Everyone around me is in such a hurry to grow up. My friends and I are 20 years old and we all want to be 21 more then anything in the world. We are counting down the days until our next birthday, just as we have been speeding through the years since we turned 18, just for that moment when we can throw that fake ID away, march into that liquor store, and buy some cheap beer for our friends.
This makes me sad.
I am 20. We are 20. Let's take a moment and appreciate that we're 20.
So, here are some things I want to start to appreciate about being 20.
1.) I am in college.
It is a miracle that in our society I get to learn about whatever I want, with all of my friends, on a beautiful campus. I am living on my parent's dime, close enough to adulthood that I can do whatever I want all day long, but far enough away that I have little to no responsibility. Tip of the hat to whoever decided that college was going to be the norm. I applaud you.
2.) I am not a teenager.
20 sounds a hell of a lot older then 19. Slightly more respect. Zero more responsibility. Win win.
3.) FIRSTS
At 20 we have had a lot of first. Our first steps, our first day of school, our first kiss, our first love, our first fight, our first hangover, our first midterm, our first apartment. But our firsts are far from over. We are old enough to have some big, life altering firsts under our belts, but we have so many more to look forward to. And the greatest part of the firsts from now on are almost entirely up to us.
4.) Fuck it, I'm young.
We can make mistakes, big ones and little ones, and our excuse is real and legitimate. I'm young.
5.) Nothing is set in stone
I have a lot of decisions to make. My major, my career, where to live, who to love. The beauty is, I have time to try everything out and decide what works for me. At 20 anything is still possible.
6.) I'm not 21.
Once you turn 21, what is there left to look forward to? You have reached the ultimate age and from then on, you only gain more responsibility and more wrinkles.
7.) Setting the trends
What's cool right now is up to us. That's a power and a privilege and we did nothing to earn it. Might as well make the most of it.
8.) Mommy and Daddy won't let me starve.
9.) I am allowed, even expected, to be a narcissist.
10.) No sleep
Stay up all night, get up early. Repeat.
19.) No one is relying on me.
I have no family, no husband, no kids, no career, no boss. It's just me, doing me. Once we graduate, this will no longer be the case. Let's not wish it away.
20.) I can eat whatever the hell I want.
Hello our youthful metabolisms!
xo
K
1 comment:
Yes. That's all.
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