Reminder for the Baby Faced

If you are male. Your early twenties are the doldrums of your life.

You most likely have a baby face.
You are too young to be taken seriously.
You have to rely on the experience of others instead of your own.
You are too young to have any substantial wealth (unless your family gives it to you)

All you have is time, your own will, and your ambitions.

The truth is that you are stuck between childhood and people recognizing your potential. No one wants to hear you until you have spent the hours and blood building something you can sell.

As far as society is concerned all you are good for is canon fodder.  Expendable.

There is perhaps no more disregarded demographic than the early twenty year old male. The government does not care for you, society pushes them to the wings. It is the worst of limbos for all it does is breed anxiety and fear.Uncertainty Personified.

As a twenty year old you are taught to be afraid of not having a female presence in your life, lacking employment, and the potential of never attaining the success of your parents in terms of material wealth. Straw Men.

As a twenty year old you are told that these are the “best years of your life” and all the freedom that you have. False tongues. These can never be the best years of your life and you very rarely have freedom.

Freedom requires financial independence.
Best years of your life require you to not worry about finances.

Freedom=Money being deposited into your accounts.

Your twenties only offer one gift: an opportunity to build yourself away from the prying eyes of the haters. Once you reach a certain age, people begin to question what you have accomplished. When you attain a level of recognition people begin to judge your constant move.

Your twenties offer anonymity from everyone.  This is the time to build yourself.

We are in a recession that does not look as if it will abate in the future. 7 thin cows.

What to do in this time of dreary prospects when the girls flock to those with more money than you.
What to do as you work soul crushing jobs to pay bills.
What to do when you want to get out of this town, but you have no where to go but your parents basement.

Invest. In. Self.

Look towards the men of the Great Depression for inspiration. What helped them survive and then fight the Second Great War. Mental, Emotional, and Physical stability.

Take your early twenties and build your body. This is the first.
A strong body builds confidence. Confidence breeds emotional excellence. Second.
Emotional excellence allows for the mind to operate unhindered by personal diffidence. Master and Commander.

If your time was invested properly you will have many rewards. The worst case scenario: you have developed your own masculine ethos. Your Body: Solid. Your Mind: Clear. Your Emotions: Controlled.

Society wishes for you to suffer the brunt of its epicureanism. If you waste your early twenties you will find yourself succumbing to its shaming. Manning up is not buying a ring. Manning up is proudly displaying your chest mane.

There is nothing more dangerous than a man with confidence. There is nothing more dangerous than a man that answers only to himself. There is nothing more dangerous than a man that does not need society, but only himself.

To get to  heaven you must traverse through hell.