skela tse dingwe, we fall into industries and jobs that we didn’t plan to, we end up spending years with our partners only to finally admit that we knew they weren’t the right one all along. We run up debt, we fall out of touch with friends and family, we watch our childhood dreams eaten up by a reality we don’t remember subscribing to. But it never had to be that way, and it’s not too late to change. Here are 5 common mistakes us twenty-somethings seem to make time and time again, let’s acknowledge them and pro-actively right our wrongs guys: We Conform Societal pressures are drummed into us long before we understand what societal pressures are. We’re Keeping up with the Phakalane’s New Iphones, retro raybans, expensive resorts – They may well be enjoying their new gear, but it doesn’t mean you have to match them. Financial freedom is something we all aspire to, and rightly so. A full bank account, smart investments and mortgage free properties equate to true freedom (and the sooner we get there, the better). So let’s start planning for that. We Fail to Make the Effort Best friends from school, great friends from Skela.., extended family – you used to have so many close ties, but life took over and you’ve slowly fallen out of touch. “I must meet him for a drink soon”, but ‘soon’ never comes, you’re just too busy. One kg a year makes us Old and Fat Sure our metabolisms slow down a little as we get older, but this victim complex is a coward’s refuge. You used to eat what you wanted when you were a kid, but now if you do that you’re putting on a few kgs? Gimme a break. Stop blaming your age, your genetics, your medical issues. We’re scared to cut our losses It’s ok to have made mistakes. However, it’s not ok to recognize them and then stick with them regardless. Confessing to ourselves that we’ve ‘wasted’ 4 years in an industry we know isn’t for us hurts a lot. Years appeasing our parents, or years with the wrong partner – it’s all time we can never get back. But we can stop it from seeping into our future. Hahaha…!Happy Tuesday…!
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:18:56 +0000
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