What an 18 year old should know

Are you too old to start coding?

Will people make fun of you if you want to try dancing?

This certain types of question are way common of an 18 year old teenager. From 'which field is good for me' to 'what should I choose.'

Here are some common stuff every 18yr old should know about .

1. Meditation.

It's your first year in college. This is the time when you are going to face a lot of difficulties like depression, anxiety and all. But as we all know ' precaution is better than cure' .

Meditation helps you in relaxation of your mind .

It helps in refreshment and overcomes the stress. Yes, you will be facing alot problems during this phase. But this is just a training for you whole life. So don't need to be afraid about it.

If you train hard, winning is easy. If you train easy, winning is hard.

2. Get a hobby.

Well there will be some time when you would feel exhausted and frustrated. And just want to do something different rather than the syllabus.

Just get a hobby.

Well you don't get a hobby in a fish market. You have to explore stuff. Go look at singers, find what you enjoy, keep exploring different kinds of things. After a long half or 1 year just look back in your life and see what you enjoy.

If you already know what your hobby is then  it's great.

3. Have a diary.

Please !!! if you haven't made then you should be making it right now. It is way important even in your life. But what to write in it?

• Goals
• Path to achieve goals
• Dead lines
• Important stuff
• Quotes which inspires you
• Your new routines
• Your path
• Knowledge which your idols and mentors gave to you
• Write about yourself
• Bucket list/ Goals
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Having a diary is very important. Even if you are watching a motivational video or listening to your idol. You should always have it open and make notes on whatever you are learning. You can even do it while looking at motivational quotes. If you like it then read it.

4. Start reading self development books.

Teenage is a age when you can explore yourself. It is even an age when we come across the true world.

At this time, self developing books would be a cherry on a cake. Just imagine you are well matured than others. Yes, self development helps you in maturation to being rich. It helps in a way which you will never regret and be thankful for.

I would love to give some of my suggestion for self development books.

• Think and grow rich(Napoleon Hill)
• How to win friends and influence people(Dale Carnegie)
• How to develop self confidence and influence people by public speaking(Dale Carnegie)

5. Public speaking.

It's not about being an introvert or an extrovert, It's about pitching the idea to people in a good manner. This is the time to get rid of shyness and being afraid to raise hand or not participating in competitions. But how to start it?

Well if it's your 1 to 2 month in the college then you can just make your mind one day and start saying yes to whatever is coming forward by professors.

If not then maybe join a new classes of anything it can be like dancing or studying or anything.

You can even try to give a bold haircut to yourself and from that day start behaving differently

At the end, it's lovely to be an introvert but being good in public speaking and an extrovert have a lot of difference. 

6. Open up to your parents.

Have you ever thought what your parents want?

After taking everything into consideration, they just want you to be well settled and happy. You also want that for ourself. Just the path is different.

If you are an asian , it's not easy. Because you don't have that confidence to say something you want when parents are thinking something different from you.

But one day we have to do it right! We have to tell them one day that I really want to try or do this. So why not start being open to parents from now on. Here also, you should be approachable.

You don't need to be like ' I want to do it, plzzzz!!'.so start it from today. 

7. Learn about investing.

We know that we should save money and not waste it. But do we know about investing?. This thing as important as your school syllabus. Only difference is that it is not taught in school, you have to self-study it.

Ya you are at the young age so you can take risk. There is nothing to lost. If you lost money then you have that power to get it back by working hard on it. Start exploring about stock market, real estate, gold, bitcoin, Mutua funds and all.

It's on you if you want to invest in it or not . But having knowledge about it would be better.

8. Try different courses.

We pay a lot for universities. But when it comes to good online or offline course then it starts seeming that it's expensive. Even if you know that the course can give you more knowledge than the universities.

Don't be that person. You should first start investing in yourself so you could be the best person ever Everyone in their life are of something. Eg stage fear, height, fear of what people would say. Search for how you can overcome it . 

9. Time is money.

Many times , when students finish their college , they think for a while "what should I do now?" .

So now that student gives his time to his career. What if you gave it now? Wouldn't it be easy for you to start a business or get a qualified job. We all have 3 to 4 years of college in our hand.

We can use it for our benefit. 

10. First judge yourself rather than judging others.

Would you like if someone made fun of you? Absolutely no. Then why you you are doing it? First know the actual authentic reason about what you are going to say.

Even if you know someone is wrong then don't criticise him. First tell him in peaceful manner.

If he doesn't listen and he is harming you then now it's your job to make him listen to you. 

Thats all what an 18 year old should know. 

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