Esther McCarthy: The lessons I've learned and what I’d tell my 20 year old self

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Esther McCarthy shares words of wisdom. Picture: Emily Quinn

Being in your 20s is like having a superpower — but you don’t realise you have it. You’re Superman, but you believe you’re Clark Kent and when you look back after 20 years have zipped by, you smack yourself on the forehead and you say, what an idiot! What was I doing walking when I could fly the whole time?

So, looking back, here’s some words of wisdom for me in my 20s.