#1 Wasted mine by having a poor body image and low self-esteem when I was actually thin and in shape.
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#2 I married my first boyfriend. We were not a good match. I basically k*lled my body and mental health trying to be enough for him. I’m 30 now, about 4 years divorced, wayyy happier and learning what I want in life and learning who I want to be.
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#3 Waiting for a guy to propose and not pursuing a PhD.
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#4 Went from going out drinking as much as possible to literally working 330+ days a year. Turns out you only have friends when you’re the fun guy lol.
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#5 Caring what people thought of me.
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#6 As a slave to the Jehovah’s Witnesses cult.
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#7 My job took me around the world in my 20s. I got to travel to some pretty cool places and a lot of not so cool places. I got to hang with locals and see a lot of things tourists never saw. It was a cool experience.
Image source: slider728, cottonbro studio / Pexels The problem was I was a heavy drinker at that point in my life. Instead of using what little free time I had to see and learn about where I was at and see the sites I was focused on drinking and strip clubs. Yes we did go see some things and do cool s**t, but I could’ve done so much more. I passed up on opportunities to see things while I was traveling to spend time in dank, smelly bars or strip clubs where pathetic guys like me were drooling over women.
#8 Trying to believe I’d be a professional musician.
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#9 Spent way too much time worrying about the future instead of enjoying the present.
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#10 Got a woman I barely liked pregnant, married her out of obligation and marriage was terrible and only lasted 3 months, worked s**t jobs to provide for my boy, got put on child support, got depressed, got fat, dreams went down the toilet, now I’m fat, old and poor.
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#11 Being with friends who don’t have a care for their future or their well-being. Choose you company well OP.
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#12 Studying a degree i never used. 4 years at Uni, 2 years doing a masters and a ton of debt.
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#13 I have stayed for a company that doesn’t value my work and contribution to them, I have wasted a lot of opportunity because of that, I myself have to blame for it too I didn’t have the courage to explore and try something new for my growth and development.
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#14 In a toxic relationship and not understanding how to invest in myself. I’m still working on the second part.
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#15 Staying in my bedroom, playing video game instead of living. Started when I was 18, i will be 26 in 8 days and im still living like this.
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#16 Drifting from one low-paying dead-end blue-collar job to another.
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#17 Caring for others and always putting them first. I came 3rd or 4th or 5th. Everything suffered. Everyone took advantage.
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#18 Not exactly wasted, but all I did was work, go home, sleep and repeat. Lost 95% of my friends, was a virgin all through my 20’s . Now, 3 years past my 20’s . I have a stable job, own my own house, but I am also one of the most introverted people I know, and that doesn’t help with being single.
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#19 Falling in love with a narcissist abusive piece of s**t that was my snitch for being involved in his crimes. Spent 4 years of my life in jail. Lost time I’ll never get back.
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#20 Laziness. Started getting my s**t together at 25, but I still feel perpetually behind at 30.
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