There are a few things that I stopped doing in my 20s that

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The video offers relatable life advice and personal growth tips, resonating with a young adult audience navigating similar life stages. The numbered list format and clear, concise points make the information easily digestible and shareable.

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The creator shares seven things they stopped doing in their twenties that improved their life. These include ending relationships that cause dysregulation, not seeking external validation for choices, finding happiness in the present, acting before feeling confident, prioritizing self-disappointment over disappointing others, rejecting societal definitions of success, and recognizing that everyone is on their own unique life path.

Structure

1Intro: stopping things in your 20s
21. Stop dysregulating relationships
32. Stop convincing others of your choices
43. Stop chasing future happiness
54. Act before feeling confident
65. Stop disappointing yourself for others
76. Reject societal definitions of success
87. Stop feeling behind

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A good life isn’t just built through the new things we adopt. It’s also built through the behaviours, beliefs and expectations we’re willing to let go of. Sometimes growth isn’t found in doing more, sometimes it’s doing less of the things that rob us of actually experiencing a full life 🤍 #LifeAdvice #bigsister #lifelessons #20something

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There are a few things that I stopped doing in my 20s that made my life exponentially better, and I'm afraid you need to still them. 1. Stop participating in relationships that constantly leave your nervous system dysregulated Relationships should be safe spaces, be it platonic or romantic. 2. Stop trying to convince people of your choices Your life is not a democracy 3. Stop believing that happiness lives at the next milestone Learn to sit in the life that you're actually building for yourself 4. Stop waiting until you feel confident to try something new or scary Confidence is the product of action. It is not the prerequisite. 5. Stop disappointing yourself in an effort to avoid disappointing other people Let people sit in the discomfort of your choices if those choices are actually the best things for you. 6. Stop measuring your life against some social definition of success, marriage, kids, home ownership, whatever it is Contrary to popular belief, there are multiple ways to live a really good life. 7. Stop telling yourself that you are behind You cannot be behind in a race that is made literally just for you. In this life, it is your lane, your pace, your race

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There are a few things that I stopped doing in my 20s that made my life exponentially better, and I'm afraid you need to still them. 1. Stop participating in relationships that constantly leave your nervous system dysregulated Relationships should be safe spaces, be it platonic or romantic. 2. Stop trying to convince people of your choices Your life is not a democracy 3. Stop believing that happiness lives at the next milestone Learn to sit in the life that you're actually building for yourself 4. Stop waiting until you feel confident to try something new or scary Confidence is the product of action. It is not the prerequisite. 5. Stop disappointing yourself in an effort to avoid disappointing other people Let people sit in the discomfort of your choices if those choices are actually the best things for you. 6. Stop measuring your life against some social definition of success, marriage, kids, home ownership, whatever it is Contrary to popular belief, there are multiple ways to live a really good life. 7. Stop telling yourself that you are behind You cannot be behind in a race that is made literally just for you. In this life, it is your lane, your pace, your race