原文作者：William Beteet 原文出处：www.quora.com/What-is-the-one-thing-that-people-wish-they-had-known-about-life-when-you-were-in-your-20s-d-2/answer/William-Beteet-1
前言：quora上一篇我觉得不错的回答转译过来分享一下。原问题：What one thing do you wish you had known about life when you were in your 20s（你希望在20岁的时候能明白哪些事情）？
1、AV正在摧毁你的性生活——所以下载一个黄网广告拦截器并设置绿色密码。（我们天朝下个拦截器还是没必要，不花费番心思，在网上你是找不到的 [摊手]）
2、生活并不是一出浪漫喜剧——不要耗费心力的的去赢得爱情，如果Ta喜欢你，那最好不过，不然，不要让他们浪费你的时间。
3、你的父母其实很酷——经常打电话和他们聊聊。
4、你并不特别——让你自己变得特别的只有两样：训练和勇气。
5、敢于说“不”——学会对他人说“不”；对一些使你分心的事或者让你不爽的人你说不，你才能更加的专注。
6、停止不停的制定计划——你对于你的生活制定了一些伟大的计划，但没有一个起到了效果；就捡起一个你生活想要的方向向前走，努力培养你的职业技能，生活就会变得简单了。
7、嘲笑你的嫉妒心——你有时候也会嫉妒别人，这没什么大不了的；当你嫉妒的时候，就不妨说出你的烦心事并大声笑出来，这会使你感觉好一些，不让你自己变得焦虑。
8、不要害怕独处——不要逃避独处而是应该珍惜；一个人的时候可以看看书打打游戏，或者去体育馆锻炼锻炼；不要以为孤独而难过，一个人的时候就努力去提升自己。
9、不要酗酒——我只都这有时候有点不礼貌（酒桌上陪喝酒），但是去聚会的时候你会获得更多的愉悦并节约很多时间，而不是变成宿醉的醉汉。
10、健身——你会成为肌肉男，当你在健身馆健身的时候，你以为你没增肌，其实不然。所以，改变这种想法，开始健身。
11、当你走路或者骑车的时候，听听电台——你已经浪费了很多时间去单曲循环同一首歌；听听电台，你会受益良多。
12、了解人生的规则——人生每每并不是变成你所希望的那样。人生中有一些不为大多数人所知的规则，找到他并为你所用；比如阅读一些人际关系管理、自我训练、经济、历史、肢体语言方面的书。并且多和你老爸交流交流，你会发现其实有时候他很聪明，你有时候很蠢。
13、尝试去冒一次险——这些冒险会让你变得更好（plus：不包括无证飙车之类的），所以，给boss发邮件或者与漂亮的女孩搭个讪，慢慢的你会惊奇的发现做这些事是给你的人生带来的变化。
你的生活在变得越来越好，而且你也正在通往成功的道路；但是如果你早点懂得这些事，你就会早点学会享受生活。这些事并不会让你变得成功，只会让你在追逐成功的道路上更加的开心。
以上。
以上都是意译，哪里不对还请包涵。
而且以上对我来说可能已经晚了，因为我21了 :) 逃。。。
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原文：
Dear Young Bill,
Porn is Ruining Your Sex Life-So install a porn blocker and give Joey the Password
Life isn’t a Rom-Com-You aren’t going to marry Carol, stop trying to earn love, if a girl likes you awesome, if they don’t stop wasting your time.
Your Parents Are Amazing -Call Them More
You’re Not Special -You make yourself special using two tools, discipline and courage.
Say No When You Want To -Learn to say no more. That’s how you focus, by saying no to distractions and people.
Stop Planning -You have these huge plans for your life. None of these plans work. Just pick the direction you want your life to go and cultivate skills that are going to make that journey easier.
Laugh at Being Jealous -You get jealous a lot, it’s not a big deal. When you do get jealous, say what you’re upset about out loud and start laughing. It will make you feel better and it stops you from taking yourself so seriously.
8. Don’t be Afraid of Being Alone -Time alone isn’t something to run away from it is to be cherished. So work on those novels and screenplays, go to the gym and read books -don’t cry, cultivate skills.
9.Stop Drinking -I know blasphemous, but when you’re 24 you quit drinking and you’re able to have even more fun when you go out to party and you save a lot of time not being hungover.
10.Work-Out -In the future you’re really muscular, part of what’s keeping you from going to the gym now is that you think you can’t put on muscle, you can, so start lifting.
11.Listen to Audiobooks When You Drive and Walk -You waste a lot of time listening to the same songs, over and over again. Listen to audiobooks, you’ll learn a lot and sound smarter.
12.Learn the Rules of Life -Look at life as it is not as you wish it to be.
There are unspoken rules in life, find out what they are and make them work in your favor. This means reading self-development books about relationships, discipline, mastery, economics and body language. Also talk to your Dad more (See #3) because he’s unbelievably wise and you’re unbelievably foolish.
13.Take One Risk a Day- These risks should be to make you better not worse (This isn’t a license to drive drunk), so email CEO’s and talk to pretty girls, you’d be surprised how much doing stuff like this will impact your life.
Bill your life turns out great, and you are on a path for success, but if you did these things earlier, you would have enjoyed life more along the way. These things will not only make you more successful, they will make you happier while striving for success.
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