If I turned 20 tomorrow I would keep the following two things in the front of my mind:
1. The path promoted in college is really a brainwashing into a wack path that you don't have to follow.
In hindsight I don't completely regret college because I didn't incur any debt and attended a big state school. While college isn't the only way to get out of one's provincial bubble, I'm thankful to have met a lot of people from a variety of different backgrounds.
2. Put down the bong. My decision to blaze early and often cost me no small amount of opportunities and, as we all know, you can't get back time. I knew something was foul about society's path and chose to use the herb as an escape instead of proactively creating my own. I proceeded to spend a lot of my post-graduation 20's as a delusional, slightly overweight, pussy scrap-getting (read: begging), stoner "intellectual" when I should've been building myself into a better man.
When you turn 20 you it's hard to envision time catching up with you and you think you can start tomorrow, next year, or maybe just coast indefinitely and never face the consequences. Being surrounded by dopey "work hard, play hard" people reinforces the attitude.
No doubt I still have a lot of work to do, but props to Danger and Play and Wallstplayboys for opening my eyes.
1. The path promoted in college is really a brainwashing into a wack path that you don't have to follow.
In hindsight I don't completely regret college because I didn't incur any debt and attended a big state school. While college isn't the only way to get out of one's provincial bubble, I'm thankful to have met a lot of people from a variety of different backgrounds.
2. Put down the bong. My decision to blaze early and often cost me no small amount of opportunities and, as we all know, you can't get back time. I knew something was foul about society's path and chose to use the herb as an escape instead of proactively creating my own. I proceeded to spend a lot of my post-graduation 20's as a delusional, slightly overweight, pussy scrap-getting (read: begging), stoner "intellectual" when I should've been building myself into a better man.
When you turn 20 you it's hard to envision time catching up with you and you think you can start tomorrow, next year, or maybe just coast indefinitely and never face the consequences. Being surrounded by dopey "work hard, play hard" people reinforces the attitude.
No doubt I still have a lot of work to do, but props to Danger and Play and Wallstplayboys for opening my eyes.