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<blockquote data-quote="zatara" data-source="post: 810999" data-attributes="member: 5046"><p>I think thats the core of it. Working your ass off in your 20s expecting to party later is not a sure bet. Your career mightn't advance as expected, you might knock up some girl, you might get hit by a bus, you might age horribly due to stress, whatever. Life happens and things rarely turn out exactly as you plan.</p><p></p><p>Even if everything works out perfectly, and you're one of a very, very small minority that has all that work pay off and you retire at 40. Now what? I'd far rather party in my 20s than in my 40s. Far easier to socialise with other travelers, to hit on the widest age spectrum of girls etc. A 25 year old just has so many more social/romantic doors open to them than a 45 year old. And will find it physically much easier to stay in shape, and to handle the traveling/partying itself. </p><p></p><p>I think the best approach for most people is to maximise partying in your 20s while not totally fucking your career over. Go to college, go to grad school, then work as little as possible for 5ish years. Work a year then travel a year, or work 'fun' jobs as a barman, or teach English etc. Start your own business, try out location independence. Whatever makes you happy. Once you've got a good degree or two in the bank you'll always have that to fall back on once you start approaching 30.</p><p></p><p>The difference between hitting the 9-5 rat race at 29 years old vs 24 years old on your career will likely be minimal - you'll just be a few years behind your peers. This gap will seem large when you have 1 year of experience and they have 6, but it will narrow massively once everyone has 10+ years of experience. They may retire at 65 instead of at 70 for you, but are your late 60s likely to matter that much? Those 5 years you spent traveling the world, fucking foreign girls, partying your ass off etc in your 20s are far more unique. And that window of opportunity closes so damn fast on your life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zatara, post: 810999, member: 5046"] I think thats the core of it. Working your ass off in your 20s expecting to party later is not a sure bet. Your career mightn't advance as expected, you might knock up some girl, you might get hit by a bus, you might age horribly due to stress, whatever. Life happens and things rarely turn out exactly as you plan. Even if everything works out perfectly, and you're one of a very, very small minority that has all that work pay off and you retire at 40. Now what? I'd far rather party in my 20s than in my 40s. Far easier to socialise with other travelers, to hit on the widest age spectrum of girls etc. A 25 year old just has so many more social/romantic doors open to them than a 45 year old. And will find it physically much easier to stay in shape, and to handle the traveling/partying itself. I think the best approach for most people is to maximise partying in your 20s while not totally fucking your career over. Go to college, go to grad school, then work as little as possible for 5ish years. Work a year then travel a year, or work 'fun' jobs as a barman, or teach English etc. Start your own business, try out location independence. Whatever makes you happy. Once you've got a good degree or two in the bank you'll always have that to fall back on once you start approaching 30. The difference between hitting the 9-5 rat race at 29 years old vs 24 years old on your career will likely be minimal - you'll just be a few years behind your peers. This gap will seem large when you have 1 year of experience and they have 6, but it will narrow massively once everyone has 10+ years of experience. They may retire at 65 instead of at 70 for you, but are your late 60s likely to matter that much? Those 5 years you spent traveling the world, fucking foreign girls, partying your ass off etc in your 20s are far more unique. And that window of opportunity closes so damn fast on your life. [/QUOTE]
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