There is a lot of pressure to have things figured out for yourself once you're on your own. As a high schooler, you thought you pretty much had things together and would never have guessed that you would feel otherwise anytime soon. Especially not once you were 20 years old. You always thought that 20 was so old and it wasn't until you actually turned 20 that you realized that was completely false. The good news is you have way more life ahead of you than you probably realize. You have so much time left in your life that you really don't need to know a whole lot about living it at this point.

The following are a few things that you may feel pressured to know at this age, but really don't need to (because a little reassurance that you're doing well as you are is never unnecessary):

1. You don't need to know exactly what you want to do with the rest of your life.

2. You don't need to know where you will be in 10 years.

3. You don't need to know where you will be in five years, for that matter.

4. You don't need to have a "settling down" plan.

5. You don't need to know who you want to marry.

6. There is absolutely no reason you should feel like you have to know everything about yourself.

7. You don't have to know how to cook a new meal for yourself every night.

8. You don't have to know about everything that is going on at home.

9. You don't have to know how to hand wash nice clothes correctly.

10. You don't need to know everyone in your potential job industry.

11. You don't need to know the best way to dress for every event.

12. You don't have to know how to be the perfect significant other, or even the perfect friend.

13. You don't need to know everyone else's personal business.

14. You don't need to know exactly how everything that is going on in your life fits together.

15. You don't have to know how or why certain things happen to you, just that they have a purpose.

16. You don't have to know where you want your future home to be, or what it should look like.

17. You don't need to know how many kids you want or where they should go to school.

18. You don't need to know what you're eating for breakfast tomorrow.

19. You don't need to know what your wedding dress should look like or who your bridesmaids should be.

20. And one thing you really really don't need to know at 20 years old is how to do everything on your own. The truth is, you never really will.