Unpopular Opinion: Your 20s are supposed to be lonely.

We are sold this lie that if you aren't out partying or surrounded by a massive friend group in your 20s, you are failing.

I’m a university student in Germany, and for a long time, I believed that lie. I felt guilty every time I spent a night in.

But I realized something recently: You cannot build a future and a social life at the same time.

If you look at anyone who actually achieved something great—whether it's high grades, a business, or a great physique—they all had a "dark period." A period of 6 months to 2 years where they disappeared. They were "lonely."

Society calls it "isolation." I call it "The Building Phase."

If you are feeling lonely right now, flip the script. You aren't "alone." You are in the lab. You are removing the distractions that are keeping everyone else average.

Don't let the fear of missing out (FOMO) trick you into wasting your potential. The social life can wait. The building cannot.

I recorded a video breaking down how I turned this "loneliness" into my biggest advantage (Monk Mode). I can't link it here due to the rules, but I pinned the full breakdown to my Reddit profile if you need a reality check today:)