What I Wish I Knew At Age 20

Hey 20 year old, If you want some shorter mindfulness meditation exercises if you're lacking time, look up "meditation techniques list," "meditation activities list," "meditation exercises," or you can even just do a 5-10 minute meditation. Even 2-3 minutes help.

Hey 20 year old, If breathing meditation helps you, then other types of meditations that are less well known can help too, such as walking meditation, body scan meditation, mantra meditation, noting meditation, and loving kindness meditation are the basics.

Hey 20 year old, If you have trouble loving yourself, look up Dr. Kristen Neff's website, and especially her self compassion exercises. If you're not convinced of the need for it, look up "psychological benefits of self compassion," for the verified research on it.

Hey 20 year old, If you're looking to date as a man, know that what women want is a sensitive guy in touch with his own emotions, his humor and spontaneity. That's why women want the brooding moody creative man. Not the manly jerk with no emotions.

Hey 20 year old, As you leave for adulthood, know that it's normal for some people in your life to leave, while others stay. Sometimes some paths in adulthood still intertwine. Others get busy with their own lives, but you can always find new people, new connections.

Hey 20 year old, Go to the YouTube channel Dad, how do I? for some fatherly advice for both guys and girls on fixing stuff, baking/cooking stuff, or just advice on life in general. A YouTube channel by a dad who never got to have his own dad, so he became one to you.

Hey 20 year old, If you like Reddit, look up self improvement subreddits like /r/Decidingtobebetter, /r/Lifeprotips, /r/YouShouldKnow, /r/Zenhabits, /r/Meditation, /r/Loseit, /r/Changemyview, /r/Stoicism, /r/Nofap, /r/Lifehacks and more.

Hey 20 year old, If you want to become a mature adult, look into shadow work just by looking up "how to do shadow work." Your shadow, in psychology, means facing your flaws. That is, through being aware of your own flaws, is how you can grow.

Hey 20 year old, If you have problems with anything in life and you're too insecure for it, you have to start reading books on confidence. Without confidence, nothing you practice will really last. Look up books on confidence or books on self esteem online please.

Hey 20 year old, Practice "mindful check-ins" (look it up if you want) regularly throughout the day. Take time to center and be aware of what your body, your heart and mind is all feeling and thinking. Ask yourself, "How are you, really?" and answer honestly.

Hey 20 year old, You are beautiful as you are

Hey 20 year old, Always be happy

Hey 20 year old, My age is 20 for that

Hey 20 year old, Don't date until you can buys yourn own pant

Hey 20 year old, I am a Graduate person and I have searching a advice for business related,and oppurnity after graduate in medical field corse please tell me.

Hey 20 year old, If you're worried about the state of the world, know that you're not to blame for everything that goes wrong in the world. Do what you can, yes, but it's not all your fault.

Hey 20 year old, If you want to learn stuff through documentaries, I suggest websites like Documentary Mania and TopDocumentaryFilms. Never stop learning!

Hey 20 year old, If you think someone is following you, whether on foot or in a car, turn around the block to the left four times. If they're still following you, call emergency services.

Hey 20 year old, If you're looking for an IT education, Harvard has a free certification for its online course CS50, Harvard's Introduction to Computer Science and Programming. Free certification is rare.

Hey 20 year old, You can help combat child sexual abuse and sex trafficking by uploading photos of your hotel rooms to TraffickCam so they can compare it to abuse photos and validate places.

Hey 20 year old, If you're considering inviting someone who menstruates at home, especially someone you're in a relationship with, add a trash can in your bathroom for less awkwardness. Believe me.

Hey 20 year old, If you can't afford mindfulness or mental health apps, look up https://mobile.va.gov/appstore/mental-health for similar free apps from the army.

Hey 20 year old, Other than love languages in relationships, look up and research on apology languages too. It will help you work with conflicts in all kinds of relationships, not just romance.

Hey 20 year old, If you experience repetitive, unwanted and disturbing thoughts like "what if I want to hurt someone?" it's a symptom of OCD - not of being a bad person. (See types of OCD online)

Hey 20 year old, Excessive thinking about negative feelings and mental health conditions such as depression is called ruminating and it might be why we feel stuck and hopeless. Look up "rumination."

Hey 20 year old, Look up https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free for free courses from Harvard online. That is, if you can take the challenge of being able to study it all on your own without a class.

Hey 20 year old, If you need more in depth research for college, look up Archive.org has millions of books that are for free, and are hard to find anywhere else. Really helps your grades along the way.

Hey 20 year old, If you feel like you've missed some lessons on how to be an adult from your younger years, look up the advice for 13-17 here even if it wasn't really meant for you, if you feel behind.

Hey 20 year old, Turbotaxsucksass.com is a real website that offers free tax filing, as a rebellion against corrupt websites that make you pay to file your own taxes. (By the comedy news show Patriot Act)

Hey 20 year old, Changing your stance on ideologies or major issues doesn't automatically make you a hypocrite - it means you've educated yourself further and changed your opinion based off this new information.