Jemma Spike

That is our next thing, the next thing on this list of the things you should do in your 20s.

Bet everything on a risk because...

Why not?

Why not?

Like genuinely, can you give me a reason why not that you wouldn't eventually realize is an excuse?

Or can you give me a reason why not that wouldn't eventually be an amazing part of your origin story?

Wouldn't eventually be the barrier that you overcome?

Your 20s are, we say this all the time, uniquely designed for risk for a lot of reasons and

The first one being that the cost of failure is just naturally lower.

You usually have fewer dependents, fewer financial obligations, fewer people relying on you.

The margin for error may be wider, but if something collapses, you can rebuild.

At 25, a failed business is just a story.

At 45, it might involve savings, a mortgage, school fees.

You have more flexibility around risk.

You have more opportunities as well to just seem gutsy and for people to celebrate that and think that that is amazing.

Think that you're really cool for doing that.

The second reason I really think that you need to bet it all on risk is that we know regret will hit you harder than failure, right?

Studies on long-term regret show that people regret inaction more than action over time.

They are more likely to regret those moments of like, what if I tried over time?

why didn't that work out?