7 Mistakes I definitely made before becoming a Young Adult

When I was a teenager, there were so many things that nobody told me about being an adult. Some of them were obvious but still important, like how to manage money or that eventually you will only see some of your friends a few times a year or that summer break will be basically nonexistent or that most of your ‘free’ time would be spent running errands or, or…; others took me years (and a lot of mistakes) to figure out on my own. That’s why I’m writing a blog post. Here are seven things I didn’t know before becoming a young adult:

I didn’t know how to be an adult.

The process of growing up isn’t something that happens overnight. It’s a long journey, full of mistakes and missteps along the way. And if you’re anything like me, those mistakes might make you feel like a failure for a while–especially when compared with other people who seem to have their lives figured out at an early age. But eventually it becomes clear: learning how to be an adult isn’t about being perfect; it’s about learning from your mistakes and finding ways forward even when things get tough.

Learning how to be flexible with yourself (and others). This can be difficult because we all want things our way sometimes! However, realizing that everyone has different needs will help us adjust accordingly without feeling frustrated or resentful about other people’s preferences.* Being less judgmental towards yourself.* If there are certain areas where we feel “less than,” we may find ourselves judging ourselves harshly as well as others around us who seem more successful than we do at these same tasks.* Being patient with yourself while learning new skills.* Learning new skills takes time – but if we’re patient enough with ourselves during this process (and don’t give up!) soon enough those skills become second nature!

I didn’t know how to make friends.

One of the biggest mistakes I made in my childhood was to not ask for help when I needed it. It’s easy to feel like your problems are too big or that no one will understand, but that’s not true! There are so many people out there who want to help you and support you–you just need to let them know what’s going on.

If that’s not enough, try joining a club or attending events on campus or in town where people gather regularly. You can also search online for adult groups in your area based around interests such as hiking or cooking classes (or whatever else floats your boat). Just getting out there and trying new things is an excellent way of meeting new people who may become friends with similar interests as yours–and even if they don’t become lifelong buddies right away, having new experiences with others will always enrich our lives!

I didn’t know how to stay healthy.

The most important thing you can do to maintain your mental and physical health is to take care of yourself. This means getting enough sleep, eating well, exercising and taking time out for yourself. It sounds simple but it’s not always easy.

I didn’t know how important it was for me to get enough sleep – even when I wanted to stay up and study or read just a little longer – until I started having trouble with insomnia at university. Now I know that if I don’t get 7-9 hours every night then my mood will suffer in the morning and throughout the day – which isn’t good!

Similarly with food: there have been times when I haven’t eaten enough because life has got busy (or just because I forget). Again this (among other things) has led me into depression which makes everything worse as far as feeling good about myself goes!

I didn’t know how to manage my time well.

The way you manage your time is just as important as how much of it you have. If you’re like me and want to do everything, or at least think that way, then this can be tricky. Time management involves knowing what your priorities are and making sure that they get done first before anything else comes in the way. It also means being realistic about what’s possible within a day or week–you don’t need to cram every activity into one day!

Setting goals is key for any successful person (including grownups), but especially when it comes to managing our lives well overall. Setting goals helps us stay on track with our personal development goals by giving us something concrete and measurable in which we can focus on improving ourselves through actionable steps such as reading books or taking classes at school/university/college etc..

I waited until things were perfect before starting them.

You may want to wait until things are perfect before starting them, but this is a mistake. You don’t have to be perfect at anything in order to start doing it. Even if you aren’t ready yet, the best way to get there is by taking small steps and learning along the way.

READ: Why small goals are more effective

When I was younger, I thought that if I was going to do something important (like write a book or an essay for school), then everything needed to be perfect first: my idea had better be great; my outline had better be flawless; my first draft had better sound like Shakespeare himself wrote it! And even then…I would probably still need several years of editing before any publisher would even consider publishing my masterpiece!

But what happened when I actually tried this approach? Well…nothing good ever came out of waiting until everything was just right before starting something new and challenging! As a result of holding off too long on writing projects because “they weren’t ready yet,” many opportunities passed me by–opportunities that could have led me down fruitful paths towards success had only been taken advantage of earlier on when they were still fresh ideas instead of stale ones lying dormant inside our heads all those years later when we finally decided “this must happen now!”

I entertained people who were bad for me.

It’s okay to leave a relationship that is not working. This includes girlfriends, boyfriends, best friends, casual friends… anybody you allow time for.

Being alone is not the same as being lonely, and there are many ways you can find comfort and joy in your own company while you wait for the right people to come along. That brings me back to what I said earlier – There are so many people out there who want to help you, love you, laugh with you and support you. Put yourself out there sometimes, just make sure that it’s on your terms and you feel comfortable doing so!

I thought I had to be perfect at everything to succeed in it.

When I was younger, I thought that if I wanted to be successful in life, then I needed to be perfect at everything. But the truth is that nobody ever gets everything right all of the time–and that’s okay!

You can learn from your mistakes and other people’s mistakes too. In fact, learning from them will help you become a better person overall because you’ll know what not do next time around instead of making those same mistakes over again (which would suck).

Failure is part of life; it’s inevitable and happens whether we want it too or not. So if something doesn’t work out quite how we hoped it would have gone? Well…that’s okay too! We’ll just try something else instead until eventually we find something which does work well enough for us so long as our definition of success isn’t too high or unrealistic anyway…

These are some of the mistakes that I wish someone had told me about when I was a teenager so that it wouldn’t take me so long to get to where I am today!

Mistakes are a part of life. We all make them and learn from them, but it’s important to remember that mistakes don’t have to be permanent or even negative.

Mistakes are a part of learning. Growing up we learned new things every day; whether it’s how to tie our shoes or ride a bike (that one took me awhile), these moments are filled with failure before success! The truth is that we never stop learning. Mistakes help us become better people by forcing us outside our comfort zones so that we have opportunities for growth and change later on in life when things get tough – like when we had to come up with some type of system to remember how to do the loops when tying our shoes…or maybe that was just me? Either way though, I think this applies universally across cultures because everyone knows what happens when someone gets their shoelaces stuck underfoot while trying desperately not fall down onto pavement covered in dirt/mud/sand….it hurts! Just kidding – no pain no gain right? Right!!

The Takeaway

It’s important to remember that everyone makes mistakes and it doesn’t mean that they’re bad people or doomed to failure–it just means they’re human! We all have room for improvement, even if we think we’ve got everything figured out already; there are always new things to learn about ourselves and others around us (and yes: sometimes those things are hard truths). So if you find yourself repeating any of these patterns in your own life… well then maybe it’s time for some change?