What advice will you give yourself at 22
years?
1. Act now while you still have emotional
innocence.
“At 22 … you have the energy, the brilliance,
the passion to make things happen. But most
importantly you have the innocence.
Experience hardens us. And often kills the
dream. Because it bubbles over the risks that
we so carefully weigh. At 22, you are likely to
have less of the trappings. The fears of failure
are not as monstrous. The list of
responsibilities is thankfully smaller. And the
courage to experiment higher.” - Rimjhim Ray
2. Appreciate this phase of life.
“…As a 22-year-old it is important to have an
absolute blast. You are only 22 once! Make
sure you have the time of your life, stay up for
plenty of sunrises and meet all kinds of people
in as many places as possible. If you get the
opportunity to travel, grab it with both hands
and don’t forget your toothbrush (and these
days, condoms)! Get out there, dance and play
as well as working hard and creating things.” –
Sir Richard Branson
3. Don’t be afraid to screw up.
“I pretty much failed at everything until my
mid-thirties. You’d think that would leave me
full of regret for a series of bad choices. But
interestingly, I don’t have any regret for
having tried the things I tried – even though
they were risky, and unorthodox, and even
though you could reasonably argue that I ‘lost’
those years. In fact, when I look back over my
life, the only regret I feel is a regret about all
the stuff I didn’t try. I find that striking, and
it reinforces for me a perspective I have
about risk and regret.” – Tim Westergren,
founder of Pandora
4. Money isn’t everything
“Don’t get me wrong — I fully appreciate the
need to have a base level of money to be able
to live a safe and healthy life. The hard part is
recognizing that once you have the basic
necessities covered, what you do with money
can get in the way of becoming truly content
and happy, and present for those you love.
Money will never define you. You define your
money. When you are starting out in your 20s,
it is natural to think about all that you will
have and do once you start making money, and
making more money. That gives money way too
much power over your life. It’s not about how
much you make, but the life that you make
with the money you have.” – Suze Orman
5. Embrace uncertainty.
“So the best way to live — which I didn’t know
when I was 22 — is to embrace the wisdom of
uncertainty. How is this done? By attuning
yourself to the following: The feeling in your
heart. Your highest sense of purpose. A
worldview larger than yourself. A sense of
empathy with others. A desire to be of service.
An understanding that you are unique in the
universe. An understanding that you deserve
to be happy and fulfilled. By being in tune with
these things, which exist in everyone, you can
escape the stress and pressure, the insecurity
and doubt, that causes people to become
stuck.” – Deepak Chopra
6. Allow yourself to relax sometimes.
“For far too long, we have been operating
under a collective delusion – that burning out
is the necessary price for achieving success.
In college, just before I embarked on a career
as a writer, I wish I had known that there
would be no trade-off between living a well-
rounded life and my ability to do good work.” –
Arianna Huffington
No. 7 and the Most Important, Put God first in Everytin You Do.

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Nice quotes you've got there OP, concise with precision. Fortunately, I do most of what is listed. Though more work needs to be done... Time is precious.