Biggest Success and Regrets of your 20s

[overcoil]

greatest success was getting a degree just barely - I think now looking back if I hadn't it would bother me terribly.

there are a lot of things I regret, things I'd said to people, the way I acted toward people. My greatest regret tho.. wish I had spent more time with my parents and my aunt, associated with a bunch of dopey friends and should have spent that time with family.

[chassis]

Successes: 3 college degrees, 1 wife (still have her/she still has me), 2 kids, started and grew career, bought first house, bought first new vehicle financed at 11% interest rate, started international/global travel.

Regrets: none, I don't believe in them really.

Mistakes? Yes. Regrets? No. I view regrets as mistakes a person hasn't forgiven themself for, yet.

[JustinHEMI]

Biggest success was after getting nowhere, joining the US navy nuclear program at 23. Led to everything good in my life today (46 now).

Biggest regret was not investing immediately for retirement. I didn't really start until mid 30s and have been playing catch up ever since. However, I'm fortunate enough to have a job that affords me the ability to not only catch up, but exceed averages for my age group. Thanks again, to the Navy.


ETA after reading the post above mine, yeah, I agree, it's more a mistake than a regret.

I do have a life long regret that I'm still living.

[Chappers 71]

Biggest success of my twentys was buying a six year old e34 m5, biggest regret was buying a e34 m5

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by 4hockey4

huh small world, i did jefferson/annandale off braddock rd. Also grad of gmu what year at wshs and gmu ? Dated a girl from wshs lol

wshs '94, gmu 2001.

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by Chihuahua

wshs '94, gmu 2001.

Gme 2020

[Skoidat69]

Regret: Drinking caused me to take a few years off from college and I missed out on a very high paying shipping job if I had graduated when I should have and not 3 years later...

Success: Married my wife 2 years after graduating college and we have been through ups and downs but celebrating 13 years this Aug.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

I just wanna know what you people remember what was it like....

What do you mean..."you people"?

Greatest success in my 20's - Youngest inductee into a 4 year management training program for the company I worked for. Started at the bottom and worked my way up over 2 years. I was 20 and running the place.

Biggest regret - Marrying the boys mother. I should have had children with another woman. I paid financially for years, my boys will pay for the rest of their lives.

[tdott]

Success: Bought a house at 25yr old.

Regrets: Bought TSLA at $26 and sold at $90.

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by King Rudi

What do you mean..."you people"?

Greatest success in my 20's - Youngest inductee into a 4 year management training program for the company I worked for. Started at the bottom and worked my way up over 2 years. I was 20 and running the place.

Biggest regret - Marrying the boys mother. I should have had children with another woman. I paid financially for years, my boys will pay for the rest of their lives.

You Americans HAHAHAHAHHA

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

You Americans HAHAHAHAHHA

I thought you meant You Old People.

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

I thought you meant You Old People.

No

[TheWatchGuy]

Biggest success in my 20s? Tough choice but probably landing a great job and working hard to get where i wanted to be quickly.

Regrets?

[DocL]

Success was graduating dental school. Regret going to dental school as I hate the profession now after almost 30 years.

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by DocL

Success was graduating dental school. Regret going to dental school as I hate the profession now after almost 30 years.

Did anyone tell you it was going to be teeth all day every day? I have a podiatrist friend and its feet feet feet all day long!

[MPOWER5266]

I got a really good high paying job(for someone in their 20's) at an exotic car dealership and blew most of it drinking and buying shit. I wasnt an alcoholic, it was more about the social aspect and showing off. Id pull up to the bar in some expensive car, buy a shit load of drinks for people that didnt care about me, and then my dumb ass would drive home wasted. I eventually lost the job, because I was late and hung over all the time. I regret it a lot and I am lucky I never killed anyone or got a DUI.

The silver lining, is that losing the job lead me to move in with my parents in Georgia. Now I have an amazing wife, two little kids,and a great house, not to mention a sweet collection of cars.

[Alfisti]

Success: Got reasonably fit

Regret: Getting dressed the day I was married and knowing full well this was a big mistake and not having the balls to walk away.

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Success: Got reasonably fit

Regret: Getting dressed the day I was married and knowing full well this was a big mistake and not having the balls to walk away.

Wait wtfck. U went to your own wedding with a bad feeling ? LOL

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by MPOWER5266

I got a really good high paying job(for someone in their 20's) at an exotic car dealership and blew most of it drinking and buying shit. I wasnt an alcoholic, it was more about the social aspect and showing off. Id pull up to the bar in some expensive car, buy a shit load of drinks for people that didnt care about me, and then my dumb ass would drive home wasted. I eventually lost the job, because I was late and hung over all the time. I regret it a lot and I am lucky I never killed anyone or got a DUI.

The silver lining, is that losing the job lead me to move in with my parents in Georgia. Now I have an amazing wife, two little kids,and a great house, not to mention a sweet collection of cars.

its always a success if you do something crazy like that and make it home safe with not crashing and getting pulled over. Im very blessed cuz in highschool me and my freinds would drive so much mountain roads and canyons high. We would get to the top of it and smoke so much and drink then drive down super fast. Nothing ever happened like ever. The E90 at the time only had m3 control arms and the budget Hankook evo 2 tires. I always Dsc and dtc off.

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by DocL

Success was graduating dental school. Regret going to dental school as I hate the profession now after almost 30 years.

What? Isnt it nice tho. U get to dress like dentist man when u walk into wholefoods. U have glasses?

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by TheWatchGuy

Biggest success in my 20s? Tough choice but probably landing a great job and working hard to get where i wanted to be quickly.

Regrets?

Bad ASSSSS. I imagine u had a old chevy Astro van or ford econline with a band riding to different gigs and skinny groupie chicks

[DocL]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

What? Isnt it nice tho. U get to dress like dentist man when u walk into wholefoods. U have glasses?

I don't wear my work clothes outside of my office. The disgusting crap that gets on my scrub shirt and pants I don't want in my car. But yeah, I do wear surgical loupes when I work. Kind of useless to wear them anywhere else though.