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10 Ways Moving Out in Your 20s Shapes Your Mindset

Moving Out Of Your Hometown In Your 20s Shapes Your Mindset

Have you ever wondered how moving out of your hometown in your 20s could completely change your perspective on life? For many, it’s one of the most defining decisions they make, and it can open doors to growth and opportunities that might never have been available otherwise.

Looking back, one of the best decisions I made in my 20s was moving out of my hometown. It helped me expand my worldview, introduced me to new cultures, and pushed me out of my comfort zone. I want to share why I believe everyone in their 20s should experience living in a new place.

Whether you’re considering a move or already have, here are 10 reasons why moving out of your hometown can shape your mindset for the better.


My Journey: Moving Out of My Hometown

Growing up in a small town in England, my life followed a predictable routine—school, home, and the occasional holiday in Wales. My family didn’t travel abroad much, and for most of my early years, I didn’t experience much outside my hometown.

While life was comfortable, I often felt like I was living in a bubble. Something inside me yearned for more—a desire to break out and explore. Moving away to university became my first step toward this, and it opened my eyes to the world beyond my hometown. I met people from all over the UK and abroad, and my independence grew significantly during this time.

Once university ended, most of my friends returned to their hometowns. I didn’t. With my childhood room now occupied by my younger brother, I found myself without a place to return to. It was scary, but looking back, it was one of the best outcomes I could have hoped for.

In my 20s, I travelled all over the UK, living in cities like Reading, Newcastle, and Manchester. These experiences allowed me to start my global travels and shaped the person I am today.


10 Reasons Why Moving Out of Your Hometown in Your 20s Shapes Your Mindset

If you’re debating whether or not to take that step and move out of your hometown, here are 10 reasons why it could be the best decision of your life.

1. You’ll Discover Everyone is the Same at Heart

Staying in your hometown can create an “us versus them” mentality, leading to prejudices or assumptions about others. Moving out exposes you to different people and cultures, and you’ll quickly realize that despite our differences, we all want the same things—love, security, and happiness. Meeting new people expands your understanding and empathy.

2. You Become Independent

There’s nothing like moving out to push you toward independence. When you’re no longer under the safety net of home, you’ll learn to cook, clean, and pay bills all on your own. Taking control of your life is empowering and forces you to become responsible for your own success.

3. You Expand Your Comfort Zone

Moving out means leaving behind the routines and comforts you’ve known for years. While it may feel daunting at first, you’ll soon find yourself thriving in new environments. Expanding your comfort zone is critical for personal growth, and staying in your hometown may keep you stagnant.

4. Problem-Solving Becomes Second Nature

When you move out, you’re bound to face new challenges. From finding a place to live to navigating unfamiliar environments, you’ll develop a knack for problem-solving. Over time, you’ll gain confidence in your ability to overcome obstacles and adapt to change.

5. You Learn More About the World Around You

Living in different places expands your knowledge, not just about the world but about yourself. You’ll discover new cultures, customs, and perspectives, which helps break you out of the limited mindset that may form when you stay in one place for too long.

6. You Build a Broader Network

Moving out introduces you to new people, both personally and professionally. New friends, relationships, and business contacts can significantly impact your life, sometimes in ways you never expected. My life would have been very different if I hadn’t met the friends, mentors, and partners I encountered while living away from home.

7. Facing Your Fears Becomes Routine

When you’re outside your comfort zone, you’re constantly faced with new challenges that force you to overcome fears. Whether it’s meeting new people or adapting to a different environment, moving out teaches you that fear is just an obstacle waiting to be conquered.

8. You Appreciate Loved Ones More

Distance truly does make the heart grow fonder. When you move out, you may find yourself appreciating the relationships you’ve left behind. The time spent with family and old friends becomes more meaningful when you’re not around them all the time.

9. You’ll Learn New Skills

Whether it’s mastering budgeting, learning to negotiate, or figuring out how to take care of yourself, moving out pushes you to develop skills you wouldn’t have needed in the comfort of your hometown. These skills will serve you well throughout your life.

10. You’ll Find Out Who You Truly Are

When you move out of your hometown, you’re forced to rely on yourself. This independence gives you the space to discover who you are, what you want, and what kind of life you want to lead. You’re no longer defined by your environment—you’re free to create the life you want.


Taking the Leap

Moving out of your hometown is more than just changing your address—it’s about challenging yourself, growing as an individual, and expanding your view of the world. Whether you’re in your 20s or beyond, it’s never too late to take that step.


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Procrastination Hurts But When We Guide Our Mind To Discomfort Life Changes

Procrastination Is The Thief Of Time

Edward Young first coined the phrase procrastination is the thief of time. He couldn’t be more accurate with these words. The average human can live now to 79 which is way ahead compared to the 1500s where the average was 35. I’m definitely happy to live in a time where we live so long. But if you compare it to the bigger picture of the universe. It’s not even relevant.

That’s why our short life is precious and should not be taken for granted. With the urge of comfortability running through our veins. Without constant pressure, this can be a life filled full of procrastination.

We can’t take life for granted and look back on it with regret. We have to live life with purposeful action. Knowing that procrastination is the thief of time. This should be motivation enough to make better decisions in the now that can have great benefits on our future.

Inside The Mind Of A Master Procrastinator

To understand procrastination we must first get inside the mind of a master procrastinator. To see what stops them from living a fulfilling life. The best example you can find is usually yourself. I have been and still in some cases a master procrastinator. Knowing masterfully how to guide my life away from anything challenging. The assignment that needs to be done, the morning workout session or perfectionism halting my progress. All challenging and important to do but nonetheless put off in place of video games, Netflix or socialising with friends.

Sound familiar?

The problem comes from the imagination that plans ahead of our life. When we plan ahead to a workout we know it’s going to be challenging compared to watching your favourite tv show that’s super easy. With the craving for ease in the short term, the human mind craves this life as if there is no firewall to protect it from procrastination.

By understanding your own procrastination tricks. This Is the first step to realising you have a problem. From here you can plan ahead with procrastination strategies like making it super easy to get started or minimise distractions within your environment.

Getting inside the mind of a master procrastinator is the first step you need to guide your mind to following through on challenging tasks.

When We Listen To The Mind We Find Answers

When the mind is full of distractions it tends not to work very well. You can even learn the habit of being a master at being distracted. When you think about it, isn’t that crazy!

Eventually, through all your procrastination, the mind will be throwing out signals of what you should be doing with your time.

A procrastination mind though can be fuzzy and totally engaged in the procrastination task that halts all thought of the now and what is needed for the future. That’s why journaling of thoughts and quiet time for the thoughts to flow out of your mind through meditation. Will help you catch the signals flowing through you.

The feeling of anxiousness, fidgety and a mind that’s paralysed of focus. Is a mind that’s blocked and needs unplugging. If not depression, a mind and body that’s lethargic with a topping of the thief of time will you stuck.

This is no place, anyone, what’s to live. This is not our life purpose it’s just an easy habit that’s formed over time. It creeps up on you without knowing and coerced you into decisions that benefit you instantly but robs you of meaning in your life.

Procrastination Is The Enemy

That’s why you have to treat procrastination as the enemy. You must wage war on procrastination. A never-ending war for your life to have purpose and meaning. A war that must be won because procrastination will never stop coming. It will be relenting, frustrating and sneaky.

But to win the war you must have a strategy to win. One strategy is to chasing discomfort. Making it a life goal to chase discomfort for the things you want to do. Skydiving, travelling the world, applying for the job you’re scared to apply for or ask the person you’re attracted to out on a date. Discomfort is where life is at, this is where all the good stuff happens and this is where procrastination loses the battle and eventually the war.

How Discomfort And Fear Changes Everything

If you wrote down all your fear you have presently. How many on that list if you tackled them head-on would make you happier, more productive and following your life purpose? This very list helped change my approach to life. I was scared of so many things, what people would say of me, what if they say no, what is this happened. It’s funny looking back now at how I used to think like this because the things on the list weren’t scary or even close to what my mind imagined them to be.

Our minds are wonderful at creating. Just look at all the beauty humans have created in our minds. Films, art and music. But the mind is also good at predicting the worst-case scenario future. Of course, this is great if you’re looking to avoid death on the savannah. But not in modern life. That’s why you have to look at what the mind is creating and be vigilant.

I like to laugh at my mind now when it comes up with these crazy ideas. “I say thank you brain for letting me knowing of the worst-case scenario and I will be prepared if this happens. But wish me luck because I’m going to do it anyway.”

Treat Fear As A Protective Friend

Don’t fight fear, use it as a guide to prepare yourself in case it happens. But do it anyway. Take skydiving, for example, the mind will show you all the ways you will die. A defiant film of 100 ways to die from an aeroplane would definitely be made from my mind’s imagination. When your mind does this. Take this as a sign to book the safest skydiving company, to double-check your own equipment and make sure you are not doing anything to jeopardise your life.

Fear is an amazing thing that’s a friend that always has our back. But that doesn’t mean we have to live a fearful life of doing nothing that matters to us.

When we chase our discomforts. Life changes for the better.

What’s on your list that you’re going to tackle today!!!!

Procrastination Hurts But When We Guide Our Mind To Discomfort Life Changes

Where To Go From Here

  1. Write a list of all your fears
  2. Write a list of all the things you want to do
  3. Create or buy a calender and write down the date when you overcome your fear or chase your discomfort
  4. Have daily silence to listen to what your mind really wants to do
  5. Journal all your thoughts onto paper to stop the bootle neck of the mind

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Do you believe procrastination is the thief of time? How are you going to chase your discomfort and overcome your fears? I would love to hear your thoughts and your experiences with dealing with this. Always remember you are not alone and everything can change.

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