28 Inspiring Lessons for people in their 20s

Being in your 20s can be so much fun as you have the freedom and energy to take up so many tasks.

This age can be a bitter sweet one for those who don’t know how to maximize it to build up their future.

Your 20s should be the time for you to plan your future, know where you are heading to, find your purpose and work towards attaining it. This is the age where you have so much energy, vigour and vitality to do any tedious jobs.

WHAT TO DO TILL LOVE FINDS YOU

Many youths today have misinterpreted this age to mean freedom to enjoy life. This shouldn’t be so!!! Your dream and career should come first before anything other thing as you would have enough time to enjoy the luxury of life.

While searching through the net, I stumbled upon this inspiring lessons for those in their 20s from Funto Ibuoye who is a Chartered Accountant, Writer, Speaker, Creative Designer and CEO. She is the founder of Beautified Network, a for-purpose initiative that is focused on enabling women discover their lives in the fullness of God.

Here are wise lessons to learn from one of the Leading Ladies in Africa.

1) Embrace your story

2) Live up to your purpose and not people’s expectations

3) Find yourself early

4) Nothing happens by coincidence

5) Life is a bed of roses ( though there are thorns but it only makes you stronger)

6) Some friendships are for a season

7) Find someone who allows you be yourself

8) Words are really powerful

9) If you want to do something, just do it!

10) To have more, give more

11) Motherhood is a good collar job

12) Remain authentic – be true to yourself

13) Don’t bug people to mentor you

14) The more I submit to my husband, the more he honours and respects me

15) Fearful parents can’t raise courageous kids

16) It’s OK to say NO

17) Joy will take you far

18) Fall in love with YOU first, and other things will be added into it

19) Acquire non academic life skills

20) Learning never stops

21) It’s OK to ask for help

22) Strength should not be measured by the amount of suffering you can endure

23) Life is not that serious

24) Don’t stop trying

25) Invest in yourself

26) Stand for something

27) Your greatest support may come from strangers

28) It’s all up to you