What one thing do you wish you had known about life when you were in your 20s?

Perhaps a 21-year-old cannot get this, but here's what I wish I had understood:

A long time from now will be now really soon.

Bonus:

We tend to greatly overestimate what we can achieve in the next 10 months and greatly underestimate what we can achieve in the next 10 years.

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