This article on how to make the most out of your 20s references a study by Michaéla Schippers of RSM in the first tip - to write down your own goals. In the study, college students were instructed to write down a path toward achieving their future goals. Unsurprisingly, many of those goals involved finishing their education. Results showed that students who completed the writing exercise were more likely to stay in school than those who didn't do the exercise.