Article: . What makes you unique? What makes you you? Use your late teenage years and early 20s to start becoming more and more like the adult version of yourself. Your interests, talents, and skills will give you some sense of who you will become, so it's important to take your mid-to-late teenage years to explore those talents and dream your biggest dreams. What do you want to be? Who do you want to be? Explore yourself.  Use these years to play in bands, play sports, act in drama, paint, and read for pleasure. Explore things for which you have natural skills, as well as things you know nothing about. Try new hobbies and activities that are available, like photography or dance. You might learn that you're really great at something you never gave yourself credit for. While you don't need to plan out your whole life in your early twenties, it's important to start giving some thought to what you want to do with the rest of your life. Do you want to go to college? Are you studying what you want to study and providing yourself a plan for the future? Do you want to start making money as soon as possible? Are you going to take your band on tour and live like a rock star? Are you going to travel? Make a list of your priorities and the things you want to make sure to accomplish in your young adulthood and start taking the steps to make them happen.    If you're interested in going to college, start researching possibilities, and thinking about what you'd like to study. Find local universities and colleges that might be a good fit, and find colleges that would be dream schools. Find out about how much it will cost, how much your family will be able to afford, how much you'll need to reserve with student loans, and the different cost breakdowns for different schools.  If you want to start working, spend time developing a budget for yourself, setting financial goals, and learning what kinds of jobs will be available to you to make the kind of money you'll need. Research the training and vocational skills you'll need for those types of jobs so you can start preparing now. In the interest of expanding your mind and learning more about the ways different people live in your world, it's important to see it up front and in person. Make it a priority to visit other places and spend time in other cultures as you enter adulthood. It can be a moving and significant experience for many young adults.   Traveling doesn't need to be a leisure activity for the privileged. If you work hard and can't afford to take a vacation to Italy, or study abroad, travel as best you can within your means. Visit interesting places in your own country that you've never seen. Visit neighborhoods within your own city that you don't spend time in. Be a tourist in your town. World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) takes on willing laborers in a variety of countries throughout the world, giving you a chance to work your way across the world. Likewise, the Peace Corps, Americorps, or other humanitarian organizations provide service and travel experience. Help out, give back, and see new places. efriend a diversity of people you respect. Give yourself a chance to socialize with as many different kinds of people as you can. Learn about yourself from spending time with hard-working and admirable people, and model your behaviors on people you respect. Maintain healthy relationships and you'll maintain your own sanity.    Find a work role model. At your job, find a person who negotiates the work environment in a way that you admire. Learn from them. If your colleague stays above the petty department politics, but still manages to let her work speak for itself, do the same. Collaborate and commiserate.  Find a life role model. As you grow older, it's easy to lose touch with old friends and to not make new friends. It's easy to wake up one day and realize the people you see every day are coworkers. Keep friends that do very different things than you, with whom you share mutual interests or hobbies. Maybe your record collecting buddy works HVAC, but that doesn't mean you can't relate to each other over the new crate-digging finds you made last weekend. As you get older, you'll gradually get to know yourself better. If you tend toward laziness, or tend to sweat the small stuff, or tend to procrastinate, these things shouldn't be a surprise by the time you reach your twenties and get ready to enter the work force. A teenager can get away with ignoring these things and calling it "youth." But an adult needs to get real and be honest about shortcomings, challenges, and places for growth. Growing up takes work.    Identify your strengths. What are you particularly good at, or skilled in? Take time to identify your personal strengths and the things you're proud of.  Identify your weaknesses. What needs some work? What keeps you from getting what you want? It's important to identify places in need of improvement, fixing up the foundation to keep the house of yourself strong.
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Throw yourself into your talents Start thinking about where you'll be in 10 years. See new places and embrace new experiences. . Be honest with yourself.
Article: The key to living a modest lifestyle is living within your means. That means avoiding extravagance and settling for the basics. You don't have to deprive yourself to live modestly - you just have to value function and practicality over luxurious status symbols.  Drive a car that is safe, comfortable, and works well. Don't choose a car for its flashiness or status value. Buy or rent a home that is sturdy, comfortable, and in a safe neighborhood. If you only need two bedrooms then don't rent or buy a place with three bedrooms. Find out the average cost to purchase a home in your area and try to work within that price range (if it fits your budget). One easy way to live a more modest lifestyle is to buy items that are used or discounted instead of paying full price. This can help you save on the basics when you're at the store. Look for items on sale, discount, or clearance when you're at a retail store. You can also check thrift stores for gently-used items available at a fraction of the cost of new items.  Gently-used items are often in like-new condition. You can find these at thrift stores, consignment shops, and pawn shops. Many clothing stores put out-of-season garments on clearance. These can typically be purchased at a very low cost. Check stores that are going out of business, as they often have good deals to move products out the door. Living modestly and humbly means emphasizing your values ahead of the opinions of others. Don't trouble yourself wondering whether others are impressed with you or with your possessions. Instead, focus on living a meaningful and upstanding life.
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Live within your means. Buy used or discount items whenever possible. Try not to worry about whether others are impressed.