Being a millennial is so hard. Because we're caught somewhere between missing "One Saturday Morning" on ABC every Saturday at 8, and somehow having to afford health insurance even though we can't afford to eat. Often times, we get stuck in the middle, having to balance work and some semblance of a social life. But we too many times just get in a rut of Netflix, and comfort zone, after the end of a stressful - too busy for words kind of week. For me, that usually includes a container of Oreos, some trash TV (I may have seen every episode of Friends, The Office, and Gilmore Girls- yet still continue to watch them every night), and a good cry about how most of my ex's now have kids, meanwhile I have an indoor pig. I have a little less than 8 years before I leave my 20's, and I'm hoping to have accomplished a lot before I get to the big 3-0. These are my big hopes for 20 Things I'll Do Before I Leave My 20's:
1. Buy a new(er) car. You know the kind... less than 5 years old.
2. Find a decent skincare routine. Because coconut oil and clean and clear are like death for your skin.
3. Eat real sushi. Not the kind you get at the restaurants... like the true, Japanese eel sushi.
4. Ride a rollercoaster without peeing myself, or puking after.
5. Figure out what my clothing style is and go with it.
6. Buy new bedroom furniture. Like actually pick it out myself, brand new, instead of just acquiring some hand-me-downs.
7. Go to the beach by myself. Just go and relax, no distractions.
8. Learn how to put on fake eyelashes where they don't fall off into my hibachi chicken (Junior Prom).
9. Stop Putting myself down. Just learn how to be comfortable in my own skin, with my capabilities, and stop holding myself to unrealistic goals.
10. Have a true savings account.
11. Visit my out of town family more often. I don't set aside enough time to travel to see them. I don't know how long any of them will be around.
12. Join some sort of band or choir. Even if it's just temporary... "If music be the food of love, sing on. Sing on."
13. Find that "inner peace" so many people talk about.
14. Attend pottery classes. I guess I should call the arts center?
15. Volunteer somewhere long term. Maybe once a week? To help out and feel like I'm part of something greater than myself.
16. Figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
17. And do it. Be it. Create the "dream" me. Even if it is just a 20's version.
18. Learn to be happy with what I have, instead of focusing on the next big thing.
19. Learn how to think about others before I think about myself. 22- year-old me tends to be pretty selfish.
20. Stop overthinking and over analyzing everything. Start enjoying the years behind me, and start looking forward to the many wonderful years in front of me.