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20 Quotes That Prove You're Actually Killing It In Your 20s

The 20s are your time to be selfish and explore. 
Becca Martin
August 3, 2016
“I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they ‘want to do’ and start asking them what they don’t want to do.”
— Amy Poehler, Yes Please
Tagged: 20 somethings, Future, Career, Dreams, aspirations
“You’re only in your 20s. You have time.”
— Jen Glantz, 8 Things I Know About Being Single Now That I'm In My 20s
Tagged: You Have Time, 20 somethings, Don't Worry
“I think your 20s are the hardest part of life. I mean, everyone goes on about how hard it is to be a teenager, but actually I think it’s tougher to be in your 20s because you’re expected to be a grownup and expected to earn your own living and be successful and I think you feel like a kid still.”
— Nigel Cole, A Lot Like Love
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, Growing Up
“20-somethings have the tendency to imagine that their 20s are the last chance they’re going to have to experiment, explore, and party. This is a false premise. Restaurants and cafes continue to let people over 29 through their doors. They even serve them alcohol.”
— Holden Desalles, 15 Things To Keep Doing In Your 20s
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, Alcohol, Growing Up
“Start your twenties with a lot of friends and leave with a few good ones. What happened? People faded away into their careers and relationships. Fights were had and never resolved. Shit happens.”
— Ryan O'Connell, How To Be A 20-Something
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, Twenty-Something, 20-something
“Be really attractive. Your acne is gone, your face has matured without having wrinkles and everything on your body is lifted naturally. Eat bagels seven days a week, binge-drink and do drugs: you’ll still look like a babe. When you turn thirty, it’ll become a different story but that’s, like, not for a really long time.”
— Ryan O'Connell, How To Be A 20-Something
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, 20-something, Growing Up
“26 shows up in the middle of coffee one morning and hands you a freshly printed memo that reads: ‘You’re going to get old one day and die. You’re cool for now, but it will happen. You’re officially on notice. You won’t be young forever.’ And then 26 struts out of your office, like an unconcerned dick, having nonchalantly just changed your entire perspective.”
— Jessica Blankenship, What Happens When You're 26
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, 20-something, realization, Life, Growing Up
“We’re in our 20s. It’s okay to be single. It’s okay to be engaged. It’s okay to black out on occasion and throw up in your dresser drawers (oh it’s not? sorry). LIVE FOR YOURSELF. Figure out what you want. Find out who you really are. Don’t force anything or make choices based on what other people are doing. It’s just LIFE. Don’t feel like you have to abide by a timeline. DO YOU. What’s the rush?”
— Samantha Matt, Some Truths About Getting Older
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, Twenty-Something, Growing Up, Partying, Living, Life
“As I venture into this period of my life, sometimes I feel sad; I feel scared or anxious, elated or crazy. Sometimes, I feel all of these emotions at once. But I don’t feel in crisis or afflicted. Because being in your 20s doesn’t have to mean you’re either in ‘the best time of your life’ or in a quarter-life crisis.

Maybe the trick to navigating your 20s is to just be.”
— Hannah Cranston, The Secret To Not Being A Total Fucking Mess In Your Twenties
Tagged: Twenties, 20s, Twenty-Something, Growing Up, Anxious, emotions
“Your 20s are hard. Going through a big transition, trying to get a job while figuring out what you’re truly passionate about, losing friends and making them, paying off student loans and still trying to afford the experiences that supposedly make your 20s ‘the best time of your life’ — it’s hard. Comparing your achievements to those of your parents, your peers, and that weird 14-year-old who’s already developed the algorithm to solve world hunger AND world peace is hard. Figuring out who you are and what your purpose on Earth might be while trying to live your life to the fullest and still be able to discuss 'Making A Murderer' is hard.

Your 20s are hard. But that doesn’t mean they need to be a crisis.”
— Hannah Cranston, The Secret To Not Being A Total Fucking Mess In Your Twenties
Tagged: Twenties, 20s, Twenty-Something, Crisis, comparing yourself
“Nobody knows anything when they are in their midtwenties.”
— Matthew Quick, The Good Luck of Right Now
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, Twenty-Something
“Twenty somethings who don’t feel anxious and incompetent at work are usually overconfident or underemployed.”
— Meg Jay, The Defining Decade
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, Anxious
“We’ve all experienced the frustration of our 20s going nothing as planned, so why do we still feel like we’re the only ones who are struggling? This lie that we’re all alone in our struggle is a powerful magnifier of depression, anxiety, and confusion in our 20s. It’s vital we blow this ugly lie up. So right now, if you feel like you’re stuck between being adult and child, neither growing nor grown. —you’re not alone. If you feel like you’re struggling through a Quarter-Life Crisis you swore you’d never have. —you’re not alone. If you’re wondering when you’ll ever feel like yourself again. —you are not alone. If you’re searching for a place to hang up your coat because it actually feels like home again. If you’re staring at your gray, cubicle walls wondering how the heck you ended up here. If you’re wondering if God changed His number and forgot to pass the message on to you. —you know what I’m going to say. Call a friend. It’s up to you to make the first move. Share war stories and strategies for dodging bullets. You’re not alone. And just knowing that fact can be enough to breathe life into that which has felt suffocating.”
— Paul Angone, 101 Secrets For Your Twenties
Tagged: 20s, Alone, Twenties, Life, Growing Up, Quarter-Life Crisis
“Success in your twenties is more about setting the table than enjoying the feast. ”
— Paul Angone, 101 Secrets For Your Twenties
Tagged: Twenties, 20s, Success
“Surviving your 20s is sometimes nothing more glamorous than just holding on for dear life on the back of an inner tube like a kid being whipped around by a speedboat…And your only choice of survival is to just let go.”
— Paul Angone, 101 Secrets For Your Twenties
Tagged: Twenties, 20s, Survival, Growing Up
“Your 20’s are your ‘selfish’ years. It’s a decade to immerse yourself in every single thing possible. Be selfish with your time, and all the aspects of you. Tinker with shit, travel, explore, love a lot, love a little, and never touch the ground.”
— Kyoko Escamillia, the phobia.com
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, travel, Explore, Growing Up
“Our 20s are our selfish years. A time where we can take time to ourselves without feeling like we’re letting anyone down. We’re old enough to finally buy our own liquor but young enough to still ask our parents for money when we’re too broke to afford it. It may suck to constantly be broke, not have any clue what we’re doing with our lives and eat ramen noodles for dinner every night, but we’ll never be as free as we are right now. Let’s embrace our selfish years before we have a job, house and three kids to worry about.”
— Kali Borovic, The Selfish Years: 10 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your 20s
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, selfish years
“The only relationship that you need to work on in your 20s is the one with yourself. Before anyone can love you for who you are, you need to love yourself. Whether it’s dinner or a movie by yourself or just a long bubble bath, don’t forget to take some me-time every now and then. Because eventually there won’t be any more couch dates with Netflix when you’re thirty and have two kids.”
— Kali Borovic, The Selfish Years: 10 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your 20s
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, Twenty-Something, selfish years
“The great thing about being in your 20s is that you have absolutely nothing to lose. The worst that can happen is a rejection letter, which you can stash and use as motivation to keep working hard.”
— Kali Borovic, The Selfish Years: 10 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your 20s
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, rejection letter, motivation, Hard Work
“The thing I love most about my generation — and something that rarely gets recognized — is that we’re fucking hustlers. We make it work. We get that money. We’re innovative and resourceful. The odds may be stacked against us and yet we still find a way to triumph.”
— Ryan O'Connell, 20-Somethings Aren't Lazy!
Tagged: 20s, Twenties, twenty-somethings, Success, Hard Work