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You’d be a fool not to read this in your twenties

Alex Mathers

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I was in my twenties fairly recently, and I made a whole host of mistakes, most of which I don’t regret.

I had some superb wins too.

Having lived 37 years, this is what I’d tell my younger self to make the absolute best of these years:

Release your inner badass.

I spent most of my twenties quivering in fear. Looking back, I realise this was a great thing.

It’s not feeling fear that’s the problem — it’s your avoidance of it that is. Use fear as a sly little guide towards the things worth doing.

If it makes you nervous, you’re on the right track. You need to try a whole spectrum of weird shit.

Make lots of small to medium-sized mistakes, and be willing to look like an ugly dipshit daily.

This is how to live like a true badass, and grow faster than anyone else.

Stop moaning.

We get it. The youth of today inherited a lot of stuff that plain sucks. You have my sympathy.

Now that we’ve established your woes, shut your face.

Accept how things are, and suddenly life takes on a brighter hue. You can do so much.

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