The great Carrie Bradshaw once said, “Enjoy yourself--that’s what your 20s are for. Your 30s are to learn the lessons. Your 40s are to pay for the drinks.” Indeed, how can you be expected to act like an adult, when it takes at least five years to learn how to drink, and another five to learn not to?
Your 20s truly are the best of times and the worst of times, when messing up big time doesn’t lead to equally disastrous consequences. This list of 30 mistakes you need to make before 30 goes out to all my 20-somethings out there who are not on Forbes’ 30 under 30 list.