Thou shalt remember that nothing will ruin your 20s more than thinking you should have your life together. When Charles Dickens wrote, “it was the best of times it was the worst of times” he must have been talking about his twenties. That glorious, yet tumultuous time when you’re awkwardly straddling childhood and adulthood, trying desperately to officially make the transition from doe-eyed dependent to full-fledged freedom and independence. But no one tells you how fast it actually happens.